The world hoppers happen upon something that looks more modern than the Wild-West they've just escaped, but no less uncanny; those radioactive signs and glowing cracks look like an ominous sign. Still, our brave world hoppers persist. A sickly green light leaks out as the world hoppers crank open the door. Perhaps it was best left closed? An eerie siren begins to wail as the world hoppers are greeted in a language they don't understand... and what is that timer counting down to!? The voice changes to English as one of the world hoppers spots what appears to be the problem; the reactor's control rods have been forced from the core by an explosion! The facility's crane appears to still be in working order; perhaps the control rods can be returned to the core in time? Cranking the manual override knobs on one side of the room seem to control the side-to-side position of the crane, while the knobs on the other side control the depth and height of the crane.The world hoppers furiously work, attempting to precisely place each rod in the location indicated on the blinking display. One of the world hoppers provides precise guidance to her two friends operating the crane.Time is running out! Steam begins leaking from pipes in the control room, and the core is beginning to glow an angry red color!!The team places the last control rod into the center of the core just as the clock approaches 00:00! The steam fades, and the red and green light of the core fades to a halcyon Cherenkov blue. A voice notifies the world hoppers that they have narrowly averted a Level-7 nuclear disaster.
