Appeal to the generosity of space

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From: 'No way! There's no way!'


The way out is through, and the way through is with crimes against topology.

Game Instructions: This is, incredibly, the safer option.


Challenge information

Narrow, 9 (50% base)

  • 5 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 6 - high-risk (20%)
  • 7 - high-risk (30%)
  • 8 - tough (40%)
  • 9 - very chancy (50%)
  • 10 - chancy (60%)
  • 11 - modest (70%)
  • 12 - very modest (80%)
  • 13 - low-risk (90%)
  • 14 and above - straightforward (100%)

The above difficulty is for 2.

Each point of increases the base difficulty by 6 points.

Success

The gibbering is to be expected

Despite your advice, the helmsman's eyes remain open. Still, you are ready to take over the helm when the weeping starts, as space folds like paper and your ship is briefly both here and there.


Failure

Eulogy for Euclidean space

The trick isn't convincing your ship to occupy one fewer dimension than normal. It's convincing it to go back and face the tyranny of volume once more.