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[chappy]

Ick. I'm still hoping for a less evil solution, but the Queen has shown us no mercy in DC so far. Searching the web for a station map came up empty (probably removed for "national security"), so it's going to be a little hard to coordinate (I'll see if I can draw something up when I get home tonight). It may be wise to station two people by the AuBon Pain for one more day just to try and catch what we can from that bank.
The phones outside gate a/b were covered from 12:19 to 12:31. The phones outside c/d were covered from 12:23 to 12:31. (Mike_Was, please correct me if I have that wrong).

[Mike_Was]

[aliendial]

Chappy, I just PM'd you my bad gif of the station and phone locations. Use it for reference if nothing else.

[Mike_Was]

Union Station Hell Redux

[aliendial]

Manassas needs either Krempasky or a wait until this weekend. Or someone can take another day off...

[chappy]

Way to go, team! Cortana and Mike_Was went above and beyond, hitting 8 axons (and Union Station) and activating 6 (plus one in Union Station)!

The DC reference page has been updated with today's results (12 of 30 complete).
These are the axons that still need to be activated:

06:43 (9:43 EST) "13th and Jefferson Drive" big_dog (2/6)
09:43 (12:43 EST) "14th and Constitution" uvular_implants (2/5)
10:05 (1:05 EST) "12th and C (East)" slingbacks (3/9)
10:29 (1:29 EST) "Union Station" slingbacks (3/9)
15:43 (6:43 EST) "Smithsonian" cheerleaders (3/5)
16:15 (7:15 EST) "Wendys" twenty_percent (0/2)
16:19 (7:19 EST) "Connecticut and K" box_of_chocolates (3/7)

And the eleven calls in the 9:11 to 9:31 block at Union Station, of course.

I know that there was noise on the 6:43 call this morning, was it the same for the 10:05? Okay, Union Station. <sigh> You may notice a link on the status page to a new page, the Union Station reference page. The diagram there is based on Mike_Was and Aliendial's pictures; thanks guys. I may refine it more the next time I visit the station, but suggestions welcome. Do my phone bank labels and numbering system make sense?

My own schedule is pretty ugly tomorrow, so I'm not sure which axons I'll be able to hit if any. I don't think I can do Union Station, but I'll definitely try Thursday.

PS> Mike, I do the graphics in Photoshop (sat/map images, simple diagrams) and Illustrator (union station map).

[aliendial]

Yeah, AD had a meeting instead of the 16:19 axon, but did manage the 17:09 Georgetown Cinema. Also caught Resident Evil 2. Um. Dumb.

Where Mike was standing, you can hear all of the D-F phones and the Info phones. So the ones he heard off to the side are either the rental car phones or the ones at H-J (unlikely sound would travel that far).

Your map only has one out of 4 sets of Metro phones. There is another entrance (what I called Metro south) outside the main hall entrance (exterior escalators). (sorta parallel to America). It has a set of map phones in the farecard area. There is an exit from that level into the lower level of Union Station, and there is a bank of phones right inside that door, which do not (tested) accept incoming calls. Thankfully, there are no more phones on the lower level of Union Station.

At the North Metro entrance you have marked the ones at ground level of Union Station but there is another map set down the short escalator in the station there. And 30 feet away, inside the metro gates, is another set of 2 map phones.

I did not see another set of phones on the other side of the ticketing area. But I was trying not to hang around the transit police kiosk there. I feel certain they have pictures of us and are wondering what the hell we are up to.

Phones in any restaurant but America are not confirmed (unless you checked today). Mike says there is at least one inside America.

[Mike_Was]

Cortana's summary of Union Station

[chappy]

I'll cover the rental car counter tomorrow.

[Mike_Was]

16:15 Enhottenated

[chappy]

Aliendial, was it you who got the 16:19 yesterday? Thanks to Mike_Was, there are only four left (besides the Union Station "dirty dozen"):

06:43 (9:43 EST) "13th and Jefferson Drive" big_dog (4/6)
09:43 (12:43 EST) "14th and Constitution" uvular_implants (2/5)
10:05 (1:05 EST) "12th and C (East)" slingbacks (6/9)
15:43 (6:43 EST) "Smithsonian" cheerleaders (3/5)

I'll swing by Union Station today during lunch and stake out the Rental Car desk, and I can get the 15:43 Smithsonian on my way home today. If slingbacks gets to 8/9, or uvular_implants gets to 4/5, I can one or the other tomorrow.

[Mike_Was]

[chappy]

I'm thinking I should still concentrate on Union Station, only because there are so many axons in one place at one time (and optical.wav will depend on it). But my priorities will change if getting the low-hanging fruit means activating a sound file.

[chappy]

whoo hoo! Success in Union Station. Cortana, Mike_Was and I got 10 of the 12 axons hot! I think it was Cortana 4, Mike_Was 3, and Chappy 3 in the end. All the calls except the 9:15 were phones by the rental agencies and vending machines (calls seemed to come in at 1 group of four phones, move to the next group of four, then the next, and the next, and then back). Special props to Cortana for getting the 9:15 hot despite a broken phone. optical.wav and uvular_implants.wav unlocked.

[Cortana]

Hifives all the way around! Beers for everyone!