Stormy Heart Navigation

As the sole lighthouse keeper during a Category 4 storm, you receive a desperate SOS from your ex-partner's fishing vessel. With multiple ships relying on your beacon and limited rescue resources, you face an impossible choice between professional duty and personal bonds. The next 15 minutes will determine who lives and dies.

Challenges

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Senior Lighthouse Keeper

Conversation Partner

Coast Guard Commander Reeves

Setting

Glass-enclosed lighthouse control room, instruments flickering in the darkness, massive waves visible through rain-lashed windows

Location

North Atlantic Lighthouse Station #47

Learning Objectives

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Establish automated lighthouse systems without compromising beacon reliability

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Coordinate safety protocols with vessels currently dependent on the beacon

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Make and execute final decision: maintain post or attempt rescue

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Keeper, this is Commander Reeves. We've got a rapidly deteriorating situation. The 'Maria Rosa' just sent out a mayday - she's taking on water at sector 7, about three miles off your position. Vessel registry shows... wait, isn't that Sarah's boat?”

This is how Coast Guard Commander Reeves's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#1101

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