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Bridge Load Lockdown
Your oversized equipment transport is halted mid-span on the Morrison Bridge during rush hour. DOT Inspector Reeves demands immediate permit verification while traffic builds to a standstill. With a critical delivery deadline looming and angry commuters starting to honk, you must navigate a complex web of regulations and rising tensions.
Your Role
Senior Transport Driver for Atlas Heavy Equipment
Partner
DOT Inspector Marcus Reeves
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Storm Tower Repair
You're dangling 300 feet up a malfunctioning wind turbine as Category 2 hurricane winds approach. The safety system is failing, power output is critical, and you have 15 minutes before the storm makes landfall. Your irritable operations manager is demanding impossible timelines while questioning your every move.
Your Role
Emergency Wind Turbine Technician
Partner
Operations Manager Kessler
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Benefits Fraud Accusation
You've been summoned to an urgent meeting with a benefits fraud investigator who claims to have evidence of you working while collecting unemployment. They're demanding immediate repayment of $14,782 plus penalties. Your benefits are frozen effective immediately, and criminal charges are being considered.
Your Role
Benefits recipient under investigation
Partner
Senior Investigator Marcus Chen
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Corrections in Crisis
As the warden of Blackridge Maximum Security Prison, you face a hostile oversight committee demanding answers about last week's devastating riot that left 3 guards dead and 12 inmates injured. Your split-second decisions during those 6 hours are under intense scrutiny. With political pressure mounting and evidence of systemic failures surfacing, your 15-year corrections career hangs by a thread.
Your Role
Marcus Chen, Prison Warden (12 years at Blackridge, 15 years total corrections experience)
Partner
Commissioner Diana Voss
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Security Feed Sabotage
As the head of security at Meridian Trust Bank, you've noticed suspicious patterns in your newly-hired surveillance technician's behavior while performing 'routine maintenance.' With $47 million in fresh transfers arriving tomorrow, you must determine if they're sabotaging the system for an upcoming heist - without tipping them off if they're guilty.
Your Role
Chief of Security, Meridian Trust Bank
Partner
Marcus Chen, Security Systems Technician
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Last Catch Crisis
Your family's F/V Northern Star sits impounded at Port Authority dock B7, holds full of rapidly deteriorating yellowfin tuna. With $180,000 in bank loans due next week and your catch locked in bureaucratic limbo, time is running out. Harbor Master Chen claims you exceeded your quarterly quota by 40% and demands immediate resolution.
Your Role
Second-generation fishing boat captain
Partner
Harbor Master James Chen
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Swimming Pool Emergency
The automated chemical control system at Cedar Grove Public Pool is malfunctioning, threatening the safety of 200+ swimmers during peak season. ChemTech Solutions, the contracted maintenance company, is exploiting the crisis by demanding a 500% rate increase for emergency repairs. You have 20 minutes before unsafe chlorine levels trigger mandatory evacuation protocols.
Your Role
Deputy Parks & Recreation Director
Partner
Marcus Chen, ChemTech Solutions Regional Director
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Benefits or Bankruptcy
Your final disability benefits appeal hangs by a thread as a ruthless examiner, Ms. Blackwood, scrutinizes your medical history with suspicious intensity. With only 10 minutes until your hearing and mounting medical bills at home, you must defend your claim while maintaining composure under her psychological pressure. One wrong statement could cost you everything.
Your Role
Disability Benefits Applicant with Chronic Pain Condition
Partner
Ms. Diana Blackwood
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Dead Air Emergency
You're the overnight DJ at WKMS Community Radio when an FCC violation notice arrives during a severe storm warning. With the transmitter operating illegally and a tornado approaching the county, you must navigate complex regulations while maintaining emergency broadcasts. One wrong move could silence vital weather alerts for 50,000 residents.
Your Role
Night Shift Radio DJ / Emergency Broadcaster
Partner
Regional FCC Enforcement Officer Davis
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Midway Mayhem Control
Your family's generations-old carnival faces permanent closure on opening day after a surprise safety inspection reveals critical violations. With crowds already lining up and staff depending on their seasonal income, you have 30 minutes to navigate complex regulations, negotiate with an uncompromising inspector, and save your family's legacy.
Your Role
Alex Rivera - Third Generation Carnival Owner
Partner
Chief Inspector Marcus Thorne
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Dead Engine Adrift
The MS Sovereign Grace, carrying 3,000 passengers through the North Atlantic, has lost main propulsion during a winter storm. As the sole qualified propulsion engineer, you have 45 minutes to restore power before the ship drifts into a major shipping lane. The backup generators are straining, and the Captain is demanding updates every 5 minutes.
Your Role
Senior Propulsion Engineer
Partner
Chief Officer Marcus Chen
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Pay or Prove
Your former best friend Sarah is suing you for $4,800, claiming you agreed to split renovation costs via text message. You know the message she's referencing actually proves your innocence, but it's been deleted. With only 15 minutes until the hearing, you must either find proof the exonerating message existed or pay money you don't owe.
Your Role
Defendant in Small Claims Court
Partner
Judge Andrea Morrison
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