Surface Search

I rolled around the entire attachment zone. Thumping as I could, spinning and flipping next door to Electrons in the attachment structure, all to no net effect. It was possible to stress and strain individual locks, but no single lock was able to eject the wiggle-tail 5-ring. Moving quickly and double-flipping pairs of locks, I was able to lift the last Six in the ring.

Once the Six popped up, I tried to get to a third lock point, but the Six would snap back into its old position before I could even get to the next lock. I tried many routes and switched the direction of travel, trying to work the tail-lock which was shut far tighter. There was just no way that I could be the key that releases the 5-ring.

Knowing that what slots in pops out, there had to be a key. The 5-rings could not stay, and should not stay. If this ring was not going to cooperate, there had to be a ring attached somewhere on this meshwork that was departing. Setting a course, I rolled the 50+ mini-hops toward the next zone. Finding that it was filled and secure, I adjusted course toward the left by about the same angle that I saw in the 5-ring and rattled off to find the next zone.