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Quantified Observation: Area 900: Control Point

Entry for the "2 Steps Back" Mikeastro Contest, in which the theme is to create a map using only basic PTI puzzlemaker.

Did you know that 900 days calculates to an impressive 77760000 seconds? Somehow the multiplication of 900 X 24 X 60 X 60 yields a number with a perfect 777. Interestingly, 540 days likewise calculates to a fascinating 777600 minutes. The 540 is 360 + 180, or 1.5 circular rotations. And the 900 is that plus 360, so 2.5 circles. Both numbers equating to a value containing a 777. All one need do is multiply by 10/6, then multiply again by 60, and voila: it equates to a massive 100X in terms of number, but only 10/6 in terms of amount of time. Yet both equating to perfect half-rotations of the degrees of a circle. This means if you put a “day” hand on a clock which moved exactly 1 degree per day, by the time it makes either 1.5 or 2.5 rotations, either the minute hand or second hand will have ticked exactly a 777XXXXX number of times. Incredible, isn't it?

Other interesting 777s include: 2^24 = 8^8 = 16,777,216. 7X7X7 = 343 (as in 343 Industries). 777 X 13 = 10101. The first Boeing 777 aircraft took flight on June 12, 1994 (making this exactly the 30th year anniversary). For hours, an enigmatic 324 days calculates to exactly 7776 hours (324 = 360 - 36, or 9/10ths of a circle). And most important of all, 777 is the name of the best character in Crystar: Nanana! (yet another reason for the 900 title).

Title is a reference to the day I bought the games Crystar and Control on December 22, 2021 (900 days ago). Also because the Area 20 title is reserved for something far better that I want to be special. Since Crystar is QO: Area 0, that means it is the central point from which all other Areas are calculated.

Somehow this map reached the entity limit. No idea how with such few elements, but it kinda fell in line with how the puzzle length ended up being anyway. Guess I got lucky!

Difficulty: 6/10?