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Walkthrough

1. After accepting Phillip's job at Sherlock & Poirot, Crime Analysts, the following message appears in your journal:

You're trying to help Phil track down pre-vandals. Right now you're waiting for him to get a good reading so you know where to go.

2. After adventuring with pre-vandalism radio equipped for roughly two hours you will get a message:

The journal message is updated to:

You're trying to help Phil track down pre-vandals. He's found a likely target and has suggested you go look X.

Where X is one of:

• at the university rave
• by that castle out in the mountains
• by the park where the Guild for Imaginative Metachronism hangs out
• down by the docks
• downtown
• in Area 54
• in the City of Lost Robots
• in the slums in Somerset
• in the neighborly neighborhood in Somerset
• in the Somerset sewers
• in your neighborhood in Somerset
• near the Cannonball Tavern in Somerset
• near the Zion's Tears building

And Y is one of:

• 10 Downing
• 10 Stigwood Avenue
• 112 1/2 Beacon Street
• 124 Conch Street
• 1492 Columbus
• 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
• 20th and Blake St
• 221B Baker Street
• 697 Park Avenue
• 714 Delaware
• 742 Evergreen Terrace
• 945 Grove St
• at Hollywood and Vine
• at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury
• down Seven Bridges Road
• just off Broadway
• near State and Main
• near the intersection of Wall and Broad
• on Allison Road

3. Adventure at X for 1-4 turns until you get one of these noncombat adventures:

• A Little Privacy, Please
• Admiring their Forkitude
• An Advertisement for Destruction
• Could Have Been His Name, Too
• Don't Mess with Twilight
• It Takes a Cool Hand to Boil an Egg
• Or Maybe It's "The Scream"
• So Does Andre the Giant

4. If this is your 1st or 2nd assignment for the day, the journal message is reverted to step 1. If this is your 3rd assignment, the quest is removed from your journal.

Rewards

• 1 crimebusters IOU for each completed assignment (up to 3 per day)

Notes

• This quest is repeatable daily.
• The time it takes to get a radio call is between 2:00 and 2:25 hours.
• After failing to adventure in the location for 1-4 turns you get the message:

This reverts the quest to step 1, and the assignment failed is not counted for the limit of 3 assignments per day.

References

• The quest name refers to the short story The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick.
• 10 Stigwood Avenue is the address of the Huxtable family in the TV show The Cosby Show.
• 112 1/2 Beacon Street is the address of the Cheers bar in the TV show Cheers.
• 124 Conch Street is the address of Spongebob Squarepants.
• 1492 Columbus refers to Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas in 1492.
• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the address of the White House.
• 742 Evergreen Terrace is the address of the Simpsons in the TV show The Simpsons.
• Seven Bridges Road is a song by Steve Young.
• Allison Road is a song by Gin Blossoms.
• Off Broadway is a term used for a defined set of plays, musicals or revues performed in New York City.
• The intersection of Wall street and Broad street is the location of the New York Stock Exchange.
• The corner of State and Main streets might refer to a location in Manhattan. State and Main may also refer to the movie of that name.
• 10 Downing Street is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• Hollywood and Vine is the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood.
• 20th and Blake St. is the location of the Coors Field.
• The intersection of Haight and Ashbury is located at the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco.
• 714 Delaware Street was the home address of the Connors in the TV series Roseanne.
• 221B Baker Street was the London residence of the famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes.