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Temporal Mechanics

PHONE TRIGGER

The interactive system where calls and messages received on the in-game phone alter route flow and outcomes.

[MECHANIC][PREMISE]
SECTION GLOSSARY
SPOILER FLOOR PREMISE
CONTINUITY ORIGINAL CORE
PRIMARY DATE ARCHIVE ENTRY
SOURCE TIER OFFICIAL
SOURCES 1 LINKED SOURCE
CATEGORY MECHANIC

Phone Trigger

Definition

The interactive system where calls and messages received on the in-game phone alter route flow and outcomes.

Why it matters

It makes communication itself the branching mechanic instead of using blunt menu prompts.

Metadata

  • Category: Mechanic
  • Spoiler floor: Premise
  • First anchor: Original game

Site use

Use glossary pages as landing targets for inline term tooltips and spoiler-safe lore explanations.

Sources

Convergence gate active

SECURITY_LEVEL: PREMISE

Linked Transmissions

Related archive entries

OBSERVER SAFE
REF_NO: FUTURE-GADGET-LABORATORY Archive entry

Future Gadget Laboratory

Okabe and friends' informal invention circle in Akihabara, complete with lab-member numbers and absurd gadget dreams.

[Group / lab]
OFFICIAL + SINGLE
Group / labPremise
SIGNAL INTERCEPTED

ENCRYPTION_LEVEL: Premise | CLEARANCE_REQUIRED

OPEN_FILE
OBSERVER SAFE
REF_NO: D-MAIL Archive entry

D-Mail

A text or mail message sent to the past through the PhoneWave/Phone Microwave setup.

[Time-travel mechanic]
OFFICIAL + SINGLE
Time-travel mechanicPremise
SIGNAL INTERCEPTED

ENCRYPTION_LEVEL: Premise | CLEARANCE_REQUIRED

OPEN_FILE
LAB MEMBER
SIGNAL INTERCEPTED

ENCRYPTION_LEVEL: SG0 Endgame | CLEARANCE_REQUIRED

OPEN_FILE
Shelf Sequence

Keep moving through this branch in order.

LAB MEMBER
SIGNAL INTERCEPTED

ENCRYPTION_LEVEL: Endgame | CLEARANCE_REQUIRED

OPEN_FILE
OBSERVER SAFE
REF_NO: PHONEWAVE-NAME-SUBJECT-TO-CHANGE Archive entry

PhoneWave (name subject to change)

The modified microwave-phone contraption that accidentally becomes a time-travel device.

[Gadget]
OFFICIAL + MULTI
GadgetPremise
SIGNAL INTERCEPTED

ENCRYPTION_LEVEL: Premise | CLEARANCE_REQUIRED

OPEN_FILE