Collaboration Mission Detailed Information 2025/04/06 1. The rovers will be controlled by Mission Control. All teams will be able to communicate with each other. Astronauts of all teams will be on the base and all rovers will be on the field along the mission. Astronauts and Mission Control will be able to communicate over intercom/internet. Rovers will communicate with Mission Control wirelessly, see 3.1.6. Communication Equipment Usage in ARC Manual. Astronauts will not be able to control the rovers but they will be able to use any tools to fix or prepare the rovers within the base. Astronauts are expected to help each other’s rover and will be rewarded accordingly. 2. The total mission duration has been extended to 4 hours. There will be a break mid-mission for astronaut exchange. 3. All steps of the Infrastructure Task and Antenna Task will be performed in separate zones in specific time slots. 4. Sensor Task will be performed by a single rover, and is exempt from time slots. 5. On the contrary to ARC Manual v3, each time slot will consist of a 10-minute mission duration at a zone. followed by a 5-minute preparation break. 6. A zone and time slot table will be displayed live to all teams during the mission. 7. During the mission, time slots and zones will be assigned by the Mission Commander, who is a member of the ARC jury board. 8. Each team will be assigned a pawn for scheduling purposes. Teams will request their pawn to be moved to available slots from the Mission Commander. 9. There are 2 zones for each Infrastructure Task step and 1 zone for each Antenna Task step. Teams are expected to form groups and request to place their pawns strategically to reserve a zone for the next time slot. 10. Teams can retry the same step indefinitely, even with different groups. Teams cannot retry if they succeed once. 11. Teams must jointly apply to the Mission Commander along with their selected partners to request a mission slot. Upon approval, the pawns of the involved teams will be placed into the designated slot. 12. Once a slot is occupied, no further changes can be made, the zone is reserved for the group. 13. After completing a mission or voluntarily withdrawing, teams may reassign their pawn to any available zone in the next time slot. To occupy an empty slot, the participating teams cannot be within a locked slot. 14. Team captains will act as the only representatives of their teams. 15. Groups will appoint a single representative from among their members. 16. Juries can ban astronauts from the field for inappropriate behavior. 17. Each team should have at least 2 astronauts prepared for the task as they will switch.