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Switching off something (past tense switched off)

The switching off and switching on actions are for the simplest kind of machinery operation: they are for objects representing machines (or more likely parts of machines), which are considered to be either off or on at any given time.

The actions are intended to be used where the noun is a device, but in fact they could work just as well with any kind which can be 'switched on' or 'switched off'.

Typed commands leading to this action

    "close off [something]"
    "turn [something] off"
    "turn off [something]"
    "switch [something] off"
    "switch off [something]"

Rules controlling this action

    before    doing something in The Captain's Office   
    check        an actor switching off  can't switch off unless switchable rule
    check        an actor switching off  can't switch off what's already off rule
    carry out    an actor switching off  standard switching off rule
    report        (display LibMsg <report player switching off>; ...) [E1]
    report        someone trying switching off   [E1]
    report        an actor switching off  standard report switching off rule