Here is Plot Post Part II, as promised!
We still have a week left of timeline distortion, and by now everyone who is going to de-age/age up should have done it. On
February 1st, the Transporter will have enough juice to be fired up again for a Fix-It Mission. Initiative scientists have tweaked it just enough that a second exposure to the Transporter will, they're (pretty) sure, revert the damage done the first time and ensure against future timeline-wobbling. So, they're sending
everyone back, regardless of whether you're currently 8, 80, or exactly the age you should be. (There is some player choice in when the reverting actually happens, though. Characters can return to their proper age as soon as they're teleported in, or if you prefer they run the mission at their swapped age, they can revert on the return trip, instead.)
( up up and away to uruguay )