worked to resolve collision between these roles.
diff --git a/gce-create-instances.yml b/gce-create-instances.yml
index 1ceb5c8..0dd8d4d 100644
--- a/gce-create-instances.yml
+++ b/gce-create-instances.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
credentials_file: '{{ credentials_file }}'
state: present
tags: "{{ default_firewall_tags }}"
- metadata: '{ startup-script: sudo sed -i "s/^.*requiretty/Defaults !requiretty/" /etc/sudoers }'
+ metadata: "{ 'startup-script': 'sudo sed -i \"s/^.*requiretty/Defaults !requiretty/\" /etc/sudoers' }"
register: gce
# - name: Create firewall rule