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(EXIT TO LEAVE) NO INFORMATION ON FILE ON THAT SUBJECT IN THIS CENTRE SESSION TERMINATED BREAK PRESSED - FILE ABANDONED INDEXSTARSALPHA CENTAURITAU CETIVAN MAANEN'S STARBETA HYDRICOLONIESMININGROBOTICSHYDROPONICSINDUSTRYINTERSTELLAR DRIVEFTL DRIVEJONESRAYETPLAGUEENCKEENCKE'S SYNDROMELASERSRUBY LASERMISSILESFLARESAMM'SJUMP PADSHOPPERSSUPER TRAVELLERSKIMMERLANDERJCNSPINDFPAIRLOCKGAL-CORPINFRA-REDWEAPONSEQUIPMENTHISTORYBINARY STARSGAZAELLERYONE FACE WORLDSENGELSESCOTEARTHDURIUM CRYSTALSEXITMAIN SUBJECTS ON FILE ARE - COLONIES, EQUIPMENT, HISTORY, STARS, WEAPONS SEE UNDER THESE HEADINGS FOR MORE INFORMATION. (PRESS BREAK AND TYPE EXIT TO LEAVE SYSTEM AT ANY TIME) STARS ARE BALLS OF HOT GAS UNDERGOING NUCLEAR FUSION. SPECIAL INTEREST IS SHOWN IN G-TYPE STARS, SIMILAR TO THE SUN. FOUR G-TYPE STARS NEAR TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAVE BEEN COLONIZED AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THESE. SEE ALSO: ALPHA CENTAURI, TAU CETI, VAN MAANEN'S STAR, BETA HYDRI ALPHA CENTAURI IS A BINARY STAR 4.1 LIGHT YEARS FROM SOL. FIRST COLONISED IN 2050, ALPHA CENTAURI HAS 5 KNOWN PLANETS, OF WHICH THE SECOND AND THIRD, CALLED ELLERY AND GAZA, ARE HABITABLE. GAZA CONTAINS THE LARGEST ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY YET CONSTRUCTED, A MASSIVE DISH SOME 50 KILOMETRES ACROSS. ALPHA CENTAURI IS ALSO FAMED FOR IT'S INDIGESTIBLE POETRY. SEE ALSO:BINARY STARS, COLONIES, GAZA, ELLERY TAU CETI IS A G-TYPE STAR 11.7 LIGHT YEARS FROM THE SUN. THE SYSTEM HAS SEVEN PLANETS, 3 OF WHICH ARE GAS GIANTS. ONLY THE THIRD AND FOURTH PLANETS ARE SUITABLE FOR COLONISATION. THE THIRD PLANET IS A HOT DRY DESERT WORLD AND THE FOURTH IS ICEBOUND. A LARGE COLONY EXISTS ON PLANET 3, IT'S ECONOMY BASED ON MINING, HYDROPONICS, SOME INDUSTRY AND ROBOTICS. TAU CETI HAS PRODUCED MOST OF THE MAJOR ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS SINCE THE COLONY WAS FORMED IN 2050. ALSO SEVERAL REFINEMENTS IN JUMP PAD DESIGN, INCLUDING A PORTABLE, ONE-TARGET JUMP UNIT ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER DEVELOPMENT SEE ALSO: ROBOTICS, COLONIES, HYDROPONICS, MINING VAN MAANEN'S STAR WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED AS A G-TYPE STAR. LATER RECATEGORIZED AS TYPE F0. THE STAR HAS ONLY ONE PLANET, ESCOT, A ONE FACE WORLD WHERE ONE SIDE FACES THE SUN AND THE OTHER IS IN PERMANENT DARKNESS. DESPITE THE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS, A SMALL COLONY, BASED IN THE POLAR REGIONS, STILL SURVIVES AND HAS RECENTLY BEGUN TO GROW. SEE ALSO: COLONIES, ONE FACE WORLDS, ESCOT BETA HYDRI IS MANKIND'S MOST DISTANT COLONY. THE SYSTEM CONTAINS 4 PLANETS, TWO OF WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO BE HABITABLE ALTHOUGH TO DATE ONLY THE INNERMOST PLANET ENGELS, HAS BEEN COLONISED. BECAUSE OF THE IMMENSE DISTANCES INVOLVED, TRADE WITH BETA HYDRI HAS BEEN LIMITED TO EXPENSIVE MINERALS AND LUXURIES AND, SINCE THE COLONY DECLARED INDEPENDENCE IN 2118, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE COMMUNICATION. HOWEVER, RUMOUR HAS IT THAT THE COLONISTS ARE WORKING ON A NEW FTL DRIVE, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE INTERSTELLAR DRIVE INVENTED BY RAYET AND JONES IN 2047. SEE ALSO: ENGELS, RAYET, JONES, FTL DRIVE COLONISATION OF NEARBY STARS BECAME POSSIBLE IN 2047 WITH JONES AND RAYET'S INVENTION OF AN INTERSTELLAR DRIVE. EXPEDITIONS LEFT IN 2050 TO FOUR NEARBY STARS THOUGHT ABLE TO SUPPORT LIFE. ALL THE EXPEDITIONS HAVE PROVEN SUCCESFUL TO DATE. MANY EXPERTS, LED BY DR.ENCKE, HAD FEARS OF ALIEN BACTERIA AND STRANGE DISEASES BEING FOUND ON THESE COLONY WORLDS BUT TO DATE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. THE ONLY ALIEN LIFE FORMS FOUND ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE AMOEBA ARE THE HOPPERS OF TAU CETI. SEE ALSO: JONES, RAYET, HOPPERS, ENCKE ONE OF THE MAIN TRADE AREAS FOR ALL COLONIES MINING PROVIDES VALUABLE METALS, NOW VERY RARE ON EARTH, ESPECIALLY COPPER, ALUMINIUM AND TITANIUM. SEVERAL RARE CRYSTALS ARE ALSO UNIQUE TO THE COLONY WORLDS. SEE ALSO: DURIUM CRYSTALS THIS IS A FIELD SUITED TO COLONY WORLDS. LACK OF LABOUR AND HARSH CONDITIONS MEAN THAT ROBOTS ARE INVALUABLE IN CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK. SINCE THE ANTI ROBOT RIOTS OF 2075 ON EARTH LITTLE RESEARCH HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT THERE AND TAU CETI NOW LEADS THE FIELD. ALL THE COLONIES GROW MOST OF THEIR FOOD USING HYDROPONICS. VAST VATS OF SPECIALLY BRED ALGAE ARE CULTURED UNDER ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT. THE FIELD HAS NOW REACHED SUCH A STAGE THAT ADVERTISERS CLAIM THAT MANY PEOPLE CANNOT TELL HYROPONICALLY GROWN FOOD (HYPERGRUB) FROM THE REAL THING. INDUSTIAL GROWTH ON THE COLONY WORLDS HAS BEEN VERY FAST. AMID GROWING POLLUTION EARTH WAS GLAD TO RID HERSELF OF MANY OF THE TOXIC CHEMICAL PROCESSES USED. SEE FTL DRIVE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY JONES AND RAYET IN 2047 THE FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE USES INTERSTELLAR HYROGEN COLLECTED EN-ROUTE TO DRIVE A RAYJET HYPERDRIVE MOTOR. SPEEDS OF UP TO .05 LIGHT YEARS/HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE FTL DRIVE WAS USED TO ESTABLISH THE FOUR COLONIES. SEE ALSO: JONES, RAYET A WELSH PHYSICIST, DR.JONES GAINED A NOBEL PRIZE FOR HIS WORK WITH EMMA RAYET ON THE FLT DRIVE. HE NOW WORKS AS A CONSULTANT FOR GAL-GORP A BRILLIANT MATHEMATICIAN, EMMA RAYET DISCOVERED THE FLAWS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY WHICH LED TO THE THEORY OF SIMULTANEITY AND, WITH DR.JONES, THE FTL DRIVE. SHE NOW WORKS AT GAL-CORP R&D LABS. SEE ENCKE'S SYNDROME MARIA ENCKE, A FAMOUS GERMAN ATOMIC BIOLOGIST FIRST STATED HER FEARS ABOUT INTERSTELLAR PLAGUE FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF SEVERAL GAL-CORP SCOUT SHIPS ON EXPLORATION TRIP TO SIRIUS. NAME GIVEN TO STRANGE DISEASE DISCOVERED ON BOARD SCOUT SHIPS ON THEIR RETURN FROM SIRIUS EXPLORATION. BOTH SHIPS AND CREW HAVE BEEN IN ISOLATION SINCE DISEASE WAS DISCOVERED AND NO CURE IS YET KNOWN. SEE ALSO: ENCKE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MOST GAL-CORP SKIMMERS, RUBY LASERS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AT SHORT RANGES BUT CAN BE HALTED BY THE LATEST TITANIUM ALLOYS. SEE LASERS MANY OF THE NEWER SURFACE CRAFT CARRY A COMPLEMENT OF HOMING MISSILES. VERY DEADLY, AND CAPABLE OF DESTROYING A GAL-CORP CRUISER WITH A DIRECT HIT. NEWER MODELS, UNDER DEVELOPMENT ON TAU CETI AND VAN MAANEN'S STAR ARE REPUTED TO BE EVEN MORE POWERFUL. STARLIGHT FLARES ARE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MOST COLONIAL SURFACE CRAFT. USED WHEN RADAR SYSTEMS MAY GIVE A TELL-TALE TRACE. ANTI MISSILE MISSILES ARE OFTEN USED ON MILITARY SKIMMERS AND HAVE PROVED RELIABLE ON FIELD TESTS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LESS EFFECTIVE AT VERY CLOSE RANGE. GAL-GORP ARE WORKING ON THIS. DEVELOPED BY GAL-CORP R&D LABS EARLY IN 21ST CENTURY, JUMP PADS ALLOW NEAR-INSTANTANEOUS TRANSFER OF SHIPS AND EQUIPMENT BETWEEN TWO JUMP PAD UNITS. EARLY SUPER TRAVELLER UNITS ONLY ALLOWED TRAVEL BETWEEN TWO FIXED LOCATIONS BUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ARE MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE. EXCEPT FOR AMOEBOID ONE-CELLED LIFE FORMS, THE HOPPERS OF TAU CETI III ARE THE ONLY LIVING CREATURES DISCOVERED BY MAN IN HIS EXPLORATION OF NEARBY SYSTEMS. INCREDIBLY LARGE IN SIZE, (ADULTS CAN MEASURE A STAGGERING 100 METRES IN HEIGHT) HOPPERS TEND TO CONGREGATE AROUND, AND GAIN SUSTENANCE FROM THE OUTLETS OF JUMP PADS WHERE THEY FORM A DANGEROUS HAZARD FOR INCOMING CRAFT. SEE ALSO: SUPER TRAVELLER, JUMP PADS INNOVATIVE SINGLE-DESTINATION JUMP PAD UNIT, NOW LARGELY SUPERCEDED BY MORE ADVANCED DESIGNS WITH SELECTABLE DESTINATIONS. SEE ALSO: JUMP PADS, HOPPERS SKIMMERS ARE SMALL, GENERAL-PURPOSE GROUND EFFECT VEHICLES USED A GREAT DEAL IN EXPLORATION AND COLONISATION OF COLONY WORLDS. BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE DESIGN THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN ADOPTED BY GAL-CORP AS MILITARY VEHICLES AND CAN CARRY A WIDE VARIETY OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE WEAPONS. SEE ALSO: WEAPONS A SHUTTLE CRAFT USED SOLELY TO FERRY CREW AND CARGO BETWEEN THE HUGE FRAGILE FTL SHIPS AND SMALLER SURFACE CRAFT, GAL-CORP LANDERS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF ROCKET BOOSTERS STRAPPED TO A THICK HULL. SEE ALSO: SKIMMER, FTL DRIVE GAL-CORP SPONSORED COMPUTER COMPANY. SUPPLIES ALL COMPUTER HARWARE FOR GAL-CORP FREIGHT AND COLONISATION VESSELS. TERM USED ON TAU CETI III FOR A 'DAY'. TAU CETI HAS A VERY SHORT DAY, APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO ONE EARTH HOUR.THE CETANS CALL THIS PERIOD A 'SPIN' AND GROUP 16 'SPINS' TO ONE DAY. SEE ALSO: EARTH A SMALL, EARTH-BASED AIRLOCK MANUFACTURER WHICH, MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE WON THE CONTRACT TO SUPPLY AIRLOCKS FOR THE ENTIRE GAL-CORP FLEET. IT'S AIRLOCKS WERE ORIGINALLY USED ON THE PLANET ESCOT IN THE VAN MAANEN SYSTEM TO PROTECT THE COLONISTS FROM THE TOXIC SUB-ZERO GASES OF THIS INHOSPITABLE WORLD. SEE ALSO: ESCOT, GAL-CORP, VAN MAANEN'S STAR, AIRLOCK A COMPARTMENT WITH AN AIRTIGHT/WATERTIGHT DOOR AT EACH END, PROVIDING ACCESS TO A PRESSURIZED CHAMBER. FORMED OUT OF CO-OPERATION IN THE 20TH CENTURY OF THE AMERICAN, RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN SPACE PROGRAMS. WITH THE DECLARATION OF THE WORLD STATE ON EARTH IN 2015 GALCORP BEGAN A FIFTY YEAR PROGRAM TO EXPLORE AND POSSIBLY COLONISE NEARBY STAR SYSTEMS. THIS SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO THE FORMATION OF COLONIES ON TAU CETI, VAN MAANEN'S STAR, BETA HYDRI AND ALPHA CENTAURI. NOW A VAST INTERPLANETARY ORGANISATION, WITH A BUDGET IN THE TRILLIONS. SEE ALSO: HISTORY, COLONIES STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MILITARY SKIMMERS - INFRA-RED SIGHTS GIVE THE PILOT A FULL VIEW OF HIS/HER SURROUNDINGS WHEN THERE IS LITTLE OR NO LIGHT. STANDARD WEAPONRY RELEASE ON GAL-CORP SURFACE SKIMMERS INCLUDES: RUBY LASERS MISSILES ANTI MISSILE MISSILES (AMM'S) FLARES SEE UNDER THESE HEADINGS FOR MORE INFORMATION. NON MILITARY EQUIPMENT ON GAL-CORP SKIMMERS INCLUDES: DEFENSIVE SHIELDS: ENERGY SHIELDS GIVE A DEFENSE AGAINST LASER AND MISSILE FIRE. SCANNER: NAVIGATIONAL AID - GIVES A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF NEARBY SHIPS AND BUILDINGS. COMPASS UNIT: MAIN UNIT SHOWS SHIPS HEADING. ADF UNITS: (AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDERS) - ARE NORMALLY LOCKED ON TO THE CENTRE OF AN OUTPOST OR CITY AND THE SKIMMER'S LANDER. VIEWSCREEN: NORMALLY 4 WAY SELECTABLE AND EQUIPPED WITH INFRA-RED UNIT. COMPUTER: JCN COMMAND COMPUTER IS STANDARD ISSUE IN ALL SKIMMERS. SEE ALSO: JCN, INFRA-RED THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS COLONISATION OF NEARBY G-TYPE SYSTEMS WAS THE INVENTION OF THE INTERSTELLAR (FTL) DRIVE IN 2047.USING HYDROGEN SCOOPS MANKIND COULD COLLECT FUEL FROM THE THIN SPREAD OF HYDROGEN BETWEEN THE STARS. IN 2050 THE FIRST WAVE OF COLONISTS LEFT EARTH FOR FOUR NEARBY G TYPE STARS - ALPHA CENTAURI, BETA HYDRI, VAN MAANEN'S STAR AND TAU CETI. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE COLONISTS ARRIVED AND BEGAN TO BUILD A CIVILISATION IN THESE SYSTEMS. SINCE THAT DATE NO FURTHER COLONISATION HAS TAKEN PLACE - THE SPREAD OF A DEADLY PLAGUE - ENCKE'S SYNDROME - BROUGHT GAL-CORP'S COLONISATION PLANS TO A HALT ALTHOUGH 3 OTHER STARSHIPS HAVE BEEN FITTED OUT AND PREPARED FOR FURTHER EXPEDITIONS. SEE ALSO: ALPHA CENTAURI, BETA HYDRI, TAU CETI, VAN MAANEN'S STAR, COLONIES BINARY STARS ARE PAIRS OF STARS, ORBITING AROUND A COMMON CENTRE. ASTRONOMERS ESTIMATE THAT OVER 50% OF STARS IN THE GALAXY MAY BE OF THIS TYPE. THE COLONY ON ALPHA CENTAURI IS BASED AROUND A BINARY STAR SYSTEM AND TYPICALLY THIS LEADS TO RATHER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THE PLANETS IN THE SYSTEM. SEE ALSO: ALPHA CENTAURI THIRD PLANET ORBITING ALPHA CENTAURI. THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ASTRONOMICAL CENTRE OF THE GALAXY, GAZA CONTAINS, CARVED INTO IT'S SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE THE LARGEST OBSERVATORY YET CONSTRUCTED, A MASSIVE DISH 50KM ACROSS. THE PLANET'S ECCENTRIC ORBIT MEANS THAT THE DISH IN FACT SCANS THE ENTIRE HEAVENS. SECOND PLANET IN ALPHA CENTAURI SYSTEM AND THE MAIN SITE FOR THE COLONY THERE. BECAUSE OF THE PLANET'S ECCENTRIC ORBIT AROUND THE BINARY STAR ELLERY SHOWS EXTREME VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, MAKING IT A VERY HARSH WORLD TO LIVE ON. SEE ALSO: ALPHA CENTAURI, BINARY STARS PLANETS WHICH HAVE A SPEED OF ROTATION EQUAL TO THE TIME IT TAKES THEM TO ORBIT THE SUN. THIS MEANS THAT ONE SIDE OF THE PLANET IS IN PERMANENT SUNLIGHT AND ONE SIDE IN PERMANENT DARKNESS. INNERMOST PLANET IN BETA HYDRI SYSTEM. FIRST COLONISED IN 2051 THIS IS MANKINDS MOST DISTANT COLONY AND INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTS THERE HAS BEEN SCARCE SINCE INDEPENDENCE WAS DECLARED IN 2118. ENGELS IS A HOT, DRY WORLD WHERE WATER IS SCARCE AND MUCH OF THE PLANET IS DESERT. ENGELS IS ALSO NOTABLE FOR HAVING 3 MOONS, ONE OF WHICH IS EVEN LARGER THAN EARTH'S MOON, NICKNAMED 'THE EYE' BECAUSE A LARGE CRATER NEAR THE MOONS CENTRE MAKES IT RESEMBLE A HUMAN EYE. THE SOLE PLANET ORBITING VAN MAANEN'S STAR. A ONE FACE ICE WORLD WITH A LETHAL ATMOSPHERE OF TOXIC GASES.DESPITE THE HOSTILE CONDITIONS, A GROWING COLONY EXISTS ON ESCOT MINING FROZEN GASES AND RARE EARTHS FOR EXPORT. SEE ALSO: ONE FACE WORLDS, VAN MAANEN'S STAR MANKIND'S HOME WORLD. RARE CRYSTALS FOUND ONLY ON TAU CETI III. HIGHLY UNSTABLE, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL IN MODERN SHIELD UNITS WHERE THEY CAN SUPPLY THE SHORT BURSTS OF HIGH ENERGY REQUIRED. SURFACE INSTALLATION INDENTIFICATION CHART (THIS INFORMATION IS NOT GUARANTEED ACCURATE) ( \] ^_ EXITW  ** INDENTIFICATION CHART ** E NAME : F AIRLOCKS:  MOBILITY: WEAPONS : DEFENCES: SHIELDS : (P(X(`(h(p(xMAIN CENTRAL REACTORYESNONONEAMM'SVERY HIGHREACTOR SUBSTATIONYESNONONEAMM'SVERY HIGHCIVIL SUPPLY BASEYESNONONEAMM'SVERY HIGHMILITARY SUPPLY BASEYESNONONEAMM'SVERY HIGHGAL-CORP LANDERYESNONONEAMM'SVERY HIGHLIBRARY BUILDINGYESNONONENONEVERY HIGHFORTRESSNONOLASERS + MISSILESAMM'SHIGHCONTROL TOWERNONOLASERSNONEMEDIUMDOMENONOLASERSNONEMEDIUMSPHERENONOLASERSNONEMEDIUMHUNTER MK INOYESLASERS + MISSILESNONEMED/HIGHHUNTER MK IINOYESLASERSNONEMED/HIGHHUNTER MK IIINOYESLASERSAMM'SMED/HIGHGUARDIAN CRAWLERNOYESLASERS + MISSILESAMM'SHIGHREPAIR DROIDNOYESLASERSNONELOWHOMING MISSILEN/AYESN/ANONENONEDREDGERNOYESNONENONELOWTRACKER UNITNOYESNONENONEMEDIUMPROXIMITY MINENONON/ANONENONEJUMP PAD UNITNONONONENONEVERY HIGHRADAR TOWERNONONONENONELOW/MEDIUMHOPPER (LIFE FORM)N/AYES-HOPS!N/AN/AN/ABEACONNONONONENONELOW/MEDIUMROBOT FACTORYNONOMISSILESNONEVERY HIGHINDUSTRIAL UNIT INONONONENONELOWMINING COMPLEXNONONONENONELOW/MEDIUMHYDROPONICS CENTRENONONONENONELOW/MEDIUMINDUSTRY UNIT IINONONONENONELOW/MEDIUMMETEOR CRATERN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AJUMP DIRECTOR UNITNONONONENONEVERY HIGHVOLCANO (ACTIVE)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A9:;<=>?@ABCDEFGGFEDCBA@?>=<;:9a`^]KGCA?<:864320/.-+*)('&&%|zxvtrpnljhfdb`_^\ZYXWVTRQPONLJIHGFEDCBBBA@?>=<;:::98766654443222221000/...-,,,,,+***)((((('&&&&&&&%$$$$$$$#"""""""! ?e:liZ&v)pЯX"/8ֳ3tlF"D9 viYh/ Yii@nww~_ћ O%k$,Jؒ ^|kټvbf*LWuqGtMx&-ևq;Lg5Sݨ!Wh Az}314la^L{|.8h#3}l$mv*oҗߜ$/' LjՐ-74Мr r %4rAb=0Rrbbr R+b>RK@Hb?.R@br@R .!r2@E.QS@Jb.@R.b'R6I YWb@.@+.  d@- $l&@nͪ>2nT>2n:ɷ(`Cʇ>! q͑> 0͑ͱmV ( *[:ɯdDSPACE TO CONTINUE, BREAK FOR MENUF A MESSAGE FROM GAL-CORP CENTRAL. TAU CETI III GENERAL INFORMATION. THE PLANETS DAY: TAU CETI III HAS A VERY SHORT DAY, APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO ONE EARTH HOUR. THE CETANSCALL THIS PERIOD A SPIN AND GROUP 16SPINS TO A DAY. AS THE PLANET HAS NO MOON YOU WILL NEED TO USE THE INFRA- RED EQUIPMENT TO SEE ANYTHING AFTER SUNSET. DOCKING ON THE PLANET: MANY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE SURFACEARE EQUIPPED WITH DFP'S LATESTMODEL ENERGY SCREENED AIRLOCK. THESE ARE RECOGNISABLE BY THE CHARACTERISTIC FLICKERING PATTERN AND YOUR CRAFT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DOCK WITH THESE BUILDINGS IF YOU WAIT FOR THE AIRLOCK TO OPEN TO FULLAPERTURE AND THEN ENTER - SLOWLY!ONCE INSIDE A BUILDING THE COMPUTER WILL RETURN YOU TO GROUND MODE, GIVING ACCESS TO ANY FACILITIES AVAILABLE. NAVIGATION ON TAU CETI III: THE PLANET HAS THE NOW STANDARDSYSTEM OF JUMP PADS TO ALLOW EASYTRANSPORT FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT UNFORTUNATELY THE PADS ARE OF THE OLD NON-PROGRAMMABLE 'SUPER TRAVELLER' TYPE AND EACH PAD IS MAPPED ONTO A SINGLE DESTINATION. LUCKILY YOUR SHIP'S COMPUTER HAS ACOMPLETE MAP OF THE JUMP NETWORK.TO JUMP FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT SIMPLY FIND THE CORRECT JUMP-PAD (THEY ARE FOUND AT THE NORTH, SOUTH EAST AND WEST ENDS OF EACH CITY) AND PRESS J. GAL-CORP RECOMMENDS CAUTION ON EXITFROM A JUMP AS REPORTS INDICATETHAT 'SAND HOPPERS', A NATIVE LIFE FORM, CLUSTER AROUND THE FEEDER PIPES OF JUMP-PADS AND LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE PAST DUE TO COLLISIONS. DEFENCE ESTIMATES: IT IS KNOWN THAT MANY OF THE CITIESWILL BE DEFENDED BY LATE-MODEL ROBOTHUNTERS MARKS I II AND III, SOPHISTICATED AND WELL ARMED HUNTER- KILLERS, AND REPORTS INDICATE THAT LAND BASED GUARDIAN CRAWLERS AND HEAVILY ARMOURED FORTRESSES MAY BE FOUND IN THE LARGER CITIES. RADARSCANS FROM ORBIT ALSO DETECT THEPRESENCE OF PROXIMITY MINES. CPERSONAL MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRWOMAN. PLEASE TRY TO AVOID WANTON DESTRUCT- -ION OF UNARMED BUILDINGS. GAL-CORP CENTRAL DO WANT TO COLONISE THIS WORLD AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED WITH ITAND EACH UNDAMAGED BUILDING WILLSAVE MILLIONS ON NEXT YEARS BUDGET!2 !>8͑>ͺ@ͱ (S (O ( X( (S >8ͺ:= >2>8ͺ:< 2:'_!^#V >ͺ2 CYYYZCZ9TAU CETISPECIAL EDITIONPRESS fg TO SELECT +n!;\n(ˮ>:\SX >"S2{2Gz2'''O|'''o&)]T!n:˅of##6#n:˅of##6#(6#6 n:˅of6#:'''o&))X:_ K:Aw#!@"~ 0#(x8"kbB" ZR!"@K ~#F# x *<[>z<2A{<2@:='''o&))X:<_ K@:BAw#>! q͑> 0͑ͱ8 ( >!q͑">0͑ͱ8 ( >d̀!6N#F#^#V#~#i`N#F#^#V#C>82BK:_y0͑:B0>82Bvvvvͱ8 ( >̀d!@@6!XXw!o&)))Vx¥è^y=_~#!~!w y ‹ xŠ  THE STORY BEGINS IN 2047 WITH THE INVENTION OF THE INTERSTELLAR DRIVE. USING HYDROGEN SCOOPS MANKIND COULD COLLECT FUEL FROM THE THIN SPREAD OF HYDROGEN BETWEEN THE STARS. THISMADE POSSIBLE THE EXPLORATION ANDCOLONISATION OF NEARBY SYSTEMS.  IN 2050 THE FIRST WAVE OF COLONISTS LEFT EARTH FOR FOUR NEARBY G-TYPE STARS, ALPHA CENTAURI, TAU CETI, VAN MAANEN'S STAR AND BETA HYDRI. SEVEN MONTHS LATER THE FIRST WAVE OFCOLONISTS ARRIVED AT TAU CETI ANDBEGAN TO BUILD A CIVILISATION ON THE THIRD PLANET, AN INHOSPITABLE DESERT WORLD WITH VERY LITTLE LIFE. FOR OVER 90 YEARS THE COLONY GREW AND PROSPERED. THE CETANS BUILT OVER 30 CITIES ACROSS THE PLANET AND ASTRONG TRADE BASED ON MINING, ROBOTTECHNOLOGY AND HYDROPONICS.  THEN, IN 2150 DISASTER STRUCK THIS AND ONE OTHER OF MANKIND'S FOUR GROWING COLONIES. A VICIOUS PLAGUE, ENCKE'S SYNDROME, SWEPT ACROSS THE PLANET. ONCE CONTRACTED THE DISEASEWAS INVARIABLY FATAL AND AS IT SPREADFROM CITY TO CITY THE FEW REMAINING COLONISTS FINALLY ADMITTED DEFEAT AND FLED, LEAVING THE PLANET TO THE ROBOT MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS.  TWO YEARS PASSED AND ON EARTH A CURE FOR THE DISEASE WAS FOUND ANDLINKS BETWEEN THE TWO REMAININGCOLONIES, ALPHA CENTAURI AND BETA HYDRI WERE RESUMED. ABOUT THIS TIME ALL RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS REMAINING ON TAU CETI AS A MASSIVE METEOR SMASHED INTO THE PLANET.  AS THE REMAINING COLONIES RECOVERED FROM THE LOSS IT WAS DECIDED TO RECOLONISE TAU CETI AND VAN MAANEN'S STAR. IN 2164 THE FIRST EXPEDITION LEFT FOR TAU CETI. A SINGLE RAMSCOOPENTERED THE SYSTEM AND SAFELY LANDEDON THE PLANET'S SURFACE. MINUTES LATER, A MAYDAY MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED, FOLLOWED BY TOTAL SILENCE. EXPERTS DECIDED THAT THE ROBOTS SO SKILLFULLY DESIGNED BY THE FIRST COLONISTS HAD RUN AMOK AFTER THEMETEOR IMPACT. AFTER SEVEN YEARS,AND THE SUCCESSFUL RECOLONISATION OF VAN MAANEN'S STAR, A SECOND EXPEDITION WAS ORGANISED. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE DEFENCE SYSTEMS WITHOUT DESTROYING THE REMAINING BUILDINGS WAS TO SEND IN AN ARMEDGROUND-SKIMMER TO SHUT DOWN THEMASSIVE FUSION REACTOR IN THE PLANET'S CAPITAL CITY, CENTRALIS. A SINGLE SKILLED PILOT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUCCEED WHERE FIFTY WOULD SURELY FAIL, AND LIKE A FOOL, YOU VOLUNTEERED. CONTROLLING THE SKIMMER: THE GAL-CORP ARMED SKIMMER IS A POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS CRAFT, CHALLENGING FOR EVEN THE MOSTEXPERIENCED PILOTS. THE SKIMMER IS EQUIPPED WITH: A SINGLE MOUNTED RUBY LASER DEFENSIVE SHIELDS EIGHT HEAT SEEKING MISSILES+ TARGETTING SYSTEMSEIGHT ANTI MISSILE MISSILES (AMM'S)EIGHT STARLIGHT FLARES INFRA-RED NIGHT SIGHTS A HOFFMAN 360 DEGREE SCANNER WITH 4 WAY SELECTABLE VIEWSCREEN PLANETARY COMPASS AND ADF (AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDING) BEACONSA JCN COMMAND COMPUTER (GUARANTEEDFULLY DEBUGGED FOR NORMAL USE) ON PLAYING THE GAME, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A VIEW OF THE SKIMMER'S INSTRUMENT PANEL (SEE GUIDE TO PANEL IN THE MAIN MENU). THE SKIMMER OPERATES IN TWO MODES,'FLIGHT MODE' AND 'GROUND MODE'. IN FLIGHT MODE CONTROL OF THE PROGRAM IS VIA SINGLE KEYS/JOYSTICK. IN GROUND MODE YOU ARE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CRAFT'S COMPUTER THROUGH THE COMPUTER WINDOWAND COMMUNICATE USING SINGLE WORDCOMMANDS LISTED ON THE NEXT PAGE. GROUND MODE COMMANDS: HELP LISTS COMMANDS AVAILABLE. LAUNCH NORMALLY GROUND MODE IS ONLY  ACTIVE WHEN YOU ARE DOCKED.  LAUNCH WILL SEND THE SKIMMER OUT ONTO THE PLANET'S SURFACE AND INTO FLIGHT MODE. MAP THE COMPUTER WILL DISPLAY A  MAP OF THE PLANET. USE  LEFT RIGHT UP AND DOWN KEYS  TO MOVE THE CURSOR OVER THE  MAP AND FIRE TO SELECT A FUNCTION OR INFORMATION. RODS THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO  ASSEMBLE COOLING RODS FOUND  THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. REACTOR WHEN DOCKED WITH THE MAIN  CENTRAL REACTOR WILL GIVE ACCESS TO THE REACTOR ROOM. LOOK SHOWS A VIEW INSIDE THE  BUILDING. WAIT WAITS 5 EARTH MINUTES (ABOUT  1/12 OF A CETAN 'SPIN'). STATUS GIVES A DAMAGE AND PROGRESS REPORT. EQUIP ALLOWS ACCESS TO REPAIR,  REFUELLING AND REARMING  FACILITIES (IF ANY). NAME USED TO GIVE THE COMPUTER  A NEW PILOT'S NAME.PAD AN ON-SCREEN NOTE PAD TO RECORD YOUR PROGRESS. NEWPAD CLEARS THE NOTEPAD. SAVE SAVES POSITION TO TAPE. LOAD LOADS A PREVIOUSLY SAVED  POSITION FROM TAPE. RAMSAVE SAVES A POSITION QUICKLY INTO RAM. THIS IS LOST IF THE COMPUTER IS RESET OR  TURNED OFF. RAMLOAD LOADS THE SAVED POSITION  FROM RAM, IF THERE IS ONE. KEYS ALLOWS YOU TO REDEFINE THE  SINGLE KEY COMMANDS IN FLIGHT MODE.QUIT ABANDONS A GAME. SCORE GIVES A RATING OF YOUR  PROGRESS SO FAR. PAUSE FREEZES THE GAME (FIRE  RESTARTS). SIGHTS ON / SIGHTS OFF ADDS OR REMOVES TARGET SIGHTS AS REQUIRED. LIBRARY ALLOWS ACCESS TO LIBRARY  FUNCTIONS AND DATABASES. TIMEVAULT GIVES ACCESS TO ANY  UNOPENED TIMEVAULTS FOUND. INVENTORY GIVES A LIST OF ANY USEFUL OBJECTS FOUND. THESE COMMANDS CAN BE ABBREVIATED USING '.' . FOR EXAMPLE H. WILL GIVE HELP, L. LAUNCH AND LIB. ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY. THE COMPUTER ALSO USES A 'FUZZYMATCHING' TECHNIQUE AND WILLACCEPT SLIGHT MIS-SPELLINGS. EXPLORATION OF THE PLANET IS CARRIED OUT IN 'FLIGHT MODE' (TYPE LAUNCH AND PRESS ENTER). WHEN FIRST LOADED THE KEYS ARE SET AS ON THE NEXT FEW PAGES BUTYOU ARE FREE TO REDEFINE ANY ORALL OF THEM TO YOUR OWN CHOICE. O LEFT P RIGHT S INCREASE THRUST/CURSOR UP X DECREASE THRUST/CURSOR DOWN SPACE FIRE LASER/SELECTM FIRE MISSILEF FIRE FLARE A FIRE AMM R STATUS REPORT I INFRA-RED ON/OFF H INCREASE HEIGHT G DECREASE HEIGHTJ JUMP (IF NEAR A JUMP PAD)L LAND (AND ENTER GROUND MODE) V SWITCH VIEWSCREEN DIRECTIONS FINALLY, IN FLIGHT MODE BREAK WILL FREEZE THE GAME AND FIRE THEN RESTART IT.WHILE IN GROUND MODE A LIST OFGROUND MODE COMMANDS CAN BE ACCESSED BY TYPING HELP AND A LIST OF SINGLE- KEY COMMANDS BY TYPING KEYS.8 8 8 8 8 8 889GUIDE TO PANEL:8UPPER WINDOW SHOWSREAL TIME CLOCK,DIRECTION OF VIEW,CITY/OUTPOST SKIMMERIS IN, (OUTPOSTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED), COMPASS, HEADING AND SHIPS'S STATUS. THE DIAMOND INDICATOR IS HIGHLIGHTED IFTRACKING BEAMS AREBEING DETECTED.8SCANNER: WHILE INFLIGHT MODE SHOWSA PLAN VIEW OF ANYSURROUNDING ROBOTSAND BUILDINGS.8THIS DISPLAYS PILOT'SNAME, INFRA-REDSTATUS (1=ON) ANDSHIPS COMPLEMENT OFMISSILES, AMM'S ANDFLARES. ALSO, MISSILE COUNT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IF A MISSILE IS LOCKED ONTO A TARGET.8BAR INDICATORS SHOWSYSTEM STATUS ANDOPERATIONAL DATA.8AUTOMATIC DIRECTIONFINDER. LOCKED ONTOTHE CENTRE OF THECURRENT CITY/OUTPOSTTHAT SKIMMER IS IN.8THE SECOND ADF ISTIED INTO THELOCATION OF YOURLANDER, WHEN IN THESAME CITY AS IT. 8THE COMPUTER WINDOWDISPLAYS ANYIMPORTANT MESSAGESIN FLIGHT MODE.USED FOR YOUR INPUTIN GROUND MODE.8MAIN VIEWSCREENSHOWS VIEW OUTSIDESHIP IN SELECTEDDIRECTION IN FLIGHTMODE. USED AS ACONTROL PANEL FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS IN GROUND MODE.9SPACE TO CONTINUE, BREAK FOR MENUTAR, COLONIES BINARY STARS ARE PAIRS OF STARS, ORBITING AROUND A COMMON CENTRE. ASTRONOMERS ESTIMATE THAT OVER 50% OF STARS IN THE GALAXY MAY BE OF THIS TYPE. THE COLONY ON ALPHA CENTAURI IS BASED AROUND A BINARY STAR SYSTEM AND TYPICALLY THIS LEADS TO RATHER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THE PLANETS IN THE SYSTEM. SEE ALSO: ALPHA CENTAURI THIRD PLANET ORBITING ALPHA CENTAURI. THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ASTRONOMICAL CENTRE OF THE GALAXY, GAZA CONTAINS, CARVED INTO IT'S SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE THE LARGEST OBSERVATORY YET CONSTRUCTED, A MASSIVE DISH 50KM ACROSS. THE PLANET'S ECCENTRIC ORBIT MEANS THAT THE DISH IN FACT SCANS THE ENTIRE HEAVENS. SECOND PLANET IN ALPHA CENTAURI SYSTEM AND THE MAIN SITE FOR THE COLONY THERE. BECAUSE OF THE PLANET'S ECCENTRIC ORBIT AROUND THE BINARY STAR ELLERY SHOWS EXTREME VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, MAKING IT A VERY HARSH WORLD TO LIVE ON. 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