Following the invenlion ol the Inslellar drive, exploration and colonisation
of systems near our own was made possible. In 2050 Tau Ceti was colonised and the Cetans built 30 cities across the planet. In 2150 a vicious plague swept across the planet killing everyone, the planet was left to the robot maintenance systems. A cure lor the disease has now been found but at the same time a massive meteor smashed into the ptanel In 2164 the first expedition left for Tau Ceti, it landed safely and then minutes later a mayday message was received, followed by a total silence. Experts have now decided that the meteor impact must have caused the robots to run amok, the only way to stop (he defence systems without destroying buildings is to send in an armed ground skimmer to shut down the massive 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 and challenging for even the most experienced pilots. The skimmer is equipped with... - A single mounted ruby laser - Defensive shields - Eight |6) heat seeking missiles + targeting system - Eight anti missile missiles (AMM's) - Eight starlight flares - Infra-red night sights - A Hoffman 360 degree scanner and 4-way selectable viewscreen to avoid blind spots. - Planetary compass and computer AOF (automatic direction finding! beacons - A JCN command computer (guaranteed fully debugged for normal use). The skimmer operates in two modes, flight mode and ground mode. In flight mode contro of the programme is via single keys or a joystick. In ground mode you are in direct communication with the crafts' computer via the computer window. On loading the programme will go into a demo sequence. To stop the demo press BREAK. The commands available are given below along with a short description. HELP - Lists commands as below. RODS - This will allow you to assemble cooling rods found through your mission. EQUIP - Allows access to a building repair, refuelling and rearming facilities (if any). SAVE - Saves game to tape. LOAD - Loads a game from tape. SIGHTS ON, SIGHTS OFF To start the game LAUNCH (and press ENTER). Your skimmer will leave the safety of the lander and venture on the surface of the planet. Exploration of the planet is carried out in FLIGHT MODE. When first loaded the following keys are used. AMSTRAD VERSION Left... O Right... P Increase thrust S decrease thrust X Fire laser Space Fire missiles M Fire flare F FireAMM A Change view V Status report R Infra-red on/off I Increase height H Decrease height G Jump (if near jump pad) J Land L Pause ESCAPE (Fire restarts) SPECTRUM VERSION (where different from Amstrad) Fire laser N Pause BREAK (Fire restarts) A MESSAGE FROM GAL-CORP CENTRAL TAU-CETl III GENERAL INFORMATION The planet has no moon you will need to use the Infra-red equipment to see anything after sunset. Your craft will allow you to dock in buildings. Navigation on CETI III The planet has the now standard systemof JUMP PADS to allow easy transport from one city to the next Your ship's computet has a complete map of the jump networMo 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 the city) and press J. Defence estimates Many of the cities will defended by late-model robot hunters and land-based guardian crawlers and heavily armoured fortresses may be found in larger cities. Radar scans also detect tiie presence of proximity mines. FINALLY A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRWOMAN... Please try to avoid wanton destruction of unarmed buildings. Gal-corp central do want to COLONISE this world after you've finished with it and each undamaged dwelling will save millions on next year's budget!! GOOD LUCK .............................................................................. Message ends. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS AMSTRAD: To load press CTRL and small ENTER key. SPECTRUM: Type LOAD "" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Retyped in 2011 by hERMOL Visit my website at http://CPCRULEZ.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ebsite at http://CPCRULEZ.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |