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There's trouble brewing on the prison planet Targon, isolated from the rest of the galaxy for many centuries. A fanatical organisation is rumoured to be building a massive weapon called The Assault Machine. If true, it could spell doom for all the good guys.

The starcruiser Peacekeeper has been sent to investigate and take appropriate action. In other words... search and destroy. Blast those no-good cons to Kingdom Come.

In all there are ten island complexes on Targon which are making The Assault Machine. All must be destroyed.

All the equipment you have are four droids - Tracy, Holmes, Bond and Chan - and three atmosphere craft which must move the droids around from island to island.

First of all you must plot your moves by consulting a map of Targon's islands and decide where to drop the droids. Once this is decided you switch to what is basically flight simulation combined with a bit of zapping. Delivering a droid to its target will require you to face attack from aerial torpedoes and blaster fire.

Once the droid is on the island you can monitor its progress. If one gets into difficulty being attacked, for instance you'll have to rescue it.

Once the droids have found the information and location of the Assault Weapon bases, it's then time to move onto the end game. This involves bombing missions over the searched islands.

Assault Machine is a nice mix of Icon-driven strategy combined with fairly satisfying shoot-'em-up.