Mission Moonbase ================ The Plot -------- The intergalactic wars began in the year 2042. Almost immediately, our scientists on Earth discovered that Strontium 98, mined on the moons of Sirus (see Death Mines Of Sirus (Dragon 32)) was essential to fuel our rockets. Unfortunately, Strontium 98 has a serious defect; it is unstable and liable to go critical at any time. It can, however, be stablised at zero gravity and the chemical plant at Moonbase Archimedes has been set up for just that purpose. Due to the importance of Strontium 98, you and Captain Phoenix (see The Emperor Must Die (Dragon 32)) have been chosen to deliver the fuel to Rocket Base Moon. But, when you get there, you discover that the moon transporter driver has been murdered... The Action ---------- 1. Type CLOADM (ENTER). Press Play on tape. 2. Using the joystick you must steer your buggy from the Rocket Base to Moonbase Archimedes jumping over holes and any other obstructions and returning the fire from any Siran fighters you might encounter. At certain intervals, a block will appear over you. This is a refuelling drone; jump into it and you will refuel - avoid unnecessary jumping as this wastes fuel and agitates the Strontium 98. If stability goes below zero, you will blow up. 3. There are bonuses for keeping the stability above 90% and for finishing a skill level in under a certain time. You reach the end of a skill level after travelling one kilometre. 4. There are 40 skill levels. At the end of every fourth skill level you will be given clues which you will need to solve the adventure. There is no way of recalling them later so you must make a note of them as they appear. When you finally master the action game (i.e. at the end of Skill Level 40), you will be given the running code for the adventure cassette. The Adventure ------------- 1. Type CLOADM (ENTER). Press Play on tape. 2. When the program is loaded, you will be asked for the running code you received at the end of the action game. 3. Commands: N (North), S (South), E (East), W (West), WAIT n (waits for n minutes), PUT/DROP, TAKE/GET, USE/EXAMINE/SEARCH, INJECT Object (will inject 'Object' into nearest person if possible), ATTACH Object (will attach object to nearest suitable position), WEAR, REMOVE, SIT, STAND, TYPE 'MESSAGE' (types 'MESSAGE' on nearest available keyboard in the room). Spaceship Commands: SET M/O or SET E/O (sets moon or earth orbit), ARM (arms missile, AIM Latitude: Longtitude (aims missile - must be at operational height), REP (gives you status report), SHL (puts ships sheild on), LAZ Latitude:Longitude (fires lazer blaster - must be at operational height), RAD Channel, Message (sends out message on given channel), HNG (sends message to hangar control to open hangar doors), LND (requests permission to land automatically). 4. Joystick Controls. Left - Decelerate, Right - Accelerate Up - Jump, Down - Fire Forwards, Fire - Fire Upwards To operate the superbomb, which destroys everything in the sky, press the Spacebar on the keyboard. Codes ----- Dragon User #48 reported the loading code for the Adventure is J18-E99. However, this does not appear to work. Loading ------- CLOADM (ENTER)