Greetings, Cadet. Weﾕve heard about your performance at the Academy of Hot Shots and Trigger-Happy Fellows, and we put in a request for your assignment here. Weﾕve forwarded this mission briefing to you to occupy your time while on your trip here.
We are in a hazardous situation. Iﾕve personally received intelligence that an unknown force is grouping at the far reaches of Territory Space. Our lunar base is stationed on a natural satellite of the closest planet to the Territory border. We used to be the second closest, by the way. We needed a new person to control our defense systems, and you are the one chosen for the job.
Now for some mission particularsﾉ
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These are the Unnamed Threat. They come in two varieties, Cruel Blue and Mean Green. They attack in several different ways. Donﾕt let them fly low enough to destroy the base!
If you are using SimpleText to scan this briefing, you can listen to a survivorﾕs recording of a successful attack, by choosing ﾒPlayﾓ under the ﾒSoundﾓ menu.
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These are your main line of defense. There is one on each side of the base, and each is controlled by a separate keypress on your control terminal. They will fire at where the crosshairs are currently pointing. Use the pointing device attached to your terminal to aim at your targets.
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This is a typical power generator. The more you have running, the faster you can fire and the more protected the cities areﾉ
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These are what you are trying to protect, the baseﾕs cities. They are immune to damage until their neighboring power generators are destroyedﾉ
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If an enemy is destroyed, it may leave a weapon enhancement behind. They donﾕt seem to appreciate being shot. If you feel you need the enhancement, let it survive long enough to reach one of your defense stations. There are three kinds of enhancement:
- Laser: This instantly kills whatﾕs behind the crosshairs, but it requires precise targetingﾉ
- Rapid Fire: This allows you to fire constantly, but overuse can cause you to hit something best left aloneﾉ
- Burst Shot: This causes your shots to explode in a cloud of destruction, but the explosion only covers a limited rangeﾉ
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To keep you from blanketing the sky with anti-spaceship fire, your foes will leave these nasty surprises behind. When shot, it will usually drop a cluster of bombs which can take out several generators and/or a cityﾉ
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Weﾕve gotten reports that this is known as a ﾒBonus Point Targetﾓﾉ
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And these are ﾒBonus Multipliersﾓﾉ
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Iﾕve personally heard rumors that, when shot, this can help you out in a pinchﾉ
Good Luck on your assignment, and may the Great Star Traveler bless us with survival.
