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* N E B U L A *
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* Copyright © 1990 Stephen J.Smith & Paul N.Goulding *
* Copyright AUSTEX SOFTWARE. FREEWARE SOFTWARE *
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1. INTRODUCTION TO NEBULA
1.1 THE STORY
Intercorp is the largest galactic peace keeping force in the known
Universe. During the intergalactic wars, damage to a vast majority of their
defense systems was sustained. When the wars had ceased, repair work began.
The moon of Europa, which orbits the planet of Jupiter, was
partially destroyed during the wars. Intercorp decided to re-build the moon
and include an incredibly powerful orbital stabiliser into the central
core. Without this, the moon's orbit would decay and it would be completely
obliterated. The moon was renamed 'UROPA' and because of it's strategic
position , has been set up as a major link in communications and detection
of hostile fleets entering our galaxy.
The control and protection of Uropas' systems was given to the
Tekites, when the moon was repaired. Unfortunately, a group of Tekites
rebelled against the government and civil war broke out. Soon after, they
were all but destroyed. Only a handful of rebels escaped. Now they have
returned after building up their forces, calling themselves 'KAPONES'.
The Kapones are now an advanced form of droid with full emotions and have
an intelligent thinking pattern. Unfortunately one of their strongest
emotions is greed. Since communications with Uropa has stopped, it is
feared that this very emotion has been exploited by an intergalactic race.
It seems that the Kapones have been paid a large fee to close down and,
if possible, destroy Uropa.
There are a large number of Energy-Rigs scattered over the surface
of the planet. These devices have been set up by the evil Kapones and are
draining the power of the stabiliser, causing the Uropa's orbit to decay...
1.2 OBJECTIVE
From the title screen the game commences, pressing the space bar
will start the game in keyboard mode, or pressing the fire button will
select joystick mode. Your mission starts with teleportation to your GBV
(Ground Based Vehicle).
Time is limited. You have two hours to restore the power to
the central stabiliser. Failure to do so in this time will mean the
destruction of Uropa and the Uropan force.
Your objective is to destroy all Energy-Rigs on the moon's
surface. To do this, you need to drop AER (Anti-Energy Rig) bombs near
each rig. These bombs have a set radius of destruction and therefore you
should not stay too close. These bombs are released from the rear of
your GBV. Once in place, simply detonate the bomb to destroy an Energy
Rig.
You can only carry nine bombs and there are ten Rigs on the
surface of the moon. Sometimes when an enemy GBV has been destroyed, they
will leave an AER bomb behind. Pick them up as soon as you can. This is
your only hope.
As a bonus, your GBV has been fitted with a cloaking device. When
activated, enemy vehicles cannot see you. Now, for the bad news. The
device only lasts a very short time. When de-activated, it will slowly
recharge, so use it only in emergencies.
So, as your Commissioner says, "Be careful out there".
2. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
2.1 SCREEN DISPLAY
2.1.1 STATUS PANEL
When travelling in your GBV, this panel displays the current status
of your vehicle and messages from the Nentransar moon.
2.1.2 RADAR SCREEN
The radar shows a limited range relative from your vehicle. Enemy
vehicles are shown as yellow and Chromolite crystals in green.
2.1.3 GBV PANEL
There are six sections in this panel. They are;
SCORE: This is purely for high score buffs....
TIME: The amount of time left before the moon is destroyed
is shown here.
ENG: Current energy for your GBV is shown here. Once your
energy has run out, you're a sitting duck...
The only way to keep going is to pick up Chromolite
crystals on the surface of the moon. They are converted
to fuel for your GBV. (Chromolite crystals are a mineral
native to this moon)
SHL: This shows the current shield value for your GBV. The
shields are constantly, but slowly, increased.
CLK: Cloak level. This indicates the amount of cloaking
energy left. When not active, the cloak crystals begin
to very slowly recharge.
AER: The number of AER bombs left is shown here. No more than
nine can be held in stores. If you try to collect more,
the will explode.
2.2 LOCATION
Your current location is shown by the two, two digit numbers on the
top left section of the dashboard. The first two digits are your 'x'
co-ordinate and the other two digits are your 'y' co-ordinate.
2.3 COMPASS
The compass gives your current heading in degrees. (0-360) North
is indicated by a value of zero. Heading in this direction will move your
position directly upwards on the map. (See section 4.1)
3. CONTROLS
3.1 COMMON CONTROLS
These keys are used regardless of joystick or keyboard mode.
'HELP' - Help screens
'M' - Map toggle
'B' - Drop AER bomb
'D' - Detonate bomb
'P' - Pause mode toggle
'K' - Select keyboard mode
'J' - Select joystick mode
'C' - Cloak mode toggle
'F10' - Reset game
'Q' - Quit the game
3.2 KEYBOARD MODE CONTROLS
'<' - Turn left
'>' - Turn right
'S' - Forward thrust
'X' - Backward thrust
'A' - Laser fire
3.3 JOYSTICK MODE CONTROLS
Stick left - Turn left
Stick right - Turn right
Stick forward - Forward thrust
Stick backward - Backward thrust
Fire button - Laser fire
4. OTHER FEATURES
4.1 USING THE MAP
The surface of the moon is divided up into a grid of 64 * 64
sectors. This map shows the entire surface of the moon and the locations of
all the Energy Rigs. We have calculated that no two Energy Rigs will be
found within one sector. Rig positions are indicated by an orange dot.
Your position are indicated by a yellow dot. By using the compass, you
can fly to any position on the moon.
4.2 HELP SCREENS
By pressing the HELP key at any time, except during pause mode,
the help facility will be activated. The first screen gives a VERY brief
outline of the game. Clicking on the NEXT PAGE gadget will bring up the
key controls for the game.
To exit back to the game, simply click on the EXIT gadget.
4.3 RUMOURS
It is rumoured that a strange device exists on the surface of
the moon. If you find it, please don't destroy it, but bring it back for
our scientists to look at.
The Kapones have been working on a new GBV. No sightings have
been reported at this time....