"A long long time ago when space travel had just begun there was a ship called the Phirious which was a cargo vessel. On a trip to Alpha Centauri the Phirious vanished without trace and to this day nobody knows what actually happened. It ";
"was rumoured that she was carrying a very valuable load. Space piracy was suspected although there was no evidence to confirm this therefore the investigation was abandoned and the files were closed."
"As a space scrap dealer you had been interested in this fable. If the story was true then there might be a chance of making some quick money as the Phirious wasa very big ship. Even if it had been ruthlessly attacked there should still be";
"quite a lot of debris. If the Phirious had just strayed off course then the valuable cargo might still be intact and if it was, you could retire on the proceeds."
"After hearing some information on your home planet Erks-Aka that the Phirious started it's ill-fated journey from Earth you decided to visit that planet. However due to your greed you managed to get side-tracked on the way. The ";
"outcome of all this was that your spaceship exploded (you did remember to switchthe cooker off before you left, didn't you?) while you were visiting an abandoned wreck. You eventually managed to get to Earth via a couple of ";
"transporter units and a moon mining complex, this was covered in part 1 of the adventure, The Casiopia.";
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"In part 2 of the quadrilogy, called The Planets, you gained enough information to point you in the right direction for the Phirious and you also picked up somepotentially useful items. You boarded your Griffin class cruiser and prepared to";
"scoot off in the right direction. This is where part 3 begins."
"So there you were sitting in your spaceship. What next? You programmed the on board computer and your Griffin shot off into deep space towards the Phirious. Could it be that simple? No. Nothing ever is."
"As has been mentioned before space piracy was suspected as the cause of the missing Phirious and it had been playing on your mind that your spaceship had noarmament. You were also approaching Falkrhanon, the last known location of the ";
"Phirious and you began to get a little nervous. Suddenly out of the blue a hoardof attack fighters pounced on you. You took avoiding action and threw the Griffin around in the dogfight. Due to the fast speed of your ship you managed ";
"to avoid serious damage and break away from the pirate attack. Though the ship was intact all the dodging about had used up valuable fuel which meant you mightnot have enough to reach the Phirious as you didn't know it's precise location. ";
"A trip to Falkrhanon was called for. The planet was inhabited by science personel carrying out appraisal studies for future colonisation and in fact the planet used to have it's own race which was mysteriously wiped out by an unknown";
"plague, hence the experiments. You also managed to pick up some co-ordinates forthe Phirious but as they were in a foreign language you couldn't read them. Whatyou needed was a Mk2 Babelle fish. You might get that on Falkrhanon."
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"After a quick search with your radar you managed to find one of the scientific outposts. A quick conversation over the radio gave you permission to land there and after a short while the Griffin touched down on the landing pad. All that ";
"you needed to do now was to get some fuel rods, a Babelle fish and some food supplies just in case a long journey was ahead. Again, too simple? Yep, too simple! You had on board a robot which you had named Jethro, he was needed to ";
"help you pilot the spaceship. He was also very playful and despite warning him not to muck about with the controls while you were gone Jethro decided to press the ejector seat button and he, and the ejector seat went soaring through the ";
"roof of the ship flying majestically through the sky and out of sight! You'd have to go and get him as he was needed to help pilot the ship."
"Therefore to complete part 3 of The Lost Phirious you need the following: Fuel rods, food supplies, a Babelle fish, Jethro (your robot) and an operationalejector seat. Place these items in the back of your cruiser, by the airlock. You";
"must also fill the hole left by the exiting Jethro and ejector seat! ";
" ****** Some special options have been incorporated into the adventure. ******"
"Typing 'MAP' will tell you where to start mapping the adventure when on ground level and levels 1 and 2 of the outpost.";
"There is also a maze in part 3. You either love them or loathe them. For those who loathe them there is a command 'MAZE HELP' which switches on and off a path to follow within the maze."
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"If you encounter problems solving the game then write to us at the address belowdetailing your problems including an SSAE and we'll return a help sheet."
"Please note that this game has been unprotected so that it can be transferred todisc. Please do not abuse this facility by making pirate copies, the author is skint enough as it is! Bonzo Meddler by Nemesis software is an excellent tape to";
"disc copier if you do not have the expertise to handle the operation yourself."
"Apologies to all those concerned who were expecting part 3 to run under the GAC operating system. It was realised very early on that there wasn't enough memory available using GAC therefore it was decided to use the Quill. Unless the new ";
"Gilsoft adventure writing system is available for the Amstrad part 4 will be written using the Quill as well. It is a much under-rated system nowdays."
"The programs, story, and artwork of The Lost Phirious parts 1-4 are the copyright of Vidipix and may not be hired, broadcast or reproduced in any form whatsoever without the written permission from Vidipix."
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