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- SLORDAX: The Unknown Enemy
- by John Carmack
- Version 1.0
-
- Legends tell of a race of superbeings who once tried to conquer the galaxy.
- Their cruelty was untold, and there was great suffering. They were called
- the Slordax, and laid waste to galaxy upon galaxy. The war lasted for a
- century.
-
- In the end, the Slordax were repelled. Now there is a stirring in the
- Slordian system, a system dead for over seven hundred years. Are the
- Slordax returning? The I.D.A. wants to know.
-
- Charged with the task of keeping galactic peace, the Intergalactic Defense
- Alliance has decided on a first strike--take them out before they grow too
- strong to defeat. You have been given the fastest, deadliest ship in the
- galaxy, a RedDog Adaptive Strike Ship. Given an elaborate artificial
- intelligence, it can use just about anything you fly near as an energy
- source or weapon. On the instant of imminent explosion, the ship will
- transport the pilot to a backup ship. There are a limited number of ships,
- and in the words of the director of the I.D.A., "You lose these ships and
- we're taking it out of your [CENSORED]."
-
-
- THE PLAN OF ATTACK
-
- Phase One
-
- Fly in through the asteroid belt to avoid detection from Slordia. It will
- be very dangerous, and watch out for automatic defense systems.
-
- Phase Two
-
- Pierce the defense screens and skim the planet's surface to avoid further
- detection. Their defenses will be alerted, so be careful. You must find
- the entrance to the old Fleet construction tunnels.
-
- Phase Three
-
- Fly through the fleet tunnels, avoiding the automatic defense systems,
- patrol drones, energy fields, and giant machinery. Find your way to the
- realm of the Slordax--a sort of hazy bubble in the time-space continuum.
-
- Phase Four
-
- Fly though the realm of the Slordax, whatever is there, and find out if the
- titanic Slordian Master has returned.
-
- Phase Five
-
- Make your way home through dangerous interdimensional warps to recieve your
- commendation.
-
- Some aliens will release power up capsules as they die:
-
- Speed
-
- Shot power
-
- Auto fire
-
- Extra ship
-
-
- CONTROLS
-
- You may use the joystick, keyboard, or mouse.
-
- JOYSTICK KEYBOARD MOUSE
- Move: Move stick Arrows Move mouse
- Fire: Button 1 Ctrl Button 1
- Speed: Button 2 ALT Button 2
- (NOTE: +up = faster, +down =slower)
-
- OTHER CONTROLS
-
- Pressing F1 brings up the Help screen.
-
- Pressing F2 will let you enter the control panel. Here you may change the
- controls and turn sound on or off.
-
- Pressing F3 will allow to you restart the game.
-
- F9 will pause the game.
-
- ESC (or F10) will quit Slordax.
-
-
- CONCLUSION
-
- Blast away and save the galaxy! It's the only one we've got!