User Guide

Combat
Getting Work
In the center of the main concourse there is a small pillar with a Mission Computer set
into it. Click on the computer to step up to it. To activate the Mission Computer, click
on the palm reader in the lower right comer. Once it has scanned all sectors for missions,
you can use the arrows in the lower left to cycle through the available missions. Read
them all before deciding to accept one. Look for a mission that takes place in Troy. You
do not have a jump drive and cannot travel to other systems yet. If possible, accept a
Patrol or Defend Base mission anywhere in Troy. You do not need to write the mission
requirements down. They appear in your Persona] Computer and your ship's nav com-
puter. Exit the Mission Computer by clicking at the bottom of the scene. (See p. 37 for a
picture of the Mission Computer.)
Return to the hangar by clicking on the door on the lower level to the left of the Mission
Computer. Launch back out into space by clicking on your ship.
Preparing for Battle
Before doing anything else, activate your gun. To do this, press (G) to display your ord-
nance and select your gun. Your missile launcher is already active, and there are green
crosshairs to facilitate targeting. To activate options (p. 10), press |Alt ][0] to access the
Options Screen and click on the options you wish to activate. You may wish to activate
INVULNERABILITY or UNLIMITED AMMO, although you are not paid for missions run with
these options activated. Note that each button appears to be depressed when the system
is active. Now click on RESUME to re-enter the game universe.
Finding the Enemy
Unless you selected a Defend Helen mission, which would bring the enemies to you,
your next step is to find the enemy. Press [N] to go to your nav computer. The nav point
or points where you must go to fulfill mission objectives are designated in red. When
you have selected a red nav point, you are ready to autopilot into the thick of it. If you
need to be reminded of your mission objectives, click on the NAV/MIS button at the lower
right (or press (M)) and your information box lists your mission objectives in bright red.
When you have fulfilled a mission requirement, its listing changes to a dull red. Press
|Esc| to leave the nav map and press (A] to autopilot to the selected nav point.
Engaging a Bogie
When you arrive at the battlefield, gray dots appear on your Radar Screen. These indi-
cate other ships in space near you. Use the joystick to maneuver, placing one of these
dots within your crosshairs. Later, when you can afford a scanner upgrade, your HUD
should display red brackets around enemy ships and blue brackets around friendly
ships. Until then, all brackets will be gray. If you continually fire on friendly ships, their
attitude will change and they will probably begin firing back at you. Press joystick but-
ton #1 to fire your gun; press buttons #1 and #2 simultaneously to fire a missile. When
all the enemy ships have been destroyed or have run away, check your nav map to see