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1. Ma Merit Software 13707 a P s tl 75244 User s Guide Vs INTRODUCTION Welcome to Maelstrom We at PAS Systems have spent the last two years devel oping what we believe to be the new standard in state of the art simulation tech nology We have tried to achieve maximum realism not only in terms of the mechanics of running a government and fighting a foe but also in terms of the interaction between people and factors in the game You will not find linear story progressions in Maelstrom nor will you find a map that will take you through the game reliably every time you play As in real life Maelstrom fea tures a galaxy that is never constant its characters have moods its technology is fallible its leaders are whimsical and its masses are unpredictable The real magic of Maelstrom is in the way the stories evolve and intertwine with each other and in the way characters planets and ships interact with them selves The player is urged to be a hands on leader Although the game pro gresses without player input it will be short and will end in the Overlord s untimely demise unless the player intervenes It is difficult to fully comprehend the scope of Maelstrom 5 interactive gameplay without experiencing it firsthand Maelstrom provides you with all the tools for interacting with an entire galaxy with hundreds of characters dozens of plots plans dirty laundry vendettas and all the other things that make r
2. other box It normally con tains the star map Arrow buttons in the lower right hand corner of this box allow you to move the planet images inside the star map and scan the galaxy at short range or you may move your Holo pointer to the far edges of the screen There is a bar at the bottom of the map which displays the name of any planet inside this box s range The start coordinates are positioned on Harmony itself Directly underneath this box is an array of seven buttons They are arranged in two columns the first one containing buttons marked OFFICERS ARMADA MISSIONS PLANETS and STATS The second column contains buttons marked BUILD ARMADA and BUILD MISSION These buttons control the military screen for a number of different operations Clicking on OFFICERS makes the Executron call its home planet database and retrieve a list in the stats text box of all officers currently hired along with their assignments ARMADA lists all ships currently owned by Harmony The color of the listed ships indicates their status White means the ship is docked on Harmony Green indicates a ship involved in a patrol mission and red indicates a ship in attack posture Clicking on a ship will change the contents of the box at right to show 18 the officers on board ship Underneath this list are two buttons ATTACH and DETACH Beside these two buttons are up down arrow buttons used to flip through the armada one ship at a time MISSIONS work
3. Executron will make sure you know about it through the message bar and by highlighting the button which leads to the screen where the message is waiting When you go to the MAIN panel the CONNECT button under the vid screen will be highlighted You can answer the call by clicking on the button and the person s picture will appear on the vid screen along his or her message If you ignore an incoming call after a short time the caller may give up Now that you are familiar with the MAIN screen and how it functions let s take a tour through each area in the order it appears in the transfer panel Selecting the EXIT button in the screen transfer panel or pressing the ESC key will automatically return the holographic display to the screen it just came from This is accomplished by the Executron s exclusive event buffer unit TELEVID SCREEN You can access the TeleVID screen by clicking on VID in the transfer panel or by pressing the Fl key This area is used for talking to all the important people in the galaxy including your cabinet on Harmony leaders of various planets in the galaxy and others In addition to talking to these people you can also view their personal tiles for background information These files are gathered by SIN networks under the auspices of Mr Fredericks and yourself In the top left comer of VID is a vid screen Its functions are similar to the MAIN panel vid screen When you are talking to a person his or her pictu
4. I will be happy to talk to you Yours Truly pe Armor Uvgod Chief Engineer MAIN SCREEN The first thing you will see when you power up the Executron is the MAIN screen BoOSS I DON T KNOW IF YOU RE AWARE Jj OF THIS BUT THOSE BOYS IN MILITARY TARRE ALL BUYING ZAPHRONIAN LRMU CRUISERS YOU n IGHT CONSIDER This screen is the hub of your entire system so familiarize yourself with it com pletely This is also where you will be receiving the majority of your incoming mes sages At the bottom of the MAIN desktop is the message bar and transfer panel which are enclosed by a box The Executron maintains this box on every active display in the entire system The buttons on the transfer panel will enable you to move among the Executron s eight areas The buttons are as follows Communications area teleVIDeo screen GOVermnor area Secret apum Network area MINe Operations area MAIN _ panel Disk Operations Environment Control and Pause EXIT Return to previous area E previous area Note that the function keys Fl through F8 plus the ESC key can also be used for moving from screen to screen The message bar is for quick information such as notification of incoming mes sages warnings of impending battles and help messages concerning the opera tion of the various controls In the upper left comer is the vid screen which is used when receiving communi cations from various people When someone is con
5. They may come up with something similar to what you required but it will rarely be exactly what you need 42 The economy cannot run on the sale of Harmony research products alone What ever you do to generate revenue rememer there is an up and down side to ev erything Extortion is quick and relatively easy but can make enemies ma hurry Planning an insurgence campaign is fraught with pitfalls You can lose agents and fleets of spacecraft at an unknown planet Mining is a safe way to make money but it is labor intensive andcostly Keep one eye open for mines which have ceased to be profitable as Fitzholnum is generally found near Harmony s surface You are not operating in a vacuum While you take care of your own immediate concerns bear in mind the larger issues There are forces at work in the galaxy and you must be wary of them The Syndicate is not waiting around until you are good and ready to tight them The natural defenses of a high amount of Fitz in the ground will only hold out for so long A way might be found to overcome those defenses unless you take the proper steps Military might is a good deterrent for invaders but this is also one of the quick est ways to spend your money Choose your weapons and ships with a close eye on the bottom line The flashiest option doesn t always get the job done The more officers on board each vessel the better prepared it is for battle Moreover the more officers you have the more
6. a lot of food to the Syndicate military planets Thyzahn Coordinates 216 216 216 Rich planet full of executroid type people who live for stocks trading etc The planet itself is very wealthy and while it does not have an army or anything like that it has hired a very good crack command team to protect it from invaders While not actually a member of the Syndicate many of the extremely rich on Thyzahn have money invested in Syndicate operations and would hate to see the Syndicate destroyed Chairman of the Board for this planet is Temik Milhouse IV Tool Coordinates 400 80 0 Where the best engineers in the galaxy can be found Chief Engineer is Katrina Vannes Basically a peace loving planet these people believe that the best de fense is I m bigger than you are so don t make me angry Essentially Tool makes the best weapons around and everybody buys from them the player buys all their starships from them and most of their weapons However they are also really cautious and keep the best defense systems for themselves making the planet very difficult to attack This is a good place to find Engineering special ists most of Harmony s research team studied here Tool uses a good amount of Fitzholnium and is on friendly terms with Harmony 47 Uhll mumay Coordinates 64 64 0 This planet was a known military outpost during the great wars and was special ized to nuclear wea
7. budget for all four departments This amount is what is deducted from your total notes at the beginning of each Monthly Expenses Amount requisitioned by all departments each month total funds at the beginning of every month Fitzholnium Value This is the current selling price for one unit of Fitz dis cussed later General Staff This is the number of non skilled labor available to be hired by all departments These people are necessary to the smooth running of mines research projects military and SIN missions Monthly Income Total revenue for the month This figure is added to your The large box in the upper right of the MAIN panel has two purposes Usually it contains a statistical breakdown for each of the four areas staring with mining The monthly budget number of foremen number of mines and general staff are all displayed here Below that is Research also outlining budget supervisors number of projects and staff Military and SIN stats are below that with budgets officers or agents missions and staffs The box can also be used to display video recordings and other supplementary visual data sent by a caller The Executron will display two buttons beside the viewer one which plays the video data marked VIEW and one below that which is marked END This button when selected will END the transmission and the Executron will automatically disconnect the caller If someone calls you during the game the
8. by the Executron He or she will also be removed from the personnel list for that area When someone is fired from an area the Executron adds the person s name back to the FREE list Also the Executron will give you a confirmation at the mes sage bar When you hire someone you must pay that person The new employee s monthly wages comes out of the budget for the area to which he or she was hired The new employee can then be given an assignment within each area 17 MILITARY COMMAND This screen can be reached by clicking on MIL from the screen transfer panel or by pressing F3 From the Military department you may assign Captains or engi neering and computer officers to any of your starships You can also assemble fleets and deploy those fleets to various areas of the galaxy In addition from the Military screen you may enter the Buy screen where the Executron s on line marketplace feature allows you to purchase new starships and upgrade the equip ment on your existing ships Finally from the military area you may access the Battle screen where you can watch the conflict in real time and send strategy over the communications net to assist your officers in battle Along the upper left of this screen is the stats text box of the basic statistics for the area This box changes HARMONY 3 CAPTAIN to show appro EEG priate lists as E CEE TE you select PROGR CNGINECh them i EX PROGHNNNER At the upper right is an
9. first one marked PERSON trans fers to the personnel area which is discussed in greater detail in the next section Next to that is a short button used to move to the department whose stats are dis played above it The middle button toggles to the two other summary displays The fourth button works just like the second one changing the display to the de partment area The last button is marked EXIT and works to duplicate the func tions of the EXIT button in the transfer panel detailed earlier in the manual 14 PERSONNEL SCREEN This screen can be reached by clicking on PERSON from any of the four depart ment areas or from the summaries It allows you to view the personnel file of any qualified person on Harmony and hire that person to work for you in the ap propriate areas You can also fire anyone working in any of the departments from this screen Executives hold a position of authority in the different work areas on Harmony In the min ing area they work as mining foremen overseeing each mine and checking and im proving all mining processes In the Research area execu tives work as project manag ers To start a project in the Research area you must have a manager to oversee the proj ect and guide it towards a use ful end result In the Military area the executives are used as Captains and engineering and computer officers aboard your starships A starship cannot be sent on a mission without a Captain En
10. killed several years ago in a severe storm and since then has been completely devoted to his work Graduated from Zaphroxi with honors most of his work deals with in creased growths for plants and crops on Thornwood Keif Bai ley The prime minister of Pizhda Since his wife died several years ago Bailey has had only two loves his daughter and politics He was elected on a platform of planet wide peace He is completely non aggressive and will al ways try to talk before acting He seems completely trustworthy Petra De Jonge The president of Haltrot home of DICE industries Dejonge s interest has always been in keeping DICE prosperous she has in the past only fa vored bills and doctrines that directly benefit DICE Similarly she has vetoed proposals that would likely damage DICE Lai Nor Egri The Dean of Zaphroxi Egri s IQ is apparently just over 190 well over the previously highest naturally occurring IQ ever recorded It is no sur prise he heads the most prestigious institute for scientific knowledge in known space He is generally helpful when possible Mr Fredricks Head of SIN Harmony Very little is known about this man other than the fact that he is very effective and very frightening He ran almost single handedly Harmony s security until recently Rackhert Gerschen Head of Harmony s military program He is a veteran of several skirmishes with L II y yy rww and Esbastista Gerschen makes an excel len
11. money goes out the door in wages There is no one right way to defeat the Syndicate and make the galaxy safe This is the real thing and your decisions affect other people as much as theirs affect you The choices you make can lead to victory or straight into the hands of death To assist you in making decisions there are a number of intelligence reports which you can refer to for information The Renegades Guide has compiled these reports on most of the known planets and personalities These are the most detailed descriptive accounts available anywhere on the inter galactic communi cations network 43 A Planetary Compendium The great majority of these planets are independent planetary states However an alarming number of them are becoming aligned with the Syndicate It is ad vised that you refer to your SECTOR MAP for the most recent updates Here they are as follows Azure Dawn Coordinates 108 280 120 A small planet nestled between two larger ones Esbatista and Keyops Bird Coordinates 480 480 400 This is the farthest planet from Harmony The planet itself is unique in that there are bacteria on the planet that mutate very quickly and are very easy to ma nipulate Thus the people of this planet have become very good in the biologi cal sciences and have developed bacteria that do all sorts of bizarre things They are neutral in terms of the Syndicate rebel war primarily because they are physi cally so far fr
12. not really that close to Harmony but one of Harmony s regular Fitz customers Medium to high tech Generally non violent Pfipfif Coordinates 40 20 80 Small Fitz mining planet independent Produces about a sixth of what Har mony does Deals mostly with the Syndicate Somewhat close to Harmony Raryl Coordinates 256 160 96 One of the inner planets controlled by the Syndicate this is a mining outpost much like Emo and Cylur Nothing else is known but there is widespread specu lation about the nature of the mining community here Rasputin Coordinates 120 40 0 Small planet physically close to Harmony this planet was populated with colo nists from one of the two military planets of the three major planets in Syndicate space They have mostly severed ties with their home planet They are a high tech planet because of their background but are not terribly wealthy as they are still struggling to survive They left Syndicate rule because they disliked the op pression but they will not openly oppose the Syndicate for fear of annihilation Rimble Coordinates 248 96 48 A planet which caters to the hedonistic pleasures of everybody Anything can be acquired on Rimble as long as you have the money to pay for it There is no government it s every man for himself This is a favorite hang out for the worst elements of known space pirates mercenaries drug dealers tax auditors and foreign rocket ship mechanics There are
13. stop the Syndicate before they capture Harmony and change this galaxy into a ruthless dictatorship Though the army is small our resources are huge and you have the support of many of the surrounding planets Be careful be cause you cannot neglect us while battling the Syndicate We re right behind you Boss Good Luck r Ma Elysia Sybarrite Governor of Harmony Executron 1200 User s Manual Foreword This is the official user s manual for your new Executron 1300 fully automated holo desk All standard and custom features arc outlined in full Your software is warranted for a period of one 1 standard inter galactic annum This manual was prepared by Armor Uvgod and all custom software is copyrighted by Har mony Research INC The Executron 1200 utilizes a standard English keyboard Most of its commands are accessed using the mouse inputdevice The Executron generates a holo graphic display within your field of view and uses its patented llolo pointer to facilitate selection of various commands To select a command using the I holo pointer simply maneuver the mouse until the tip of the Holo pointer is over the appropriate spot and then click down the left mouse button Unless otherwise notea this is always the procedure implied when the words select or click on appear in this manual I hope that you can be productive and successful behind your new desk and if there is any problem call me atthe VII area
14. the map or by moving the Holo pointer to the edge of the screen If you slide the map around at the start of the game you will find the capital city of Perfect as well as 36 one or two active mines Other landmarks include a mountain range with a lake along the base The rest of Harmony is more or less barren All mines will be labeled with a mine number and as the mines arc open longer you will notice that their size will increase On Harmony they practice open pit mining Areas that have been surveyed but not mined will be marked by sur vey villages The four function buttons on this screen are SURVEY MINE CLOSE and PER SON Surveying To start a SURVEY indicate a spot for surveying Then use the Holo pointer to select the SURVEY function button The survey report will be sent to you in ap proximately a week s time If you choose to survey a spot that has already been surveyed even if it already has been mined the Executron will immediately display the report for that spot Similarly if you survey a mine open or closed you will immediately be shown the survey for that mine As mentioned above spots that have already been surveyed will be marked on the map Opening a Mine Opening a MINE is a similar process Simply click on the spot on the map that you wish to mine and then click on MINE If you review later satellite informa tion on that spot on the map you will find that a mine has indeed been started and it w
15. which you are aware by an N Undemeath the MAIN map are two columns of buttons separated by a small text box Each column has three buttons in it The left column contains VIEW SHOW HIDE MSSN and SHOW HIDE AGNT buttons VIEW allows you to see the planet you have selected in the sec tor map along with a short description The VIEW button then toggles to dis play MAP allowing you to return to the sector map SHOW HIDE MISSION will remove your missions from the map box and then display them again SHOW HIDE AGENT works in much the same way The right column contains GRID ON OFF ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT GRID ON OFF toggles the reference grid on the map on and off ZOOM IN magnifies the contents of the map and ZOOM OUT does the opposite Zooming in suffi ciently will switch off the Grid Clicking on exit returns to the previous screen 20 Buy Section The next function button is labeled BUY and selecting it tells the Executron to transfer you to the Military marketplace HOLE OG SPEC There are a number of steps that must be completed in order to make a success ful purchase To outfit a ship you must first select a hull type and then if you wish select weapons defenses or computers to attach to that hull After your ship is complete you can name it as you wish and it is ready for battle In addi tion you may sell damaged or working items from a currently owned ship at a reduced price of course trading up to even more
16. years ago Skave had ta kick the butt of a guy named Zoran nuttier than a fruitcake with wings Showed up on Rimble claimin ownership 0 the place right o blood or some such nonsense Skave showed him blood lemme tell ya Anyway Skave s got it on good authority this jimbrone s gonna show up at yer place at some point Don t talk don t argue as soon as he gets there take every last rock ya got an throw it as hard an fast as ya can Get yer first shot off fast It ll confuse him an ya can aim yer second careful like Skave says Zoran s bad an kickin the tar outta him s good Alright an now we come ta the grand finale The fat lady s gonna sing an no cracks about Skave s mother If yer been playin yer cards right at this point ya should have amassed a sizeable fortune with such stuff as insurgence extortion an sellin weapons fer fun an profit I especially emphasize the sellin of yer technology always big money in that With all this moolah ya got yer should have bought some fancy military planet hoppers loaded up with all the extras in case 0 trouble Yer Military should have seasoned veterans an all yer ships should be in good repair Finally yer should have taken Skave s advice an sent some SIN agents ta recon an find out 57 which o the Syndicate planets contains the main headquarters fer the slimy little treethogs Now yer ready ta finish this whole mess off L
17. 20 28 136 This is a bland little planet normal in every respect There is nothing unique about it at all However the appearance of a place can often be deceiving and there is a feeling that the people here are hiding something Imbesi Coordinates 280 80 40 A large Syndicate planet it holds almost one third of the entire Syndicate popu lace Also a military stronghold Keyops Coordinates 64 142 160 Large and powerful this ambitious planet is near Azure Dawn and Esbastista 45 Knormphell Coordinates 40 40 0 Low tech planet the inhabitants are savages and not at all aware of the existence of other life in the univers Low population L IPyyyrww Coordinates 240 160 160 Planet of rough alien creatures but vastly superior to humans in every way Heavy psi powers the population of this planet is separated into several sects and every sect has a group mind The sects are divided based on the skills of the members medical fighters scientists etc They are fierce warriors and honor worthy combatants However they consider the human race snotty and beneath contempt Inhabitants of this planet are roughly humanoid Nimbula Coordinates 240 200 320 This is the farthest planet from Harmony It is in Syndicate space The Syndicate have made it heavily industrialized despite the high population Pollution there is the worst in the galaxy It is well protected Pihzda Coordinates 80 320 40 Standard planet
18. AP without a proj ect displayed in the window you will be shown the list from the STATS button After selecting the correct project click SCRAP again When a project is scrapped you will receive a confirming message Scrapping a project will disperse the research group and make its members available for other projects It will also destroy any collective momentum this team has achieved When the project has been completed the project manager will call the you from the RES area and give you a description of the newly invented item If the item is intended for the military it will henceforth be available to you through the Buy screen Every Research project manager has two specialties and when the name of a su pervisor is put on the blank form that supervisors specialties will be listed under his or her name There is no relevance or importance to which of the skills is listed first or second At any time the you may click on STATS to tell the Executron to display all of the current projects in the projects box Click on one of the projects listed and this will take you to the STATS screen for that project When a project has been completed and approved the supervisor and his team will be available to start another one Restart them by choosing a new research 34 item type if desired adding or subtracting from general staff and then clicking on INIT PROJECT again 35 MINING To reach this screen
19. Harmony Keep yer engineering boys hard at work cause the cheapest an best weapons are gonna come from the labs on Harmony Keep pushing the electro magnetic type doodads an Skave ll tell ya why There s a planet buried at the heart o the Sve n star system but ya can t get ta it cause of all the cosmic interference The only way yer gonna get ta these guys is ta build a special transmitter that can cut thru ta em Once ya call em they ll send ya help well worth the effort So get yer guys goin on buildin that radio Anyway after a while things are gonna start bubblin on Azure Dawn Those hotheads on Keyops an Esbastist are gonna try an make trouble fer poor Maissa Pariag who never hurt anyone in her considerably lengthy life Now Azure Dawn s one 0 yer major Fitzholnium consumers a smart Overlord d keep a handy eye on her Ya can t pick on Esbastista though cause Dre han Van Cott keeps yer minin machines chuggin an if ya tick him off it ll cost ya big time The thing ta do is ta send a regiment or six over ta Keyops an show Pixor Meunier how ta rumble Harmony style Without Keyops Esbastista ain t gonna move an Azure Dawn is safe Problem solved no muss no fuss In the mean time ya should keep minin on Harmony cause that s where yer major source 0 money s gonna come from Not only that but I have it on good authority that there s a starship buried near the la
20. Levy Mike Pot Jamie Leece David Black III Paul Shields Bill Graham Electronics 2001 Toronto and Gentek Marketing And a very special thank you to Christina Upton for use of her boundless imagi nation Our Devoted Testers Testing 1 2 3 Inc Richard Bongard and Drew Markham Manual Written by Mathew Price Andy Hook and Andy Blau Manual Edited by Rick Van Ysseldyk Mark Vange and Roddy McGinnis Maelstrom is a trademark owned by Don Bluth Multimedia Inc All characters audio visuals and concept 1992 Don Bluth Multimedia Inc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Programming 1992 PAS Systems ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
21. More or less your standard planet in most respects Medium to high tech level space flight etc There are trace quantities of Fitz here One company which more or less dominates the planet is D I C E Inc Definitive Ideas on the Cutt ing Edge They have made quite a lot of money in the sale of Fitzbased tools and weapons The Dice company s logo is appropriately enough a six sided die and it appears with all of their products Happenstance Coordinates 120 120 200 The only known large scale fully self sufficient space station in existence It ap peared a few years back and is well protected Harmony Coordinates 0 0 0 A small mining planet that alone produces three fifths of all the Fitzholnium tri gem in the galaxy Hemholtz Coordinates 24 72 136 A barren planet which has a methane atmosphere This is a hard place to live on because of the constant explosions of flame when a tiny spark happens The methane atmosphere extends some distance beyond the planet and ships that travel at high speeds that is speeds requiring rocket thrusters stand a good chance of becoming flying briquette Travel in this atmosphere must be done by pulse rockets which are normally used for takeoffs and landing not as severe so as not to damage the planet they are taking off and landing from Hobbman Coordinates 96 8 120 Medium to high tech level large planet reasonably close to Harmony High pop ulation Huygen Coordinates 1
22. actually sell items back you must click on SELL Clicking on SELL removes all the items slated to be sold on the starship being displayed All items with a stroke will be removed and Current Total and Available Funds will be adjusted accordingly Structurally Sound items are bought back at 75 of their original cost damaged items at 50 Clicking on EXIT from this screen returns you to MIL Battle Section The far right function button takes you to the BATTLE control center From this screen the Executron can help you orchestrate the strategy of any starship battle move ships around give orders in terms of who to attack and with what weap ons and when to retreat if necessary Note that if you choose not to let the Ex ecutron influence the battle at all your captains and officers will tight to the best of their ability with the weapons and ships they have 24 ae Along the two sides of the screen are a column of five boxes There is one box in the left column for each ship you have in battle and one box along the right for each ship the enemy has in battle If either you or the enemy starts with less than four ships the empty boxes will simply be light gray If there are more than four ships to a side then select the up down arrows below the boxes to scroll through them Two information meters are located across the middle of each active box The two bars indicate the level of structural integrity and crew morale Note th
23. an keep the heck outta their way And don t worry about what yer penny pinchers tell ya ya can t waste money in security Now while yer diggin oversized gopher holes all over the face of yer nation ya might try pokin yer nose around the base o the mountains Skave knows a lot pout geology an it s better than twelve ta seven that if ya take a chunk outta a base of the mountains yer ll find a nifty little mineral called catzite When ya dig it up yer ll get a call from a chump named Larcher head 0 DICE Indus tries He s lookin ta buy the stuff ta make super lasers If ya sell the stuff yer ll get a good price but the Syndicate ll have the same access ta the weapon that yer do On the other hand if ya keep the stuff ta yerself yer Research folks 11 probably whip up the laser themselves an then it ll be just yer toy This one s yer call kid but Skave says there s nothing like lots o ready cash ta keep a battle moving Hey Skave s got another handy tip fer ya During battle ya might want ta focus all yer ships on just one of the other guy s ta make sure ya kill it Then move on ta the next ship until the whole fleets gone Skave s won a canoeful of fights that way It s a great twist from the old style Just when ya thought it was safe ta let yer government out ta play Skave s got a feelin that the background music s in minor keys Skave knows the way Jerov Laddry thinks an I feel pretty certain that so
24. at a ship may start a battle without its life bar at full if that ship was damaged from a previous battle In the middle of the screen is the battle grid which shows the relative positions of all the ships in this area of space Located on the grid are both the enemy and Harmony fleet The two arrows at the left and right are to rotate the battle grid for a better vantage point on the action Under the battle grid is the stats window It is a scrolling box with arrows at the side Normally it is empty but you can call up the stats of any ship on the screen either yours or the enemy s To call up the stats of one of the ships you double click anywhere in the ships box or on the ship itself on the battle grid To call up the stats for an enemy ship the process is identical Initially you will not be able to view any of the items on the enemy ships except for the ship number Every time an enemy ship fires the number of that ship s active weapon appears in the weapons row of that ship s box Also any time the enemy ship uses a defense to counter one of your shots it will appear When the stats of a ship are being displayed the ship s box is replaced with a larger box which is actually a 6x3 grid The first column has a red IV a blue D and a green C The first row is the weapons for the ship written with a red num ber There are up to five weapons on a ship If the ship has less than five weap ons the blank boxes are gray If a
25. ay the planet you have just chosen Having selected a destination your next step is to select as many ships as you wish to send on the mission Select a ship from the list then click on the AT TACH button to add it to the mission When you are satisfied choose either an Attack or Patrol stance by toggling the upper middle button You will notice that the color of the type changes from green to red if the mission chooses an attack stance The stance can also be changed once the mission has been launched Next click on the LAUNCH button to send the mission on its way The Execut ron will let you know the launch outcome via the message bar The lower middle of the screen contains four function buttons marked from left to right as SECTOR MAP PERSON BUY and BATTLE The PERSON button works identically in all areas in which it appears so consult the personnel sec tion for a more thorough explanation Sector Map SECTOR MAP transfers you to the sector map screen which gives you a com prehensive representation of the entire galaxy There is a ring around the last planet selected from the planet list and the name of this planet is displayed at the top left of the map Left and right arrows are located at either side of the map area and are used to rotate the view In flight missions appear as either red or green letter H s depending on their stance Syndicate fleets of which you are aware are designated by the letter S and neutral fleets of
26. click on MIN from the screen transfer panel This area is used for controlling the mining department As Overlord all you need do is sug gest where on Harmony to survey and based on the survey reports where to mine You can read reports on any mine and close mines if necessary SUNGET EST O Along the left edge of this display is the stats text box There are also additional statistics specific to the MIN department The current trading price for Fitzholn ium is displayed near the top of the box Budget and Staff are controlled via a set of arrows There is a minimum budget and staff for this area Please see the section covering the Governor screen for details At the bottom of the stats text box is the Mine number listing also with a set of arrows This is a concise listing of all the active mines on Harmony with basic statistics These statistics are Daily cost of operating the mine Number of miners assigned to work there general staff Value of the Fitzholnium extracted today Number of days in operation Foreman s name The arrows allow you to move through the list of all the currently active mines on Harmony As you do the Executron will display a satellite photo of the mine The upper right comer of the screen is a map of the surface of Harmony relayed to you by satellites that constantly circle the planet You can move the view pre sented by using the four directional arrows in the lower right comer of
27. d by clicking on SIN from the screen transfer panel The Secret Intelligence Network or SIN can be used to unearth hidden facts about important people in the galaxy and in some cases extort money from them Your agents can also be sent to reconnoiter planets that you do not have com plete files on and finally they can be sent on insurgence missions to other plan ets in order to raise public opinion towards Harmony s struggle In addition the SIN takes care of security on Harmony This is an automatic function but the head of the SIN Mr Fredericks will report to you on any secu rity infractions or other happenings that warrant your attention Along the left edge of this screen is the stats text box It contains a list of the basic statistics for the SIN area Budget and Staff are adjusted with arrows here too There is a minimum budget and staff for the SIN area See the section cover ing the Governor area for details The Executron lays the screen out similarly to the MIL area except for the mid dle right function buttons These buttons are labeled EXTORT DOSSIER MIS SIONS INSURG RECON and ABORT At the bottom of the screen just above the transfer buttons are SECTOR MAP and PERSON buttons Note that you cannot order a mission to be started if there aren t any agents available If you try to start a mission when there are no agents available the au tomatic Executron overrides will display a message letting you know of t
28. d you can select one with the Holo pointer Note that this list might conceivably be empty If so the automatic Executron overrides will send an appropriate message To hire more project managers you must go to the Personnel screen You can get there directly by clicking on PERSON You are able to do this at any time while in the RES area without affecting whatever you are doing at the time and when you retum to the RES screen any changes in personnel will be shown 33 Once you have a manager and staff for a research group you can assign the group a research direction All discoverable items have an item type i e laser magnetic organic etc The list of available item types includes Missile General At any time during the set up of a group or when assigning it a research direc tion you may click on CANCEL which will cancel the entire project Once the group has been assigned an item type click on INIT PROJECT and the team will begin working on it CANCEL also duplicates the STOP PROJECT button Clicking on it when no project is selected will bring up the projects list Select a project and it will be stopped Clicking on INIT PROJECT restarts it as always Clicking on CAN CEL again stops the project You may scrap a project at any time This is done by bringing up the project using STATS or by cycling to the correct one using the arrow buttons at the top of the project box Then click on SCRAP If you click on SCR
29. e You can issue two kind of orders multi ship and single ship Multi ship orders can be sent to many ships at once all the ones that are highlighted If a multi ship order is issued and no ships are highlighted it is issued to all of them Sin gle ship orders may only be issued to one ship at a time If a single ship order is issued when more than one ship is highlighted only the last ship highlighted will receive it If a single ship order is issued when no ships arc highlighted nothing happens The Executron equips you with five function buttons on the lower half of the screen these are the order issuing buttons First is a button labeled ATTACK short for All Out Attack It is a multi ship order When this order is issued to a ship it will remain where it is and will exert all its energy into the attack viciously and as often as possible with little regard for its own safety As an indication of ships in All Out Attack mode the name of the ship changes to red it is normally green To bring the ship back to normal status either order the ship to move to a specific location covered below or highlight it and click on NORMAL button which brings it back to normal status Note that ships on All Out Attack have reduced defensive capabil ities The next order is DEFEND short for All Out Defense This is also a multi ship order When this is issued to a ship the ship will stop attacking and chan nel all the ship
30. e SECTOR MAP 30 Insurgence Missions You can send an agent to start a whispering campaign on another planet in sup port of Harmony s struggle Start by clicking on INSURG and then click on the planet s name You will receive a confirming message that the orders have been sent Again the first available agent will take the mission but the insurgence of a planet requires that the agent actually gets to that planet The agent assigned to the insurgence mission will wait on Harmony until the first mission to the appro priate planet becomes available The agent will then board that mission automat ically When the agent has completed the insurgence mission he will transmit a con firming message directly to you If the public opinion of a planet is sufficiently high the leader of that planet may decide to assist Harmony in some way against the Syndicate However the discovery of your subversive activities may lead to quite the opposite effect When the Harmony fleet reaches the appropriate planet the agent cannot shuttle down to the planet if the Harmony fleet is engaged in battle If the Harmony fleet cannot orbit the planet without fighting the agent will delay the assigned mission When the mission is completed if there is a Harmony fleet in orbit the agent will have a standing order to rejoin the fleet If there is not a Harmony fleet in orbit the agent will immediately request one and every two months thereafter until y
31. eal life what it is So pull up a chair invite a friend and enjoy the game Sincerely hoe Mark Vange Director PAS Systems Table of Contents A Warm and Friendly Letter from Elysia Sybarrite 5 Executron 1200 UsersManual 6 Foreword loe ERI ERE WING 6 Main Screen 0202 eee 7 Televid Screen Sie ate acd ee ee NG 10 Governor Screen 20 ee eee ee eee 12 Personnel Screen l l 15 Military Command 2 18 Sector Map eee eee ee es 20 Buy Section 2 2 2 eee ee eee es 21 Battle Section 24 Secret Intelligence Network 29 Dossier on Planetary Representatives 30 Extortion Missions 30 Reconnoitering Planets 30 Insurgence Missions 31 Research and Development 32 Mining rear fete ee ee Pe RE 36 Surveying els 37 Opening a Mine rn 37 Closing a Mine 37 Load and Save Screen 7 3 9 The Renegade s Guide to the Galaxy 41 History pisa dd ah ha M3 pana 41 Strategy eio i eph la Se 42 A Planetary Compendium 44 Who s Who in the Galaxy 49 The Maelstrom Hint Guide 53 A Warm and Friendly Letter from Elysia Sybarrite Dear Boss Hello boss Since we re going to be working together so closely I thought I would tell you m
32. en hired The next four buttons have the names of the four depart ments on them and clicking on them displays a list of executives hired to each area Selecting a person from one of the departments allows you to fire him or her or display that person s tiles again The buttons are highlighted to show which area you are currently reviewing Elysia Sybarrite and her staff are constantly trying to find new talent for you and different people apply There should always be a supply of all four execu tive types but if you run out then wait a bit and your staff will locate more When a new person is added to the FREE list his or her name will be high lighted until you either hire that person to a specific area or view his or her per sonnel file At the start of the game you will not have dealt with anyone so all of the names will be highlighted in the FREE list While this list will be constantly replenished as you hire people away from it people who are on the list for too long will eventually find other work and will no longer be available You can jump from a list to any other list at any time by simply clicking on the correct button Each list shows the names and availability of each person on it Any person who has received a specific assignment within his or her department will have a star displayed beside his or her name You can only hire people from the FREE list Also mining foremen can only be assigned to the Mining area resea
33. es any more damage beyond that point it is vaporized and all traces and record of it disappear from the galaxy The word DEAD ap pears across the ship s box This process applies to both your ships and the enemy s Full and thorough repairs can only be done on Harmony When one of your ships is hit it is possible that one of the items mounted to that ship may be damaged If this happens you will receive an appropriate message and when viewing the stats for that ship the item will be marked in gray If there are junior officers aboard the ship that is any officer beyond the compulsory captain they will attempt to repair the item if possible Note that items will be fixed in the order that they are damaged and that the more iunior officers there are on board the more items that can be repaired simultaneously 27 When the primary weapon of one of your ships is damaged the next weapon on the list will automatically become that ship s primary weapon In addition you will receive a message from that ship stating that the primary weapon has been damaged and a new weapon has been assigned Note that there is a repair analysis computer which improves the officers chances of repairing an item This is different from the repair computer which is actually equivalent to another officer When the battle has ended clicking on EXIT once again takes you back to the Military screen 28 SECRET INTELLIGENCE NETWORK This area can be reache
34. gineering and computers are used to help run the ship and to exact repairs on the ship during battle All military personnel have different skills which will affect their ability to repair damaged items Further officers will have varying amounts of leadership experience and this will affect the over all efficiency of the ship to which they are assigned Officers files may be viewed in the Personnel screen In the SIN area the executives are hired as SIN agents to complete assigned mis sions The agents will have varying amounts of experience as indicated by their personnel files The Personnel area allows you to hire and fire executives in any of the four areas but not to assign them to their specific task For example in the personnel screen you can hire a military officer to the military department but you must go to the MIL area to actually assign him to a particular ship The layout of the screen is similar to the VID area with a couple of notable ex ceptions The vid screen in the upper left does not have a connect disconnect button This has been replaced by a button marked HIRE Clicking here hires the selected person to his or her area of expertise The button then toggles to FIRE allowing you to dismiss someone who proves unsatisfactory Directly un derneath FIRE HIRE there is a row of five buttons beside the FILE LIST button 15 The first is marked FREE and displays the list of available personnel who have not yet be
35. he Executron will send you a confirming message The first available agent will take the assignment Again this can be done without the agent having to leave Harmony When contact has been made you can receive the reply at the MAIN panel The person can either agree or disagree to your terms If they agree the effect will be reflected in your status However most people do not respond well to blackmail so be cautious Reconnoitering Planets To have an agent run a reconnaissance of a planet first scroll the planet list which appears in the stats text box until the name of that planet appears in the list Then click on RECON and then on the planet s name You will receive a confirming message that the orders have been sent The first available agent will take the mission but a reconnaissance of a planet requires that the agent actually get to that planet The agents cannot fly ships by themselves so you must move to the Military area and send a mission to the planet to which you have ordered the reconnaissance The agent assigned to the reconnaissance mission will wait on Harmony until the first mission to the ap propriate planet becomes available The agent will then board that mission auto matically When the agent has completed the reconnaissance he will transmit the informa tion directly to Harmony from his present location confirming that the mission has been completed Any new or updated information can be viewed via th
36. he same way Selecting one takes you to a new area which displays statistical overviews of two departments at a time Pilitin mg DU RYTON BUDGET 77 PROB LOO 3ASE STAFF TIN OOo BASE STAFF TOUT 990 13 Stats given are as follows bate Current Date on Harmony Total Funds Total available funds opercost Operating costs of area Area budget Monthly budget which can be adjusted up or down by using the arrow buttons Maintenance costs Cost of everything for a given area except salaries and wages Min staff The smallest number of general staff needed to op erate a department Base staff The number of general staff not already specifically assigned within the area This number can be ad justed in the same manner as the budget Total staff The number of general staff hired to the area This number rises and falls with the base staff total but can never be exceeded by the minimum staff num ber Executives Number of agents officers or managers hired to each department Assignments Number of missions projects or mines currently in each department At the bottom of each summary are two buttons which change the stats boxes to text boxes The left button displays executives and the right shows assignments Both buttons in each summary toggle to display STATS to take the displays back to the stats screen Below this is one more row designated by the Executron as function buttons These allow a move to a different area The
37. he staff shortage New agents can be hired to the SIN area at any time by moving to the Personnel screen To abort a mission already in progress click on ABORT from the neutral set tings of the screen and then click on the appropriate mission from the list given in the stats text box 29 Dossier on Planetary Representatives To have a SIN agent perform a background investigation of a person click on DOSSIER This will bring up a list of all the important people in the galaxy Choose a person simply by clicking on his or her name When this is done the Executron will issue a confirming message The first available agent will take on this mission which can be completed without his lcaving Harmony by using the inter galactic communications network When the mission is complete you will receive a message from the agent about the results achieved and any changes or updates made to the person s dossier can be read at the VID area Extortion Missions To order a SIN agent to pressure someone for money you must have previously had SIN successfully compile a dossier The stats text box will display a list of all those upon whom successful dossier missions have been carried out once you have selected EXTORT Click on the name of whoever you wish to have your agents pressure Please note that only those characters who have a skeleton in the closet are susceptible to extortion When you have chosen the object of the extortion mission t
38. hen select that name this will place a box around that person Then use the Holo pointer to click on FILE When you do this that person s picture will appear on the screen his or her basic statistics will appear in the stats box and his or her file will be displayed in the text box Also the button labeled FILE will toggle to read LIST When you are finished reading someone s file click on LIST Doing so will blank the vid screen return the basic statistics for Harmony to the statistics box and the list of persons to the large text box and toggle the LIST button back to FILE 10 As you continue to operate the departments at your disposal your SIN agents and your Military may find new people or these persons may make themselves available to you of their own accord Whenever a name is added to the list it will appear highlighted in yellow and will stay that way until you either talk to this person or view his or her file When you initially power up the Executron you will not have talked to anyone or read any tiles so everybody will be high lighted If a person dies his or her name will naturally be removed from the list The Executron is on line with the inter galactic communications network at all times so all that is required is to use the arrows in the text box to manipulate the list until the name of the desired person is in view then select it the Executron will place an outlines around that name Then just cl
39. ick on the connect button This will place a call to that person When the person answers the call his or her picture will be displayed on the vid screen and that person s statistics will be in the stats box Talking to a person can be done directly from viewing their file You can click on CONNECT and the Executron will place a call to that person The person s picture and basic statistics will remain on the vid screen and in the stats box but the text of their file will be replaced in the text box by the contents of their con versation The opposite case is also possible While in the midst of a call select the button labeled FILE with the Holo pointer This will end the conversation with that per son and the call will be replaced by his personal file The FILE button will also toggle to read LIST When you call someone that person will usually answer you are after all the Overlord of Harmony though occasionally that person may not be available or you may reach his secretary Click on disconnect and this will blank the vid screen reset the stats box and re turn the list of people you are familiar with to the text box Be sure to have com pletely read the message before disconnecting It is considered rude to keep badgering planetary leaders GOVERNOR SCREEN Access the GOV area by selecting it in the screen transfer panel or by pressing F2 The GOV area allows you to deal with some aspects of running the govern ment of Harmo
40. ill increase in size as time progresses Also your monthly income will increase as will the maintenance costs for the mining area Although a mine starts small as the miners strip it of its ore the mine will increase in size For this reason you will not be permitted to start a new mine too close to an existing mine If you open a mine on a spot that has not been previously surveyed a sur vey will be completed automatically within the first month Each mine requires eight workers to operate it If there are not eight free work ers in the mining area you cannot open a mine You can requisition workers from the general pool of workers but if there are none left you may have to help a few of your planetary neighbors in hopes that they will send you some more workers this applies to all areas where workers are needed Closing a Mine The button labeled CLOSE is for closing an existing mine To close a mine sim ply click on CLOSE and then click on the mine you wish to close and the Ex ecutron will issue the necessary orders and protocols It is advised that you close mines which are dwindling in profit or are not breaking even 37 To re open a mine proceed as if you were starting a new mine on the site of a closed but existing mine You can not mine on uneven or mountainous terrain nor can you mine in water 38 LOAD AND SAVE SCREEN Access this area by clicking on SAV in the screen transfer panel Usc SAV to re cord a curren
41. in business with Harmony recognizing the need for Harmony s Fitzholn ium Katrina Vannes While in undergraduate studies Vannes was one of Tool s top students and pioneered an entire new branch of biological engineering Her ge nius and inventiveness was beyond what Tools professors had seen previously With her tireless work and devotion it was inevitable she would eventually be Chief Engineer 5 32 Warning The following section contains Highly Confidential Material Cheat ers are advised to read the material contained herein Honest people are advised to remove this section from the Maelstrom User s Guide and destroy it immediately 53 THE MAELSTROM HINT GUIDE For Overlords Who Feel Compelled to Cheat by Skave McGlade Esq Howdy tyros glad ya could make it As Grandpappy Skave always says winnin is fie when ya do it by the rules but only a moron doesn t cheat when it s gold plated easy ta do Now before we get started here Skave ll give ya a tip in case ya hafta destroy these docs fer some reason an by the way if yer gonna eat em Skave sug gests Tabasco an L IUy yy rwwrian firewater But Skave digresses If fer any reason ya can t get ta these docs ya can always ask Skave in person Ta get access ta the Skave private advice line just send one o yer SIN boys out ta Rimble on a recon mission They ll find Skave an the Miscreants soon eno
42. ing keeping Pfipfif from going bankrupt Remy Sib broue The highest stockholder on Thyzahn he controls 5 1 of the planet s stock His greatest pleasure is in crushing a fellow businessman He will always seek to act in his personal best interests Sinn Somermaat Somermaat represents the collected governments on Hobb man and while she officially has no power she is skilled at swaying the opinion of the governments to any solutions she perceives as the best solution for all Elysia Sybarrite Graduated top of her class in business administration worked as a law consultant for five years with Galactic Universal Kinetics Born on Har mony she was overwhelmingly re elected governor six years running Glaska Terr don Grew up on a farm on Thornwood where her hard work and endurance were quickly recognized She started as a community representative and eventually became Thomwood s head speaker Armor Uvgod Graduated on the honor list from Zaphroxi he then went on to complete a second degree on Tool A brilliant theoretical scientist as well as an outstanding engineer He has been working on Harmony for the last seven years Dre han Van Cott Commander in Chief of the forces of Esbastista Van Cott has been responsible for many of the small skirmishes around the galaxy as he is always seeking to expand his power Harmony has contributed resources to fighting him in the past but never engaged him directly He has always dealt fairly
43. ke right near yer capital city o Perfect If ya manage ta find the starship fix it up it s worth more ta ya as a ship than as scrap metal doncha know Have ya spoke ta Keif Bailey yet He s gonna have some problems cause he s got some nutty rule about not keepin a proper fence around his yard That Syn dicate flyboy Jerov Laddry is gonna grab Bailey s daughter an get Keif ta pres sure ya into sending over a bunch o yer ships into a nasty rumble Don t waste the tin cause 01 Skave knows where they re hidin the girl Laddry keeps a tiny boothole in orbit around Pihzda too small ta catch with yer normal scans What ya should do early on in yer career is ta send out a SIN team ta recon Pihzda an they should smack right the heck into it Then when Bailey starts whinin ta ya send another SIN mission right back an they ll know where ta 55 look fer the girl Don t waste a whole fleet send one 0 them stealth ships an sneak in an sneak out Without the girl Laddry ain t got nuthin an Bailey should throw some cash yer way fer yer trouble Speaking of SIN yer aware that Laddry an some other Syndicate hotshots regu lar take sneak shots at Harmony ain t ya Something like once every couple months yer gonna get some sort of underhanded problem if yer ain t careful Now 01 Skave knows about security spent the best years o life sneakin around it What ya gotta do is throw them all the money ya can
44. llite and one region of space that still has an active minefield that no one has cleared Since the wars the main commodity of this galaxy has been Fitzholnium tri gem ore Fitzholnium tri gem or Fitz for short is a very unstable molecule with a high propensity to explode if handled incorrectly However it is ex tremely useful in a variety of military and auxiliary areas as a powerful fuel for interstellar ships and in other military applications There are only six planets in 41 all of known space with large enough quantities of Fitz to be profitable for min ing Three of them are owned by the Syndicate who consumes all they can pro duce Two others are independent The last is the planet Harmony Harmony alone produces three fifths of all the Fitz in known space The planet is almost solid Fitzholnium and that is its primary defense Anyone wishing to take over Harmony would be foolish to fire at the planet for too large an explo sion could set off a chain reaction that would destroy Harmony completely The Syndicate knows that to truly control the galaxy they must control the supply of Fitzholnium and to do this they must rule the planet Harmony The Syndicate keeps moving onward and stopping them will be difficult The syndicate s goal of Manifest Destiny is one which will be accomplished unless you can do something to stop them The Syndicate controls one side of known space which has three population and defe
45. nected with you his or her picture will appear in this box along with the person s name printed across the top Just below this vid screen is the CONNECT DISCONNECT button which will light up when there is a message waiting to be received Clicking once on the box receives the message and clicking again ends the call Make sure you have read and understood each message before disconnecting as people will usualy not call a second time and the Executron cannot give you access to a message later on In the lower middle of the screen is a text box When someone calls you that person s message will be printed in this box To scroll through the message sim ply click your Holo pointer on the down arrow at the side of the message box or press the Page Down key on your keyboard Clicking the up arrow or pressing Page Up moves the text in the opposite direction Throughout the desktop there are various screens at which you can read incoming messages or reports or lists of pertinent information These arrows appear in all boxes like this and all work in a similar way Below the CONNECT DISCONNECT button is a box which contains a listing of the basic statistics for Harmony You will want to refer to this brief up to date summary repeatedly during the course of a game The statistics are as fol lows all figures are represented in Harmony Notes except where noted Total Funds The entire sum of the wealth at your disposal Monthly Budget Total
46. nse heavy planets one space station and three small Fitzholnium mining planets The configuration is such that the three main planets and the space sta tion are more or less arranged around the three smaller planets with a minefield between the two Finding a solution is more complicated than just making money or being a mili tary power Encouraging exploration investigation and knowledge is equally as important Make friends and enemies carefully because you never know what will come out of relationships made in haste Remember you are Overlord of Harmony and like any political leader foreign affairs are only half the concern Don t forget about your own citizens Check their opinion of you Pay them a fair wage or suffer the consequences Giving them too much money is just as careless as it encourages misbehavior and de prives the state of needed resources There is a balance between kindness and temperance on your part Strategy You must generate revenue for financing your defenses against the encroaching syndicate and for financing interstellar exploration and conquest Other than cost there is no downside to research There are pitfalls however If you are expecting a specific result from the research teams keep in mind that nothing works all the time Factors both within and beyond your control can work to subvert any experiment As well project managers have a certain amount of autonomy with regards to research direction
47. ny and the oc casional leader has been lynched by mobs enraged with that leaders policies 12 You may wish to use polling as a personally healthier way to gauge public opin ion The top right contains the area s vid screen with attendant CONNECT DIS CONNECT button To the immediate left of the vid screen are the YES NO but tons used to respond to questions from incoming callers Below the stats and vid screen is the text box which in addition to dialogue from the vid screen displays any technology invented by Harmony research which can be sold see RES section Below that and just above the transfer panel and message bar is a row of four function buttons Left to right they are SELL ITEM POLL and the two depart mental summary buttons SINMIL and RES MIN SELL ITEM displays a list of items invented on Harmony whose patents are available to sell in the text box Clicking the holo pointer on an item automati cally sells that item and its patents to the planet Tool for the amount displayed Inventing items to sell is done by research teams on Harmony and a full descrip tion of that process is included later in the manual Unsold items are available to be utilized on Harmony ships for a reduced rate and perhaps more importantly are unavailable to the rest of the galaxy Once an item is sold everyone has equal access to it for a price which includes tariffs and a profit margin The summary buttons both work in much t
48. ny and to sell Harmony s research discoveries for quick profit People may contact you through the GOV area and ask questions regarding a va riety of matters which require your attention You can also inspect a summary of all Harmony departments adjust wages and get a sense of your approval rating among Harmony residents HISSILE LAUNCHER PROTON ACCELEARTOR LO gt FUNGAL GROWTH BOMB EU e EXE zn x S AAY ROG SILIO The top right of the screen is the stats box which includes all of the information given in the MAIN stats but the Executron also includes three new pieces of in formation They are Staff wage This is the monthly wage paid to general staff All general staff are paid the same amounts Executive wage The monthly wage of supervisors managers foremen offi cers and agents These people are also all paid in a similar fashion Last Poll Your approval rating out of 100 as based on the most re cent independent poll The two wage listings both have two arrow buttons beside them which can be used to raise and lower wages as you see fit You can initiate a new poll simply by clicking on the POLL button in the lower middle of the screen and the Executron will place the necessary orders with the polling company You will be advised in the message bar that the poll has been started A poll requires two weeks to complete and you will be notified when it is done Harmony has its roots in a rough and tumble mining colo
49. oad up yer biggest an best make sure all yer ships have as many officers as yer can muster pump up the military budget an the wages fer good measure an set a course fer the Syndicate sectors Hop right ta whichever planets got the headquarters cause all the planets are heavily protected an yer dont wanna waste time an resources muckin about with the wrong one Beat the tar outta them an friend that s all she wrote Well Skave s crystal ball s over heated like a lady on Valentine s Day I read all that I can I can t read no more Besto luck ta ya Keep yer nose clean an yer aim steady An if yer ever in the Drooling Sloth on Rimble tell em Skave sent ya 58 Credits Presented by Don Bluth Multimedia Inc Developed by PAS Systems Inspired by Syd Mead Storyline and Concepts by PAS Systems and Don Blush Multimedia Inc Executive Producers Rick Van Ysseldyk and Paul Morison Designed and Written by Andy Blau Programmed by Andy Hook and Glenn Wilson Artwork by Jeremiah O Flaherty and Ian Mah Music and Sound by Kevin Stratton Project Coordinator Mark Vange Additional Artwork by Sean Sullivan Mike Van Cleave Bob Simmons and Hiedi Turnipseed Special Thanks goes to the following in order of appearance Rick Van Ysseldyk Syd Mead Paul Morison The O Flaherty family Kim Strat ton Fulvio Ciano Mike Kawahara Paula Dawson Gail Wellington Bill Hop kins John Epstein Gill
50. om the hotbed of it all High tech planet medium population Ceddran Coordinates 40 420 160 This is an alien planet though planet is a loose term Really it is a ball of loose bits of matter and lots of different gases all swirling together Cylur Coordinates 160 176 216 The largest of the three inner planets of the Syndicate is also the most heavily populated but it is still a mining community as far as we can tell Emo Coordinates 216 136 120 This small planet has limited quantities of Fitzholnium which are being mined as quickly as possible It is one of the three inner syndicate planets Esbastista Coordinates 152 144 200 Large powerful and ambitious this planet is near to Azure Dawn and Keyops The Eyeball Coordinates 80 120 64 The artificial computer planet I g56 743 commonly known as the Eyeball It was developed as an experimental defense system by someone during the wars whoever built it never had a chance to activate it It lies dormant just on the edge of the Syndicate s territory The Eyeball has latent defense systems that the creators built In addition to being a defense system the Eyeball is suspected to be one of the greatest super computers of all time Finagle Coordinates 332 220 120 Little is known about this Syndicate planet It is one of the three primary popula tion centers and is also home to a large military installation 44 Haltrot Coordinates 80 320 120
51. oner or later he s gonna make a grab at one 0 the heads of yer departments on Harmony No creativity fer this guy though he s gonna play hide the head in one of those orbiting satellite thingies Ya gotta find them before this all goes down but Skave knows the magic word Send out recons ta Ceddran Tarso an Pihzda though if yer al ready found the one at Pihzda from the earlier grab no need ta find it again The other two are somewhat more than a little obscured ya may have ta look more than once ta find them Anyway once Jerov pulls the old snatcheroo send out three agents ta yer three spots an Skave s yer uncle Don t worry about a fight Laddry s a lover not a fighter Crystal balls getting a bit fuzzy but Skave s got a few more gems ta impart ta ya afore we all move along Here s a nifty nugget Skave shoulda shot ta ya ear lier but better late than dead If ya send a fleet out ta the Soraya Nebula there s prize inside Any good smuggler knows the legend of the Lost Ship of the Bat 56 tle of Soraya all ya gotta do is send any old fleet out there an ya got an extra ship fer yer fleet Better than being hit with a frozen frog Skave always says How re we doin here Still with Skavc Okay about two or three years after ya start playin this gig the lovely Lady Sybarritc should not ice that someone s messin with yer Fitz prices It don t take a Tarsonian feeper ta smell fungus growin Laddry s in caho
52. or R amp D labs on Harmony See RES section for details There are four equipment types in the Buy screen HULL WEAP DEF and COMP Hulls weapons defenses and computers can be bought from each de partment respectively To change from one department to another use the four department buttons under the picture stats box To move through the items in any department use the left right arrows beside the catalogue number underneath the picture box The number beside the ar rows will correspond to the number of the item currently shown Underneath the selection arrows are three more buttons and in more or less the middle of the screen is the items list a list of all the items mounted on the star ship currently displayed in the ships box Damaged items will be listed by Ex ecutron in dark gray working items will be listed with their item number at the right At the side of this box is a set of arrows with which to move through the list Also clicking on the item s button in the ships box will jump to that item The button directly above the arrows is the return button It is marked with the big red Xand a small arrow above it Below this are three function buttons at the very bottom of the selection box They are HOLD which places an item in your shopping basket BUY which purchases all held items and SELL which re turns unpurchased items or sells back purchased ones In the lower right of the screen is the ships box a displa
53. ots with ajoe from Thyzahn name o Sib broue y gotta admire Laddry he s more or less untouchable But Sib broue got his we ak points they all do Before this goes down ya gotta run a background chek kn Remy Sib broue an give yerself lots o time cause ya may hafta try a couple o times They make good security on Thyzahn When yer Fitz stock goes funny throw some heat on Sib broue by havin yer SIN send him a little extor tion note He ll back down cause he s a jelly fish an no harm done Watch out fer Laddr though he ll try an get his licks in even if ya stop his pattncr Ya been rememberin ta check the Syndicate s progress on other planets on top 0 everythin else Don t feel shy about warmin em up with a little social call every so often Skave knows that might makes right with these boys Ya might also send a couple snoop missions over ta the Syndicate sectors just ta check out yer competition Play the shadows though cause the Syndicate leaves the big guns circlin their home tuf If ya put the pieces together right ya might no tice that what Doc Annuber s been puttin together is a new weapon fer the bad boys He s makin armed an dangerous killer vegetables Tough ta stop an they breed like bunnies The last couple planets the Syndicate takes overll use these babies If ya can find the planet where they breed the green ghastlies hittin it hard will buy ya some extra time Couple
54. ou send a new mission to retrieve the agent Again the agent cannot re join the fleet if its ships are engaged in battle RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT To reach this screen click on RES from the screen transfer panel From here you can develop inventions ranging from better mining equipment to an im proved plumbing system for all of Harmony The primary function of the Re search area since Harmony s forced conversion to a military power however is to develop better weapons defenses and computers for the Harmony military to improve its ability in battle T an ITEM TYPE NUCLERR STREF OTa TERA 2o In the upper left hand comer of this screen is the stats text box It contains the basic statistics for this area Budget and Staff are arrow controlled here as well There is a minimum budget and staff for this area See the section covering the Governor screen for details In the upper right hand comer of the screen is the projects box Normally this box lists the active projects with basic statistics The arrows at the top of the box allow you to scroll through the projects one at a time In addition when an R amp D team completes a project if a description of the completed item is available then it will be displayed here 32 The statistics in this box are Consecutively numbered projects you have initiated The general area of research being investigated These are examined by clicking on the arrow buttons near
55. pons During the final stages of the wars terrible destruction occurred here and everything went up at once The planet was contaminated by radioactive fallout and it is assumed that there are no survivors Zaphroxi Coordinates 480 0 0 A high tech planet of snot nosed scientists who believe they are creation s gift to mankind There is no government on this planet the governing body is the University of Zaphroxi a most prestigious Math Sciences university Zaphroxi uses a healthy amount of Fitzholnium in experiments and so has established trade practices with Harmony however it would be incorrect to say the two planets are on friendly terms as Zaphroxi is equally condescending to every body 48 WHO S WHO IN THE GALAXY The important citizens of the Galaxy will be knocking on your door so we at Renegades Guide have provided a report on who s hot and who s not this week Note that with all the local squabbles territorial conflicts back stabbing and se cret plots this list may soon be outdated Refer to your TeleVID for the most fre quent updates Here they are as we know them currently Nowell Ainchrist Currently the last living descendant in the Ainchrist line the many times great granddaughter of the man to discover Harmony s Fitzholnium richness Noel Ainchrist Though she inherited her current position she is more than qualified and does an excellent job Joseph Annuber Head scientist for Thomwood His family was
56. powerful ones Engineers on the planet Tool design most of the items for sale though items from other agents including those developed in Harmony s R amp D labs are also available The screen is divided into four main areas In the top right comer of this screen is a small funds box that lists funds available current funds spent and funds free Current funds spent represents the amount it will cost you to buy all the items currently in your hold account As you add and remove items from your ships the current funds spent will change and when you complete your transactions the current funds will be subtracted from the funds available to make them equal to funds free Pictures of the hulls computers defense and weapons will be displayed in the top left comer of this screen At the top of this picture box is the name of the item and its number Clicking on the button marked STATS will toggle the pic ture of that item with its statistics clicking again will toggle it back The statisti cal information includes 21 Costofitem Ton Speed of operation Crew required general staff Strength Rating of hull Short description of item in question In the lower right comer of the picture is the manufacturer s logo Items manu factured on the planet Tool are represented by a wrench crossing the capital let ter T Items from Dice Industries for obvious reasons are rcprcscnted by a pair of dice A stylized His the logo f
57. rch project managers can only be assigned to the Research area military officers can only be hired to the Military area and SIN agents can only be hired to the SIN area To hire someone from the FREE list use the Holo pointer to select the desired name then click on the button labeled HIRE and the Executron will contact that person letting him know that he or she hired to the appropriate area For exam ple if the person s occupation was mining foreman he will be automatically hired to the MIN area When someone is hired that person s name will be removed from the FREE list and will be placed in the appropriate one for whichever area he was hired to Also the Executron will send you a message confirming the action you have just completed You can also click on HIRE when viewing someone s personnel file If you do the person whose tile you are viewing will be hired to the appropriate area and the Executron will remove his or her file as if you had clicked on LIST see 16 above The text box will display the FREE list and the person s name will have been moved to the appropriate department To fire someone from a department you must start by looking at the personnel list of that person s department see above for looking at lists of different areas Select the desired name the Executron will place a box around that name Then select the FIRE button with the Holo pointer That person will be sent walking papers
58. re will appear with their name along the top Directly below is the standard CON NECT DISCONNECT button The button always appears activated since on this screen you are placing calls and not receiving them In the top right comer is the stats box Normally this box will contain a list of up to date general statistics for all of Harmony These include the current date total funds executive wage some of the people you can call also work for you and number of free general staff When you are talking to a person or viewing this person s file this box will display general statistics for that person Covering the entire middle portion of the screen is the text box which displays the list of all the people you can TUE ETT call and their home planets wen It will also display all rele URN COTT HAS SEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 1 i TANY OF THE SMALL SHOT ESHES ANOUNOG vant text you wish to see N me GALANY AS HE IS ALWAYS SEER ING This includes personal files TO EXPAND HIS POWER HARMONY HAS i and what is being said by CONTRIBUTED RESOURCES TO FIGHTING HIM IN THE PAST BUT MEUER ENGAGED HIM DIRECTLY HE HAS ALWAYS DEALT each caller FRLEMLY AA BUSINESS WIN ANANORY RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR HBRDONY S Just below the CONNECT DISCONNECT button on a line by itself is a button labeled FILE To view the personal file of a person use the up down arrows to manipulate the list until the name of the desired person is in view t
59. s almost identically to ARMADA but instead of displaying the ship s crew it displays the Mission information This is organized simply and the destination of the mission is printed at the top of the right hand box A row consisting of three buttons is directly underneath this name The left most button is marked LAUNCH and is used to launch a mission Once launched the button toggles to display the word RECALL which aborts the mission and sends all attached ships back to Harmony Beside this is the PATROL ATTACK button which selects the mission posture Patrols will not attack unless pro voked while Attack missions will tire at any other ships they encounter The button at the extreme right is marked DEST and is used to update the destina tion of the mission Clicking on this button sets the destination to the last se lected planet Double clicking this button duplicates the function of the PLANETS button allowing a destination for the mission to be picked Below this row there are arrow buttons which pertain to the list of ships attached to the mission This list appears in the middle area of the box and up to eight ships can be attached to each mission Underneath the list are the same four but tons are at the bottom of this box in the ARMADA section They function in much the same way allowing ships to be attached to missions and missions to be scanned one at a time PLANETS lists all known heavenly bodies Clicking on PLANETS lea
60. s energy to the defensive systems and to evasive maneuvers As an indication of ships in All Out Defense mode the name of the ship will be printed in blue To bring the ship back to normal status either order the ship to attack an enemy ship covered below or highlight and click on NORMAL Note that your ships may go from All Out Defense to All Out Attack and vice versa without having to pass through the Normal stage As mentioned above the button labeled NORMAL is to restore ships in AT TACK or DEFEND to normal status When in normal status the name of the ship is in green NORMAL is a multi ship order Please note that ordering a ship to go to a status that it is already in will have no result 26 e aa The top of the next column is a button labeled PRIMARY and it issues the order to switch the primary weapon This is a single ship order When the button is clicked it toggles to DONE and the name and number of that ship appears at the top of the stats box Also indicated are the weapons on that ship numbered with the current primary weapon highlighted similar to when the stats of the ship are displayed but only the weapons are shown If you click on any other weapon that weapon will be highlighted and the previous weapon will be un highlighted as only one weapon can be highlighted at any time When the de sired primary weapon has been highlighted clicking DONE empties the stats box un highlights the ship and toggles
61. several gangs the biggest and meanest of which is the Miscreants 46 Soraya Nebula Coordinates 280 380 240 A huge gaseous cloud in one of the outer systems There was once an important battle here during the great wars The significance of this battle did not survive future generations and its outcome and participants are unknown Sve n gha llywn Coordinates 320 120 320 This is a bizarre planet set right in the heart of a radio galaxy on the other side of Harmony from the Syndicate and quite a ways away from Harmony as well Tarso Coordinates 272 120 216 About two thirds of this planet is inhabited by the Bahal commune The Grand High Exalted and also very Groovy Kahuna is named Quishhan Bahal The basic idea behind the Bahal faith is that whatever the High Kahuna says is straight from the lips of the Cosmic Chaos so you better believe it The Cosmic Chaos shuns all not of the faith and thus the Bahal Commune has no alliance with either the Syndicate or the rebels Medium population Thornwood Coordinates 0 240 0 This place enjoys a medium population and a very green environment High tech planet but with little interest in space flight Mostly a self supporting peo ple so inter galaxy trade is limited The inhabitants of this planet try to do most jobs manually without sophisticated machines and thus do not trade extensively with Harmony not needing Fitz for machines as most planets do They do however export
62. ships box You can also put an other hull on HOLD and begin equipping it as well Clicking on BUY underneath the items list will actually purchase all the items currently on HOLD for the ship being displayed The highlights will disappear and the Current Total and the Available Funds will be adjusted accordingly Be certain when you click on BUY because removing items after they have been 23 purchased means you must sell them back at a reduced price Note that if you are equipping multiple ships you must select BUY for each one independently To remove items from the hull displayed in the ships box use the RETURN but ton Clicking on RETURN indicates to the Executron that you no longer desire the item the arrow is pointing at It will be marked with a line through it If the item is highlighted i e if it is on HOLD selling it will simply make it disap pear from the list and place it back on the shelf The current total and free funds will be adjusted accordingly If the item has already been purchased ie it has a gray background a stroke will be placed through it and the sell back price will be subtracted from the Cur rent Total Items with a stroke through them are slated to be sold similar to on HOLD If you change your mind remove the stroke by clicking the RETURN button again Note that damaged items are sold back the same way as working items To sell back a hull you must first sell back all the items mounted on it To
63. t commander with finesse and skill that is unsurpassed Loyal to Harmony and its overlord Jennel Girgis Bom on Rasputin she holds the position of High Coombacha She also received military training with the Syndicate forces but later renounced them as incompetent Through her unmatched fighting ability she defeated the previous Coombacha and is still undefeated 49 Quishhan Gybesh His full title is the Grand High Exalted and very Groovy Kahuna of the Gybesh Commune which he himself founded He has been known to use drugs on his worshippers to keep them compliant However by using his followers for agricultural projects he has vastly improved the economy of Tarso Eadna Ja ak The Tribal Chief of Knormphell She is a minor mutant so ex tremely strong she can best most men on Knormphel In addition she has an ex tremely high pain tolerance through contests of strength she was made head of the largest tribe on Knormphell Jo Kelle The Queen of Huygen she was originally sixth in line to the throne The five heirs in line before her met with untimely demises Fortunately she seems content with this level of achievement and has made no attempts to ex pand her power beyond the planet Huygen yet Jerov Laddry Known only by reputation Jerov Laddry is the Syndicate s most powerful agent He is apparently able to get in and out of anywhere without de tection Rumor says he has a private satellite as his headquarters b
64. t situation in memory load a previous one or simply pause what you are doing to attend to urgent non Overlordian matters The clock stops and the game pauses while you are here GAME SPEED I M PAUTOSRVUE nag BEHUTY LOOLE W HELLER moi PLAYING POSTYAR PREHILL PREUAR RUNNING The right hand side of this screen displays previously saved files The left side has a number of large buttons If the Executron operates too quickly or too slowly simply adjust the desk speed up or down using the arrow buttons The speed ranges from one to ninety nine with ninety nine being the fastest rate To load a game either click on a file title from the list and then click the LOAD button or select LOAD directly This will bring up the Executron s graphic Holo keyboard Input the file name by selecting the appropriate keys and then select the OK button Or simply type in the tile name on your keyboard and press Return SAVE works much like LOAD calling up the keyboard and asking you to input a tile name The Executron inserts the suffix WOW at the end of every file this is also visible from DOS File names may only be up to 8 characters long DEL GAME allows you to delete a highlighted game or to specify one on the keyboard to delete The AUTOSAVE button tums the automatic backup feature on and off It is marked AUTOSAVE ON to begin with and will save a backup copy of all perti nent information on
65. the button back to PRIMARY Note that damaged weapons cannot be chosen as the primary weapon Your last military option is to order your ships to RETREAT Ships that have been told to retreat will take the fastest route off the battle grid When a ship is no longer on the battle grid its box goes blank and it cannot re enter the grid until the battle is over This is a multi ship order The Executron can also order a ship to a new point in space First highlight a ship and then click on the new point This is a single ship order A ship will move to the new point in a straight line The speed at which it travels is gov erned by the top speed of the ship It is possible to highlight a starship already moving to a new point and give it orders even to move to a different new point If a ship is given an order that contradicts its current order it will discard the original order and carry out the new one To have a ship attack a specific enemy vessel highlight the Harmony ship or ships you wish to send the orders to and then click on the enemy ship with the right mouse button This is a multi ship order After a ship has taken a certain amount of damage its on board computer sys tems will go down permanently making the ship essentially inactive though life support function will remain on line When a ship is inactive the word In active will be displayed automatically by the Executron across the correspond ing box If the ship tak
66. the first of each month The default AUTOSAVE file is named AUTOSAVE WOW Please note that if you had a particularly good game but had to quit for some reason the file AUTOSAVE WOW will still be visible from DOS This will enable you to copy the AUTOSAVE WOW file to a unique filename in order to preserve the saved game tile for future use 39 Clicking the AUTOSAVE button will toggle it to AUTOSAVE OFF meaning that the backup procedure is now tumed off Double Clicking the quit game button allows you to power down the Executron 1200 and recuperate The last button is marked RESUME and functions like the EXIT button in the screen transfer panel taking you back to the last screen you visited 40 THE RENEGADE S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Hello and welcome to the Renegade s Guide to the Galaxy This book was printed on Zaphroxi by the custom book labs It is tailored to your needs as Overlord of Harmony and contains specific information for you alone All inter galactic rights are reserved The purpose of this book is to assist you in understanding the basic problems in running Harmony and to provide some valuable background information on key places and people in the known galaxy The reader is welcome to ignore the con tents of this publication but does so at his own risk There are some historical events of which you should be aware in order to bet ter understand the geo poliics and economic realities of the region His
67. thin else is goin down on Bird The skullsweaters over there have been playin with their toys a little too strong an all heck s gonna break loose pretty quick Yer gonna wanna go help em it s worth the effort However I should warn ya that the Syndicate sludge has also sent a group o ships over ta help as well So This is what ya gotta do Take some 0 yer startin capital an whip up a decent ship or two an sent off the bunch o them ta Bird even afore ya get called Then when the trouble goes down yer right on hand ta help an reap yer rewards With any luck ya can be finished faster than yasmir fruit through Grandma Skave And if yer still there when the bad boys show up yer equipped ta deal with em 54 This may seem like a loto action but if things get tense don t ferget that ya can slow things down a bit from yer options screen Now all through this mess the Syndicate s gonna be hitting a handful o other planets They re generally gonna start with Knormphell but they like ta mix up the pattem every so often so ya can t really say fer sure However every so often ya should flip over ta yer sector map off the Military section an look fer planets that have been snatched by the Syndicate They ll be shown in red While yer there check out any missions that they might have flyin around an maybe ya can stop em before they start Don t ferget ta keep an eye on things on
68. this listing staff Number of general staff assigned to current project Manager Name Name of person you have hired to work on project Manager s general area of knowledge All managers have scientific areas in which they are partic ularly competent Assigning research in these areas in creases efficiency Date Started Date project was initiated Percent Complete IKnowing when the project started you can tell approxi mately how well and how long the particular project is g t a k e Below these items is a single button marked INIT PROJECT When a project is ready to go clicking here starts everyone working The button then toggles to read STOP PROJECT Each day the percent complete is updated unless the STOP PROJECT button is pushed which will hold the work at the current level In the lower right there are five function buttons one of which is PERSON The other four are marked STATS NEW SCRAP and CANCEL The lower left comer is a vid screen with CONNECT DISCONNECT buttons used for speaking to research managers when projects are completed The text of their speech appears in the project box To start a project you need only have a free research group one project man ager and four free staff members working in the RES area Click on NEW and the projects box will be filled with a project information form with spaces to be filled in The stats text box will list all available managers an
69. tory A long time ago were the Great Wars They ravaged the galaxy and damaged many planets reducing the level of technology on some to the almost primitive level The inhabitants of our galaxy had spent eons developing a civilized exis tence and it was all destroyed in a matter of years The stories of the Great Wars are told in hushed voices so terrible was their effect Shrouded in mystery they all tell of an enormous destructive force which ended the wars and nearly brought total annihilation with it After the War a previously small and meaningless planet Zokbar J seized the opportunity and pounced on the broken pieces slowly defeating the fragmented empires one by one until a substantial power base was created It was rumored that the Zokbarians made a deal with whomever was behind the destructive force and this assured their relative safety They now call themselves the Syndi cate and they will not rest until they control all of known space They are ruth less and cruel and bent on total domination Artifacts of the Wars still remain throughout the galaxy the most prominent of which is The Eyeball a huge computer as big as a planet Its official title is PQXt 345 7h42 and it is the most powerful computer in existence Rumored to have a still active defense system it has lain dormant and untouched for as long as anyone can remember There are other remnants of the wars around the gal axy an outpost here and there an old sate
70. u must first buy a hull When you select Buy you will be in the hull department so use the arrows under the picture of the first hull to move through all of them until the desired one is reached Then click on HOLD The HOLD button indicates that you want to take this item off the shelf and put it in your basket You can actually purchase the item with the BUY button but while the item is merely on HOLD you can easily put it back on the shelf if you later decide you do not want it Items on HOLD appear highlighted in the equipment list When you purchase a HULL the Executron immediately places it in the ships box and its name is the hull name followed by a number Feel free to rename the ship as detailed previously The items list refers to this ship and it naturally only has one item the hull Once a hull has been put on HOLD you can move through the WEAPon DEF ene and COMPuter departments and select items to attach to that hull You will not be allowed to exceed the capacity of the hull you have selected so watch the small buttons in the ships box to see which mounting ports have been tilled and which are still available Each time you HOLD an item it will be added to the equipment list To scroll through this list to let Executron show you what you have already purchased use the arrows to the left At any point during this process you can work on other ships in your armada by moving through the list with the arrows in the
71. ugh Then ya can dial I 800 SKAVE when ya want some advice on how ta handle the universe Skave s a busy guy so chances are my squeeze ll take the call an he ll get back ta ya Skave always needs the cash Okay on ta business Lemme warm up Skave s mystic crystal ball an we ll watch the future unroll in technicolor Right off the top yer gonna get a call from Glaska Terr don the big cheese over on Thornwood Treat her nice she s a sweet kid She ll tell ya that some egghead named Annubers been snatched an ask fer yer help Lemme tell ya right off this guy s no good Dig up a little info on the guy an you ll see what we re talkin about here Anyway the Syndi cate snatched Annuber an shipped him off ta Happenstance that hunk o metal over in the Syndicate sectors Just leave him there he ll be fine What ya gotta do is jump over ta Thomwood right away an poke around fer clues cause chances are ya can find somethin that ll tell ya what the doc was workin on And that can be useful later Now don t worry about sending yer best fleet cause there ain t gonna be a fight a tin can with wings ll do it But get yer hy drogen burnin quick The Syndicate ll clean up the mess as soon as they can an ya gotta get there first By the way did ya know that a fleet composed of a single Fox type hull is undetectable unless it attacks Just thought ya d like ta know While yer worryin about this some
72. ut its location is unknown Selwyn Larcher Larcher inherited his money and his position as the President of DICE but he is fully worthy of the position The company has prospered under his command but his favorite method of expanding the company is by hostile takeover of a rival He is thoroughly unscrupulous in his business deal ings Pixor Meunier While never a great leader Meunier has always been a great supporter of other leaders He commands the entire military power of the planet Keyops and is currently loyal to Dre han Van Cott of Esbastista While they are currently non active past history shows they are liable to act aggressively at any time Temik Milhouse IV Elected unanimously to his current position of Chairman of the Board of Thyzahn Rumor indicates that this is partially due to blackmail ing most of the key members of the Board He is a major stockholder on Thy zahn and reputed to have virtually no scruples when it comes to negotiating a deal Maissa Pariag Possessing virtually no natural resources of its own Azure Dawn has still managed to flourish under Pariag s direction She has nurtured the planet into a beautiful vacation spot and has maintained a peaceful alliance with all other planets in the galaxy through careful negotiation 50 Nico Ronquillo At the top of Pfipfif s very loose government Ronquillo has been with this mining community for some time His hard work and efficient methods are the only th
73. ves the right hand box intact however in order to see what the planet looks like you must click on the STATS button at the bottom of the first row Selecting a planet is identical to selecting a name or item from any list Simply aim your Holo pointer and away you go STATS also returns the stats text box to its original stats display The BUILD ARMADA Button is used to assign free officers to a new ship and to make personnel changes to existing ships Holo pointer select it choose a ship and the right hand box display is identical to that detailed in the AR MADA section The stats text box displays a list of officers Available officers are highlighted within the box and by clicking on a ship as signment such as Captain and then on an available officer you can assign the position and prepare the ship for launch You need only click the ATTACH but ton in order to make the assignment final The officer s name will be placed in the selected position DETACH works in the opposite way relieving an officer of his duties aboard ship 13 BUILD MISSION is similar to BUILD ARMADA and when clicked on will display the mission screen in the right hand box and a list of available ships on the left By double clicking on the DEST key or by selecting PLANETS you can choose a mission destination When you have selected a planet click on BUILD MISSION again and the Executron will transmit the planet coordinates Click once on DEST to displ
74. weapon is damaged it is shown in dark gray The primary weapon is indicated by highlighted text The defenses and comput ers work similarly but there are five defenses and only three computers maxi mum and there are no primaries listed for defenses and computers The Executron will advise you with useful and not so useful messages from the ships All messages start with something like Ship 8 The Artful Dodger re ports that our laser cannon is damaged We are trying to repair You may also receive other more general messages At the lower left of the screen is a button marked PAUSE BATTLE selecting this button pauses the action and puts statistical battle information on the MAIN screen This information consists of the number of active ships inactive ships retreated ships and ships completely destroyed Also included here are the DSP 25 speed settings which control how quickly battle information reaches the Execut ron display This is done with the two buttons surrounding the DSP speed read out At the bottom right is the RESUME button which continues the battle To send an order to a ship first highlight the ship by clicking on it once either on the actual ship on the grid or anywhere in the ship s box The ship is high lighted both on the grid and around its box You may highlight as many of your ships as you want from one to all To un highlight a ship click your left mouse button or click on the ships box a second tim
75. y understanding of the situation up to this point This will help us clear up any misunderstandings surrounding your recent change of heart The story as I understand it is this you were an officer of rank in the Syndicate forces Given a one man mission to reconnoiter Harmony for a possible take over you came here and observed us from orbit Knowing the explosive compo sition of Harmony s surface you were looking for a means of takeover other than a space ground assault During your flight you apparently had second thoughts Though you were not of the highest rank your knowledge of the Syndicate s methods of colonization tumed you against them Harmony is a peaceful mining community and it must have bothered you to help the Syndicate usurp the government as this would have meant killing innocent miners and their families When you reached Harmony you defected joining us I received you as the Governor of Harmony Elysia Sybarrite Since Harmony has small talent for war we decided we wanted you as commander And since our last few leaders have met with an unfortunate and untimely demise we ap pointed you to the position of Overlord You have now been placed in charge of all operations You have a cabinet of five The Heads of Military Mining Se cret Intelligence Research and myself I take care of everything not encom passed by the other departments A word of advice your task is simple to define but more difficult to do You must
76. y with a series of small buttons below it and a set of arrows This box is for viewing all the ships al ready in your armada as well as any you are in the process of buying or re equipping You can only make changes to one starship at a time Use the arrows to tell Executron to move through the list The ship that is currently selected will be displayed in the ships box and its name will be written underneath it To name or rename a ship click on its name in the ships box The Executron Holo keyboard will appear and the letters can be either chosen by mouse or the keyboard can be used 22 The small buttons are representative of ship s equipment The first will be la beled Hand the rest will be some number of W s D s and c s The H represents the hull of the ship and the Ws D s and c s represent mounting ports on the ship where weapons defenses and computers can be mounted When the W s D s and C s are shown colored in red blue and green respectively the starship has an item mounted on that port When the W s D s and C s are in light gray the port is empty and white indicates the item mounted on that port is damaged Underneath this row of buttons and next to the arrows is the REPAIR button Clicking on the REPAIR button while a damaged ship is in the window of the ships box starts repairs on all damaged systems Executron will advise you at the message bar when repairs are completed To purchase and equip a starship yo

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