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- STARGLIDER II - The Solution.
-
- Typed in by H.M. Edited by PARASITE.
-
-
- It's a good idea to familiarise yourself with the controls of the Icarus
- by simply flying around for an hour or so. In this time you can observe
- the layout of the Solician System, the position of the planets and the
- moons and the locations of the more obvious objects that are needed.
-
- When you are ready to begin the mission, restart the game from scratch
- and fly to one of the tunnel entrances on Apogee (85-52 or 82-34). Follow
- the tunnel and head for the hangar at 67-30. Here, the Apogean technicians
- ask if you want them to build you a neutron bomb. You wont get very far if
- you don't so answer 'Y'. They then provide an interplanetary shopping list
- of the items required.
-
- Many of these are simply collected from sites around the system, while
- some are obtained by traiding with the Solicians at other underground
- depots within the system. Alternatively a few sorties amongst pirate ships
- can also prove to be extremely worthwhile; smaller objects such as
- Castrobars and Vistan wine can be collected using the tractor beam from
- the floating debris of a recently blasted pirate vessel.
-
- Collecting these items is relatively simple - it's more a matter of time
- than trouble.However, constant attacks from the Ergons have to be fended
- off, and the Icarus' shield will need to be replenished from time to time.
- The easiest way of doing this is to collect asteroids from the asteroid
- belt around Apogee and Milliway. However, this can be slow and a fiddly
- process; if you are in dire need of energy, fly along the power lines that
- are found on most of the planets (there's on Apogee that runs from 54-00
- to 54-90). If you happen to hit one of the pylons and the power stops
- simply fly into space. On your return the pylon has been replaced and the
- powerline is back up and running.
-
- Although the Icarus can be refuelled by skimming, this method leaves a lot
- to be desired: more often than not you find the display panel dripping
- down the screen. It also takes a lot longer than any of the other methods,
- and leaves you under constant attack from space pirates.
-
- Volcanoes are similary dangerous: if the Icarus drops too low, there's a
- good chance ofbeing damaged by one of the large molten rocks that are
- constantly being ejected from the volcanoes mouth.
-
- Defending yourself from Ergon attack is made a lot easier by having fire
- and flee missiles at your disposal. These are only available from the high
- technical level depots on Milliway's moons (located at 55-04). Four are
- available at a time and are simply collected by using the tractor beam.
-
- The Icarus can also be repaired by fling into the same depot on Wackfunk
- (WACKFUNK?? TRY THIS WANKFUCK!! an anagram!! **H**). Here the technicians
- give the ship the once over for exchange of goods of any description.
-
- The Ergons soon start bulding their defensive beam weapons on the moons of
- Milliway. To avoid the Icarus being vaporised before getting anywhere near
- the space station these installations have to knocked out with bouncing
- bombs. The bombs are available from the depots on Castron (located at
- 05-00 and 66-00). Again four are waiting to be picked up, and are simply
- installed in the Icarus by using the tractor beam.
-
- Obviously, it is difficult to knock out all of the installations, but as
- long as there are less than seven beam weapons active, the Icarus is safe
- to launch it's final assult on the Ergon space station.
-
- Re-fuel the Icarus, re-arm with missiles and beam the neutron bomb aboard-
- this should be sitting in the Apogean depot waiting to be collected. Set
- a course for the yellow moon of Q-Beta. When the Icarus is near, the
- 'moon' dissapears to reveal the partialy constructed space station
- protected by six sentinels. These must be destroyed using fire and flee
- missiles, which in turn means a return trip to the moons of Milliway to
- restock.
-
- Having cleared the Ergons last line of defence, select 'Neutron Bomb', aim
- up the crosshairs on the station and let rip. Mission comlpete.
-
- THE OBJECTS NEEDED
-
- PROFESSOR HALSEN TAYMAR -
- The prof is 'burning rubber' in an Emma - 2 hover carr on the surface of
- Broadway. His driving is rapid and erratic; it may take a while to get him
- locked in the tractor beam. Because the tecnicians on Apogee can't start
- the bomb without him he should be the first on the list.
-
- CASE OF NUCLEAR FUEL -
- Nuclear fuel can be found lying around on Aldos, at various locations (e.g
- 75-09). The case should be no trouble to find, but if a spare Icarus
- pilots couch is at hand it can be swapped for a case of nuclear fuel on
- Esprit.
-
- CRATE OF CASTROBARS -
- Castrobars can be 'stolen' from pirate vessels, or obtained on castron
- (depot at 66-00). Trees are readily available on the surface of Enos.
-
- CASK OF VISTAN WINE -
- Again found in the cargo hold of pirate vessels or obtained on Castron
- (depot 5-00) by swapping it for a bouncing ball.
-
- LUMP OF MINERAL ROCK -
- Simple: go to Q-Beta - there are plenty just dotted around the landscape.
- In the unlikely event that they cannot be discovered, the Solicians on
- Apex will provide one inexchange for a pyramid. These are to be found on
- Enos (24-12) and Vista (23-74).
-
- ASTEROID -
- The asteroid belt is to found situated between the orbits of Milliway and
- Apogee ( flying through this area with stardrive active is fraught with
- danger: the ship is continually brought to a halt when you hit one of the
- large rocks. To lower the chance of collision move the mouse in a circular
- motion while flying along).
-
- FLAT DIAMOND -
- These are available from the Solicians on Questa, as long as they have an
- Ergon Mechanical whale in return. The whales are to be found swimming in
- the upper atmosphere of Milliway, travelling between Q-Beta and Aldos and
- also near the planet Castron.
-
- CLUSTER OF NODULES -
- There are plenty of these dotted around the surface of Dante. However,
- they can be obtained in exchange for en Ergon Mechanical Duck from the
- Solicians on Synapse. The ducks are usually to be seen whenever space
- whales are around.
-
- ERGON MINI ROCKET -
- The Ergons disreguarded weaponry is to be found at a number of locations,
- such as Castron (87-50), or Aldos (22-10). The rocket can also be
- purchased for the bargainn price of one asteroid on Westmere.
-