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~Return To Ringworld

Solution and maps, contributed by John R. Barnsley.


~                            RETURN TO RINGWORLD
~                               (Time Warner)

INTRODUCTION

A  huge  shock  wave  is  rippling  outward  through space with
devastating effect. The ultimate consequence of this disaster is the
destruction of all life  in the galaxy. Fortunately, the shock wave
will not reach known space for  another  twenty  thousand  years.
The  Puppeteers, a race of cowardly creatures,  are  panicking
about  this  wave. To escape the galaxy they're towing  their
homeworld and four farming worlds away using incredible hyper space
technology.  Meanwhile,  something  sinister  is  afoot.  During the
MAN-Kzin  wars,  the Puppeteers secretly aided the human's effort to
win by peaceful  methods.  News  of  the  Puppeteers'  covert
action later became apparent  to  the  Kzinti  race.  In  revenge,
a  well-armed  starship was dispatched to destroy the worlds being
pushed through space. However, three unlikely  heroes  prevented
the  genocide  by  intercepting  the starship. Unfortunately, they
were branded criminals and had to flee for their lives. The  trio
consists  of  Quinn  McMarry,  Miranda  Rees  and  The Seeker of
Vengeance  (a  Kzin!).  The  three make off in The Lance Of Truth, a
stolen ship, with a mission to return to Ringworld and clear their
names. But, the ARM (Amalgamated Regional Militia) are a step ahead
all the way!

LANCE OF TRUTH

Quinn's Quarters

You  awake  in your bedroom. Get out of your Gravity Floatation Bed
and get dressed  by  your  automated  dressing  unit.  Go to the
small table in the middle  of  the  room  and  select  the 'USE'
option. The table rises and a storage  compartment  reveals  a
statis negator gun. Go to the desk on the left and pick up the green
stepping disk. Now leave the room.

Deck 2 Corridor

Go to the far left door and enter the Lab.

Lab

Collect  the purple device on the shelves. It's a technical reading
device. Also pick up the hyper-conducting attractor on the floor to
the left of the shelves.  Now  take  the  sensor probe - it detects
combination codes. This device  is  a small vertical
screwdriver-like instrument, found on the wide control unit by the
shelves, on the right hand side. Exit the Lab.

Deck 2 Corridor

Enter the elevator. It's the central door in the corridor.

Elevator

You  are  presented  with  a panel of decks. Select the Bridge. You
have to press  the  actual button and not the word to activate this
order or you'll be given a sarcastic remark!

Bridge

You are now in a Star Trek-style control room. Seeker, a big
wolf-bear-type creature,  is  busy reprogramming the Astrocation
computer. Miranda is also in  this  room.  She is preoccupied
keeping vital ship systems on-line. She explains  that since they
destroyed the Puppeteer vessel the Lance of Truth has  suffered
badly and needs repairs. She also tells you that they are now
branded  criminals.  It is suggested they return to Ringworld for
sanctuary and to clear their names. Go to the elevator.

Elevator

Select Deck 5.

Deck 5 Corridor

This  deck  looks shabby, with a panel pulled clear of the wall and
reserve lights  on.  Move  the  loose  panel on the right. There is
a clamp holding something  in  place. Take the clamp. Above the
panel to the right are some cables hanging out of the wall. Pull a
length of this iso-optical cable. Go into the sickbay, which is the
door on the far left.

Sickbay

The  room  is bathed in a soothing purple light and there is an
auto-doctor healing  chamber in the middle of the room. Open the
cabinet at the back of the  room by touching one of the buttons on
it. Take the com-scanner, which is  a small grey device. Press the
red button on the auto-doc, on the right side.  You automatically
climb into the device. You are now confronted with a panel of
options. Select advanced procedures. You discover that a code is
required.  Leave  the  auto-doc  by  opening  the  door  and  then
exit the sickbay.

Deck 5 Corridor

Go into the elevator, which is the middle door, and select the
Bridge.

Bridge

Talk  to  Miranda.  You  are presented with three possible questions
to ask her.  Ask her about the auto-doc. She tells you that to
access the advanced procedures  you  need  a  technical  reader.
Give  the technical reader to Miranda  - it's the purple gadget. She
explains that it can reprogramme the auto-doc  and  returns  it to
you. Leave the Bridge and use the elevator to get back to the Sick
Bay.

Deck 5 Corridor

Go to the Sick Bay.

Sick Bay

Connect the iso-optical cable to the circuitry on the auto-doc -
that's the opening  on  the  right of the red button with the green
wires showing. Now place the reader on the small shelf to the right
of the wire. The reader is now  connected  up to the auto-doc. Press
the red button and climb into the chamber.  Select  Advanced
Procedures on the auto-doc. A foreign object is targeted and
extracted. Open the door and get out of the auto-doc. Take the disc
from  the auto-doc, found in a drawer below the red button. Leave
the Sick Bay.

Deck 5 Corridor

Enter the elevator and go to the Bridge.

Bridge

Give  the  info disk to Seeker. It has the location of Ringworld as
well as information  about  Seeker's  father.  Go  back  to the
elevator and select Landing Bay 2.

Landing Bay 2

Pick  up  the  cable harness, the reddish-yellow rope on the floor.
Go into the Vac Suit room, the normal sized door in the back wall.

Vac Suit Room

Open  the cabinet on the left of the suits. Inside are sonic
stunners. Take one. Now open the compartment on the right of the
suits and take a canister of Laser Diffusion Aerosol. Exit the room.

Landing Bay 2

On  the wall, to the right of the airlock door, is a hand grip.
Connect the cable  to  the  grip. Connect the attractor (the machine
you picked up that looks  a  bit  like  a  kettle)  to  the cable.
Walk to the right. Open the controls  to  the  overhead  crane by
using the small metal panel, which is found  under  the far right
window. A seat and control centre flips out and you  sit  in  it.
Select 'OPERATE CRANE' and activate a tractor beam (click once on
'OFF' to switch it on). Move the crane right as far as it goes. Hit
the  UP  arrow  so it goes further away from you. Do this until you
see the attractor  and  cable.  The  attractor  jumps in the air and
the cable goes taut.  Select  'DONE' twice and exit the controls.
Make Quinn use the cable so that he climbs up it to the engineering
loft. Enter the second door from the left.

Engine Compartment

As  you  step into the room, an automatic laser fires a warning
shot. Click the laser diffusion canister at the laser. Quinn tosses
the canister on the floor.  When  the canister finishes deploying,
you're free to step into the room. Put the multi-purpose clamp on
the neck of the laser. The laser stops firing.  Open  the door again
and the laser blows itself up. Select the com scanner  and click on
the question mark in the inventory. A close up of the scanner  now
appears. Now slide the test tone slider one mark to the right. Move
the  cursor  away  from  the  device, click anywhere and it
vanishes. Select  it  again  from inventory and use it on the
smashed laser. Fire the sonic stunner at the com scanner. The gas
disappears. Select the probe from inventory  and  click  the  probe
on the negator gun. This removes a power capsule  from  the gun. The
spent power capsule ejects. Now click the probe on the stepping disk
to pry it open. You remove the power capsule, which is fully
charged.  Place the fully charged capsule back in the statis negator
gun. Shoot the gun at the statis field, the grey barrier over the
destroyed laser.  The field breaks up and exposes circuitry and
electronics. Take the comms scanner back with you. Leave the room.

Landing Bay 2

Climb down the cable, enter the elevator and return to the Bridge.

Bridge

Talk  to  Miranda  about  the  hyper  drive. Miranda says that the
drive is running  well.  Talk  to Miranda again. Quinn is delighted
that his efforts have  not  been  in  vain and the ship shoots off
into a Quantum Leap. What follows  is  a cinematic sequence of
Ringworld under attack. Village people flee  and  get  killed.  As
Quinn, use your bridge console. Choose SCAN OPS then  ACTIVATE
ENABLE,  DEEP  SCAN and finally GEOGRAPHICAL. A grid is now laid
out. Push the button with the UP-pointing arrow. You discover the
Fist Of  God, an anomaly in the land and you now wish to descend to
the planet's surface to see the villagers living there.

RINGWORLD

Canyon Of Village People

You  find  the chief of the villagers, who is wounded. Suddenly, one
of the aggressors  responsible  for the attack leaps out in a white
lycra suit and carrying  a  big weapon. As Quinn, use the statis
negator on this attacker. Then  use  the  stunner  to  put  him out
of action. The lycra is in fact a statis  field,  which
disintegrates  when  shot  by  the statis gun. Quinn notices  that
the uniform is that of the United Nations. Instead of risking being
captured,  the  guard  commits  suicide to protect the secret of the
statis  suit.  Talk  to  the  chief. Ask about the Tructipun ship.
Ask what happened   to   the   village  also.  Keep  talking  to
everyone  and  you automatically  go  back  to the ship (as Quinn).
The chief dies just before you return and his last words are
"Revenge my people".

LANCE OF TRUTH

Bridge

A  long  discussion follows. Miranda does not think that it's safe
to stay. Scan  for  ARM  (UN militia) when offered options. Go back
to your personal console  and  do a short scan on the technological
option. You discover the location  of  the  base  that you're
looking for. Miranda wants to get out. Select  "GO OUT THE WAY YOU
CAME IN" when questioned. You fly from the Fist of  God  and  land
on a space port ledge. You realise that you'll be easily detected on
the ledge. Miranda decides to stay and make the ship's security as
impregnable  as possible. Seeker leaves for the airlock and asks you
to meet  him there in a vac-suit. Leave the bridge and use the
elevator to get to Landing Bay 2.

Landing Bay 2

Enter the Vac-Suit Room.

Vac-Suit Room

Take  a tank from the floor. Use the suit selection controls on the
left of the  suit  closet.  Select the right size suit with the
controls. Place the oxygen  tank  on the right of the room onto the
back of the suit. Click USE on  the  suit.  Quinn  steps  into the
suit and faces Seeker who is already suited up. Use the airlock
door, on the far right, to exit the ship.

SPACE PORT

Space Port Ledge

Walk  several screens away from the Lance of Truth. Three
hammer-head space ships  land near the Lance of Truth and the ARM
invades the ship. They take Miranda  and  threaten  to  interogate
her.  An arch-rival of Quinn is the leader  of  the  troops  and
enjoys the thought of leaving Quinn and Seeker outon  the  ledge  of
the  Space  Port  to  die.  As  Miranda,  choose any conversation.
The  Lance of Truth flies off into the distance, recaptured. You
are  stranded. Your scanner can make a rough map of the area (take
the comm-scanner  to  inventory  help  and then press SCAN). You
find the radar mechanism,  fuel  cell,  navigation giro (round
object from a space wreck), airbag,  working  diagnostic display and
a guidance control module. If not, you  need  to  explore  the
ledge. You will find a couple of fairly useless hulks  of  burnt-out
space craft to the right (wall side of the Space Port and  mid
ledge).  The  really  useful  spaceship is right in the middle of
nowhere,  so  walk until you find it then rob it of the items
mentioned. To the  left, near the middle, is a radar dish or
communications tower. It may take  some  finding  because  the
ledge goes on for miles. Be patient when searching for objects. As
Quinn, climb halfway up the tower. Pull the latch and  press the red
button. Walk out to the back of the dish itself and take the
battery.  As  Quinn,  climb  into  the  ledge hopper that has its
hull intact.  Get  the  items  from  the  glove  compartment. Remove
the cracked display  from  the  dashboard. Replace the cracked
display with the working unit  found on another ship. Place the
joystick in its slot. Exit the ledge hopper.  Place  the items in
their respective locations and get back in the hopper. Press the
button on the joystick.

On The Wall Rim

Walk  three  screens south and find the meg-lev car. Enter it and
slide the throttle to move it. Stop the meg-lev at the second
elevator platform. Exit the car.

Elevator

As Seeker, pry open the doors on the lower half of the structure. As
Quinn, pull  the  lever  under Seeker's right armpit. Go up the
stairs. As Seeker, lift  the  robot  twice. As Quinn, slide the
airbag under the robot's foot. Take  your  tank and fill the bag.
When the cabin is pressurised, press the button  on  the  back
wall. Use the elevator controls at the centre of the room. Press the
second button from the left and then the centre button.

ARM BASE

`                                       o  o--o
`                      ___           |     | *3        * = Laser
`            o--o  o   | // OFFICE   |  o  o  o       // = Vent
`              *1  |   | |           |           |----------------|
`            o  o  o   | |-----------|     | |   | DISSECTION LAB |
`   | |                | |*1               | |*2 |___| |__________|
`   | |            |___| |________________ | |_______| |___________
`   | |            |___________   ______________________________  |
`   | |                        | | *3 //         |              | |
`   | | |       |  |        |  | |               |___________ *4| |
`   | | |CARSON |  |LOCKER  |  | |  MAIN LAB     | GHOUL     |  | |
`   | | |TEAL'S |  | ROOM   |  | |               | PROTECTORS|  | |___
`   | | |OFFICE |  |        |  | |_______________|              |_____
`   |    //                //    |
`                | |  *
`                | |  5                        o--o--o
`                | |                |             |      *5
`                | | OPERATIONS     |          o  o  o
`                | //   ROOM        |
`                | |----------------|
`----------------   ---------------------------------|
`          | //     *6 | |     | |     | |//    |  | |
`| //    | | MIRANDA'S | |EMPTY| |EMPTY| |GUARDS|  | |   o--o--o
`| GUARD | |   CELL    | |CELL | |CELL | |      |  | |   o--o  o   *6
`|  ROOM | |___________| |     | |     | |      |  | |
`|_______|                                         | |
`               o--o--o                            | |________________
`               o--o--o = Laser Release Codes      |__*7______________

`                          A.R.M. BASE - DUCT MAZE

Interrogation Of Miranda

Take  any route in conversation. When Teal has left the room, grab
the wire near Miranda's left hand.

Spill Mountains

As Quinn, talk to Pharisha. Using the following map of Spill
Mountain, find the Tanning Room.


`                    |          |
`        |         | | UPPER    |
`        |INFIRMARY| | TANNER'S |(Alcohol Flask)
`        |_________| |  ROOM    |
`           |             |
`           |             |                       |        |
` O----O----O-------------O----------------O------|ELEVATOR|--------O
`      |                                          |________|
`      |    |              |             |--------------|
`      |    |LOWER TANNER'S|(Air Tank)   |ASTOR PHARISHA|
`      |    |______________|(Mask)       |______________|
`      |         |                              |
` O----O----O----O----O-------------------------O----O
`     (Gunpowder)     |                     |____________________|
`(Wick |          |   |                     |  CREVASSE          |
`Lamp) | BEDROOM  |   |                     |  (Scrith Key)      |
`      |__________|   |                     |____________________|
`           |         |                                |
` O----O----O----O----O----O                           |
`      |                                  O------O-----O-----O
`      | |            |                          |
`      | |  BEDROOM   |(Wick Lamp                |
`      | |____________|                          |      | LANDING   |
`      |        |                                |      |    AREA   |
` O----O--------O-----O-----O------O------O------O------|___________|
`                     |            |?     |
`                     |   |           |   |
`                     |   |HELIUM ROOM|   |
`                     |   |(Glass Dome|   |
`                     |            |?     |                  |
` O-------------------O----O-------O------|   BALLOON LAUNCH |
`                                         |        PAD       |
`              |? = Sorry! Can't          |__________________|
`                   remember which side
`                   to enter the Helium Room!!

`                            SPILL MOUNTAIN MAP

In  the  Tanning  Room, take the tank. Too slippery? Go to the
chamber just above.  Lower  the rock through the hole in the floor
and into the fluid in the  room below by using the crank. Return to
the Tanner's Chamber. Get the tank  bobbing  up  and down in the
fluid. Fill the tank from the machine at the  valve stem. Exit the
machine room. Now go to the room with the balloon pack. Connect the
balloon to the tank.

Balloon Flight

The  currents  take  you  to  the  top  right corner of the screen.
Descend quickly,  three  or  four  times.  Ride  the air currents
until the balloon lands.

Desert

Select  the com-scanner. Click the com-scanner on the inventoy help
button. Press  SCAN.  Walk in the direction that the arrow points.
Do this for each of the five desert screens that Quinn walks
through.

Forest

Blow the whistle. Next morning, talk to the guard or stun the guard.

ARM Base

Change character to seeker and then change again to Miranda.

Spill Mountains

(Refer  to  the  diagrammatic  map).  As  Seeker,  talk  to Astor
Pharisha. Investigate the rooms in the village to acquire the
following items:

                   Two wick lamps
                   Glass Dome
                   Sack of gunpowder
                   Tanner's Mask
                   Flask of alcohol

Go  to  the  room with a crevasse in the floor. Use the rope on the
edge of the  crevasse to climb down. Place the wick lamp in the
puddle and then put the  dome  over  the lamp. Fluid then drains
into the dome. Take the scrith key.  Click  the arrow cursor on the
upper edge of the screen to climb out. Go  to  the  exterior  of the
elevator (where Quinn and Seeker passed out). Force the elevator
door open.

Elevator Shaft

Climb down until you get to the ice blockage. Pour gunpowder on the
ice and drop  the  lamp  on the powder. Now you can climb down
through the hole you created.

Spill Mountain Interior

As  Seeker,  put the key into the lock on the door. Put alcohol on
the mask and  wear  the  mask.  Enter the lair. Hunt down all
eighteen vampires with your  photon stunner. Take the scroll in the
scroll room. Use the keypad on the containment mechanism. Press each
key once. Take the gem. Now return to the village.

ARM Base

As  Miranda,  you  must now escape. Your dinner will be served.
Afterwards, stuff  the  pillow  down  into the toilet. Take out the
light bulb from the fixture  above  the toilet. Connect the wire to
the fixture. Place the food tray  on  the  toilet  and flush. Leave
the cell and walk left to go to the Security  Office.  Find the
small box. It contains a laser-hacksaw. Use the hacksaw  on  the
grate in Miranda's cell so that you can climb out into the air
vent.  You  will have to decode lasers. Not all the lasers can be
shut off.  Listen  to vents by LOOKing at them. Look four times at
the lab vent. When you know that the lab is empty, get out of the
vent. Enter the door on your  right  to  find  a  morgue. Click the
USE cursor on any body. Use the computer next to the door. Watch a
cinematic sequence.

Flup Tubes

Set  throttle to 10. Use the flup tube map in the reference section
to find your way around the tube system.

Floating City

Walk  the  path  until you come across a circular hall. Walk along
the hall until you see some double doors. Use the doors.

Gate Room

After Teal is dead, enter the transporter beam and the rest is
history. You have now completed the game!

THE END.