DOX SPACEROGUE
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FILENAME(S): DOX SPACEROGUE
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FILE 1...SPACE ROGUE.===========.DOX BY
THE EMBALMER OF INFLUX MAGAZINE.COURTESY
OF FBR/2001.WE OWN THE COMMODORE 64....
STARS OF OPPORTUNITY.BY NEIL SHAPIRO...M
Y FATHER IS A JEWELER FAMOUS THROUGHOUT
THE FAR ARM FOR PRECIOUS SETTINGS. HE CA
N BRING OUT THE LUSTER OF A DENBIAN ZIL
PEARL OR GATHER IN THE LIGHT FROM A SIGU
RIAN FLAME DIAMOND AND SEND IT IN BRIGHT
BURSTS TO THE EYES OF A DAZZLED BEHOLDE
R. MY FAMILY'S BEEN IN THE JEWELRY BUSIN
ESS FOR YEARS, AND MY FATHERDREAMED OF A
TIME WHEN HIS ONLY CHILD WOULD JOIN HIM
IN THE WORKSHOP, LEARNING HOW TO FASHIO
N CABOCHONS AND NECKLACES. BUT I WANTED
NONE OF IT- I WANTED TO GO TO SPACE... T
HIS NEARLY BROKE MY FATHERS HEART, BUT H
E SUPPORTED ME IN A FUTURE HE COULD NOT
IMAGINE FOR HIMSELF.HE EVEN PAID MY ENTR
Y INTO THE MERCHANT GUILD. AND MANY'S TH
E NIGHT HE WOULD INDULGE ME IN MY FASCIN
ATIONS WITH SPACE. HE ALWAYS FOUND THE T
IME TO STAND WITH ME IN THE ARCTURIAN TW
ILIGHT AS I PEERED THROUGH MY TELESCOPE
AND REGALED HIM WITH OBSCURE FACTS ABOUT
THE FAR ARM...ON ONE SUCH NIGHT, I CENT
ERED THE SCOPE SO THAT THE STAR DENEB SH
ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD."THIS IS
THE HOME OF THE DUCHESS AVENSTAR", I SAI
D, MOVING AWAY FROM THE TELESCOPE SO FAT
HER COULD LOOK. "DENEB USED TO BE THE WI
LDEST SYSTEM IN THE FAR ARM, THE PLACE U
SED TO BE SWARMING WITH PIRATES. SHE TAM
ED IT, SHE AND HER IMPERIAL GUARDSMEN.NO
W ONLY THE SCARLET BROTHERHOOD DARES APP
ROACH. AND EVEN THEY THINK TWICE ABOUT I
T."..FATHER LOOKED UP FROM THE EYEPIECE
AND SHIFTED RESTLESSLY FROM FOOT TO FOOT
ON THE HARD, PEBBLE STREWN GROUND OF OU
R ESTATE, BUT I CONTINUED..."AVENSTAR'S
AS TOUGH AS HER COUSIN, EMPEROR HIATHRA,
WAS IN HIS PRIME. BUT UNLIKE THE EMPERO
R, AVENSTAR IS GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT
HER PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY SHE'S BLESSED WI
TH PSIONIC ABILITY AND KNOWS THEIR INNER
MOST NEEDS. I WONDER IF THAT IS TRULY A
BLESSING...BUT HERE, LOOK AGAIN.".."I DO
N'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE SO FASCINATED BY AL
L OF THIS,"FATHER SAID. "I HOLD STARS IN
MY HAND EVERY DAY- YOU DREAM ABOUT THOS
E YOU CAN NEVER TOUCH...". SIGHING, HE B
ENT OVER THE TELESCOPE ONCE AGAIN, BUT I
SAW HIM SHOOT A GUILTY LOOK TOWARDS HIS
WORKROOM.HIS WORK CALLED TO HIS AS THE
STARS CALLED TO ME AND I KNEW I WOULD SO
ON BE ALONE UNDER THE STARS OF THE FAR A
RM.....SOMETIME LATER, MY DREAM OF A SPA
CEFARING LIFE BECAME A REALITY. FATHER D
ROVE ME TO THE STARPORT AND WE STOOD TOG
HTHER IN THE BOARDING AREA BENEATH THE P
ROW OF THE TRADING VESSEL, PRINCESS BLUE
- MY FIRST SHIP! HE WORE THE OLD FASHION
ED FORMALS THAT THE JEWEL-BUYING PUBLIC
THOUGHT SO GRAND. I WAS IN MY NEW MERCHA
NT-MARINE UNIFORM...FATHER PLACED HIS HA
ND ON MY SHOULDER AND THEN SMILED..."THI
S IS WHAT YOU WANT," HE SAID."WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU LEARNED IN
OUR SHOP WILL HELP YOU OUT THERE AMONG
THE STARS."..THEN THE SHIP'S KLAXON SOUN
DED AND I HUGGED MY FATHER BEFORE SHOULD
ERING MY KIT BAG. STEPPING ONTO THE PRIN
CESS BLUE'S AUTORAMP, I WAS WISKED INTO
THE SHIP...NOW, ADRIFT IN SPACE, MY COMR
ADES GONE, I STARE BLANKLY AT THE MAIN V
IEWSCREEN OF MY SMALL SCOUT VESSEL...THE
STARS SWIM OUTSIDE, DIAMONDS SCATTERED
ON A BLACK VELVET CLOTH. I WISH FATHER C
OULD SEE THEM. THEN, HE MIGHT UNDERSTAND
WHAT DROVE ME HERE....THE PRINCESS BLUE
WAS A GOOD SHIP TO START A CARRER UPON,
WITH A GOOD CAPTAIN AND CREW. HER POWER
FUL HAWKING DRIVES THRUST HER EFFORTLESS
LY FROM ONE END OF THE ARCTURIAN SYSTEM
TO THE OTHER.THE VIBRATIONS OF THOSE DRI
VES WAS EVER-PRESENT, LIKE A HEARTBEAT,
PERMEATING EVERYTHING ABOARD SHIP. WE AT
E, DRANK, LIVED AND SLEPT TO THE SOUNDOF
THE ENGINES...THEN, THE SOUND STOPPED..
.AT FIRST I WAS ALARMED- THE SUDDEN SILE
NCE WAS UNNERVING. THEN I REALIZED THAT
THE CAPTAIN HAD SIMPLY SHUT DOWN THE HAW
KING DRIVES IN PREPARATION FOR A HYPERSP
ACE JUMP- MY FIRST JUMP!..THE DOORS THAT
COVERED MY SHIP'S GLASSINE NOSE DREW BA
CK SLOWLY AND I VIEWED SPACE DIRECTLY RA
THER THAN THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC VIEWSCRE
EN. MUCH OF THE CREW WAS GATHERED HERE T
O WATCH AS WE MADE OUR APPROACH. THE VIE
W WE SHARED WAS LIKE A GIGANTIC, LIVING
PAINTING THAT STRETCHED FROM FLOOR TO CE
ILING AND WRAPPED AROUNDTHE CURVED WALLS
OF THE FOREDECK. I FELT FOR A MOMENT AS
IF I WERE FALLINGINTO THE STAR-STREWN E
XPANSE OF SPACE...THERE WAS A MALIR GATE
SOMEWHERE OUT THEREAND, THOUGH I COULDN
'T SEE IT, I KNEW THAT THE PRINCESS BLUE
WAS DRIFTING TOWARD IT LIKE A SPEAR TOW
ARDS A TARGET. THE SECOND MATE LOOKED AT
ME, SMILED, AND POINTED STRAIGHT AHEAD.
.."THERE," HE SAID, "WHERE THE STARS SHI
MMER AND THE LIGHT BENDS AND COLORS CHAN
GE. IF YOU SQUINT YOUR EYES, IT'LL SOON
COME INTO VIEW."..I GAZED FOR SEVERAL MI
NUTES, SEARCHING FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE ST
ILL-DISTANT GATE. I KNEW THAT IN SPACE T
HE STARS SHONE LIKE BEACONS, UNDISTURBED
BY CLOUDY ATMOSPHERES, BUT THE STARS DE
AD AHEAD OF THE PRINCESS BLUE TWINKLED L
IKE THE STARS AT NIGHT WITH NYFATHER AND
THE TELESCOPE. NOW HERE I WAS AT LAST..
."I SEE IT, "I WHISPERED. "I SEE THE MAL
IRGATE."..THE SECOND MATE TURNED AND RAI
SED HIS GLASS OF ZEDIAN CHAMPAIGN TO ME.
THE LIGHTS OF THE FOREDECK HAD BEEN DIM
MED, BUT THE STARLIGHT STREAMED IN AND R
EFLECTED RAINBOW SPECTRA FROM THE SPARKL
ING LIQUID. COLORFUL RIBBONS OF LIGHT FL
ICKERED ON THE WALLS AROUND US..."TO YOU
R FIRST GATE, "THE SECOND MATE DECLARED.
THE CREW OF THE PRINCESS BLUE RAISED TH
EIR GLASSES AND ECHOED HIM. THE CRYSTAL
GOBLETS SHONELIKE THE STARS SHIMMERING B
EYOND THE GATE...THE PRINCESS ARROWED CL
OSER AND CLOSER UNTIL THE STARS SEEMED T
O MOVE- AS IF .A GOD HAD LIT A CELESTIAL
FIRE BELOW THEM HOTTER THAN THEIR OWN N
UCLEAR FLAMES. THEY SHUDDERED LIKE FIREF
LY LIGHTS IN THE HEATED AIR FROM A BONFI
RE...IN THE CENTER OF THIS MAELSTROM, TH
E MALIR GATE TUMBLED LIKE A HUGE, SIX SI
DED CYLINDER. I IMAGINED THE CAPTAIN OF
THE PRINCESS BLUE, WITH THE FIRST MATE S
TANDING BESIDE HIM, HUDDLED IN THE SHIP'
S GO ROOM, HIS FINGERS DANCING ALONG THE
CONTROL PANEL. THEN, THE DRIVES CUT IN
AGAIN AS THE CAPTAIN MADE LAST MINUTE CO
URSE CORRECTIONS. KNOWING THAT WE WERE S
ECONDS AWAY FROM THE GATE, MY THROAT WEN
T DRY--- A NERVOUS DRYNESS THAT EVEN THE
GOOD ZEDIAN CHAMPAIGN COULD NOT QUENCH.
...THE PRINCESS BLUE MANEUVERED SO THAT
THE OPEN-END OF THE CYLINDRICAL GATE FAC
ED US. AT THIS ANGLE, I COULD SEE THE GA
TE'S PULSATING HEART OF ORANGE, FLAMING
ENERGY. WE WERE SO CLOSE TO THE GATE THE
STARS WERE CUT OFF FROM VIEW BY ITS SID
ES. THE GATEWAY TO THE WORMHOLE PULSATED
AND FLICKERED AND THE PRINCESS BLUE INC
HED TOWARD IT LIKE A MOTH TO A BRILLIANT
CANDLE..."TO THE CAPTAIN, MAY HE PRESER
VE US ALL!" THE SECOND MATE CRIED IN A T
OAST NO LESS SINCERE FOR ALL OFITS CEREM
ONY...EVEN AS HE SPOKE, WE WERE OUT OF T
HE UNIVERSE OF N-SPACE AND INTO HYPERSPA
CE. WE WERE IN THE WORMHOLE, FALLING BET
WEEN THE STARS. IN PLACE OF THE STARS, T
HE WORMHOLE,SURRONDED US WITH IMMENSE RI
NGS OF LIGHT, HOOPS THROUGH WHICH THE PR
INCESS BLUE DOVE AND WEAVED UNDER HER MA
STER'S GUIDANCE...IF THE CAPTAIN WENT TO
O FAST OR MISJUDGED THE CONVOLUTIONS OF
THE HYPERSPACE TRAIL, WE WOULD RETURN TO
WHERE WE HAD ENTERED THE GATE, OUR FUEL
DEPLETED. IF HE DID NOT TRAVEL SWIFTLY
ENOUGH THROUGH THE THREE DIMENTIONAL MAZ
E, THEN THE STRANGE CORROSIVE ATMOSPHERE
OF H-SPACE WOULD EAT ITS WAY THROUGH OU
R HULL- WE WOULD SMELL THE SWEETNESS OFT
HE GAS WITH OUR LAST BREATH...PASSAGE TH
ROUGH THE MALIR GATES IS TRICKY, AND I W
AS GLAD THE CAPTAIN WAS EXPERIENCED IN T
HE WAYS OF HYPERSPACE TRAVEL. MY SENSES
REELED AS WE TUMBLED IN A CONTROLLED SPI
RAL THROUGH THE CORRUSCATING HOOPS OF TH
E MALIR GATE'S H-SPACE WORMHOLE.THEN, AS
I SHUDDERED AT THE TIME IT WAS TAKING,
THE HOOPS VANISHED AND THE NORMAL UNIVER
SE REAPPEARED.WE EMERGED FROM THE JUMP U
NHARMED AND WITH PLENTY OF FUEL. THEN AN
D THERE I MADE A VOW THAT I WOULD BECOME
AS ACCOMPLISHED A MALIR JUMPER AS THE C
APTAIN OF THE PRINCESS BLUE.....IN THE Y
EAR TO COME,ALL OF THE GATES LINKING THE
FAR ARM NETWORK OF NINE PLANETARY SYSTE
MS WOULD BECOME FAMILAR TO ME. UNLIKE OT
HER GATES, FAMILIARITY WITH A MALIR GATE
NEITHER CONTEMPT NOR CONTENTMENT...THE
GATES ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF HUMAN SPACE
.THEY ARE AS NECESSARY AS SHIPS THEMSELV
ES, FOR WITHOUT THESE GATES OUR SHIPS, W
ITH THEIR LIMITED SPEEDS, WOULD BE UNABL
E TO TRAVERSE THE VAST REACHES OF SPACE.
THE HAWKINGS DRIVES PUSH OUR SHIPS TO A
LMOST UNIMAGINABLE SPEEDS, BUT THE SPEED
OF LIGHT IS A BARRIER WE CANNOT PASS ON
OUR OWN...LUCKILY, THERE ARE NETWORKS O
F INTERCONNECTED MALIR GATES THROUGHOUT
HUMAN SPACE. EACH NET HAS FROM NINE TO T
WELVE INTERCONNECTED GATES WHICH ENABLE
STARSHIPS TO TRAVEL RAPIDLY FROM STAR TO
STAR. BUT EACH NET IS ALMOST TOTALLY IS
OLATED FROM ALL OTHER NETS- WHILE SOME L
ONGSLEEP SHIPS MOVE FROM NET TO NET WITH
OUT BENEFIT OF THE MALIR GATES, IT CAN T
AKE SUCH A SHIP MANY YEARS, EVEN GENERAT
IONS, TO MAKE ITS JOURNEY. IT IS HARDLY
A SURPRISE THAT THE EMPEROR HIATHRA HIMS
ELF HAS OFFERED AN IMPERIAL BARONETCYTO
ANY CAPTAIN WHO DISCOVERS A GATE LINKING
ONE NET TO ANOTHER...SO FAR, NO IMPERIA
L BARONS HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THIS OFF
ER. EACH NET OF STARS STANDS ALONE AND N
EARLY ALL OF MANKIND'S WORLDS LIE CLOSE
TO A NET...THE SECOND MATE NUDGED MY ELB
OW AS THE STARS, NOW IN DIFFERENT PATTER
NS AND DESIGNS, FLICKERED AND THEN STEAD
IED AS WE LEFT THE INFLUENCE OF THE GATE
. I COUGHED, REDDENED IN EMBARRASSMENT,
AS I REMEMBERED MY CEREMONIAL DUTY AND L
IFTED MY NEWLY-FILLED GLASS TO TOAST THE
STARS JUST OUTSIDE THE PRINCESS BLUE...
"TO THE UNIVERSE, "I SAID SOMBERLY, "TO
THE STARS, TO THE MALIR TO WHOM WE OWE S
O MUCH, TO THE CAPTAIN, THE CREW, TO THE
GOOD SHIP PRINCESS BLUE."MY HEART BEAT
FASTER AS THE REST OF THE CREW, IN ONE G
REAT ROAR, CLOSED THE CEREMONY OF MY INI
TIATION AS A SPACEMAN, WITH THEIR FULL T
HROATED , CHORUSED REPLY: "TO THE PRINCE
SS BLUE!"..THE SHIP IS A MEMORY. IT TUMB
LES THROUGH MY MIND IN A CRAZY PATTERN O
F REGRET AND LONGING THAT TWISTS AND WEA
VES MORE THAN EVER DID A WORMHOLE HIGHWA
Y. I REMEBER THE PRINCESS BLUE AND HER C
REW. I WILL NOT FORGET HER...IT WAS DURI
NG MY TWELTH MONTH ON THE PRINCESS THAT
THE DERELICT SHIP WAS SPOTTED. I WAS ON
THE WATCHTEAM AS WE SWUNG TOWARD THE MAL
IR GATE IN THE KARONUS SYSTEM. WE HAD JU
ST SOLD SOMEEXOTIC PETS TO THE CREW OF I
MPERIAL STARBASE HIATHRA AND HAD REALIZE
D QUITE A GOOD PROFIT. I WAS ALREADY THI
NKING OF THE TRIP HOME AND SIX MONTHS OF
LEAVE, BUT MY REVERIES WERE INTERRUPTED
BY THE WATCH OFFICER'S STRIDENT VOICE:.
."MANCHI SHIP AHOY, CAPTAIN!"..INSTANTLY
, ALL EYES TURNED TOWARDS THE SHIP'S COM
PUTER VIEWSCREEN. THE MANCHI HAD BEEN PR
EYING ON SHIPS IN HUMAN SPACE FOR THE PA
ST FEW MONTHS- NO ONE KNOWS WHY. THOUGH
A MERCHANT SHIP, THE PRINCESS BLUE WAS D
ECENTLY EQUIPPED. WE WERE HARDLY A WARSH
IP, BUT A MERCHANT VESSEL MUST BE PREPAR
ED TO DEFEND ITSELF. WE WERE NERVOUS, BU
T READY...THEN, CURIOUSLY, THE MANCHI SH
IP PASSED US BY LIKE A HUGE GHOST. OUR S
ENSORS TRACKED IT AS IT LEFT VISUAL SCRE
EN RANGE BUT, FINALLY, EVEN THE SENSORS
COULD NO LONGER DETECT ITS PRESENCE...TH
E SECOND MATE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF
AND PUSHED HIS CHAIR AWAY FROM THE SENSO
R CONTROL CONSOLE. THE CAPTAIN'S HANDS R
ELAXED FROM THEIR GRIP ON THE SHIP'S THR
OTTLES AND THE FIRST MATE LEANED BACK FR
OM THE TARGETING ACQUISITION COMPUTER...
"SECURE FROM GENERAL QUARTERS,"THE CAPTA
IN ANNOUNCED FROM THE GO ROOM...IN THE G
O ROOM AN INERTIALESS SHIELD PROTECTED T
HE CAPTAIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE PRINC
ESS BLUE'S MANEUVERS. BESIDES HIM, THE F
IRST MATE SAT AT THE COMBAT TAC. DURING
HIGH SPEED MANEUVERS THE WEAPONS SYSTEMS
WOULD BE UNDER HIS COMMAND, SAFE FROM T
HE FORCES THAT WOULD BATTER THE REST OF
US...THIS KIND OF SHIELD WORKS ONLY ON A
LIMITED AREA, THE EXACT SIZE OF THE ARE
A DETERMINED BY COMPLEX QUANTUM MATH. SO
ME SCOUT VESSELS ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT T
HEIR ENTIRE INTERIORS CAN BE PROTECTED B
Y A SHIELD, RESULTING IN GREAT MANEUVERA
BILITY; NOT SO THE PRINCESS BLUE...AS PA
RT OF MY TRAINING, I HAD SPENT DAYS IN T
HE GO ROOM LEARNING HOW TO FLY THE PRINC
ESS MANUALLY, USING BOTH HER CRUISE FLIG
HT MODE AND HER NEWTONIAN FLIGHT MODE. I
N CRUISE MODE THE PILOT ONLY HAS TO WORR
Y ABOUT THE SHIP'S DIRECTION AND SPEED.
IN NEWTONIAN MODE, THE ENGINES THRUST ON
LY DEAD AHEAD, AND COURSE CHANGES, WHILE
SWIFT AND SURE, MUST BE MADE BY ROTATIN
G THE SHIP AND FIRING THE ENGINES. IT'S
RATHER LIKE DOING VECTOR MATHEMATICS IN
YOUR HEAD.LIKE MOST PILOTS, I PREFERRED
THE CRUISE MODE...THE CAPTAIN OF THE PRI
NCESS BLUE ACTUALLY PREFRERRED NEWTONIAN
FLIGHT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN MANEU
VERABILITY. THE THOUGHT OF DOING SO MUCH
VECTOR ADDITION AND SUBTRACTING GAVE ME
A HEADACHE. ONLY AFTER MANY MONTHS OF P
RATICE WAS I ABLE TO SWING THE PRINCESS
BLUE IN A CLEAN 180-DEGREE TURN IN ANYTH
ING OTHER THAN CRUISE MODE...."THE MANCH
I HAS LEFT SENSOR RANGE," THE SECOND MAT
E REPORTED, "BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SHIP,JU
ST COMING INTO RANGE NOW!".."MANCHI?" TH
E CAPTAIN ASKED...THE MATE LOOKED AT THE
IMAGE FORMING ON THE VIEWSCREEN..."NO,"
HE SAID,"IT APPEARS TO BE AN INDEPENDANT
---A SCOUT SHIP." HE THREW A TOGGLE SWIT
CH. "AUTOMATIC HAILING FREQUENCIES OPENE
D."A PAUSE AS HE CHECKED HIS CONSLOE. "N
O REPLY.".."KEEP SENDING", THE CAPTAIN S
AID, "AND I'LL MANEUVER TO WITHIN 300 KL
ICKS.SHIELDS TO MAX. GO ROOM TO TAKE CON
TROL OF WEAPONRY."..ON THE ELECTRONIC SC
REEN A SMALL BLUE DOT GREW CLOSER AND AS
SUMED THE SLEEK, WEDGE SHAPE OF A SCOUT
VESSEL. THE SCOUT APPEARED TO BE ADRIFT
BUT UNDAMAGED. THE SECOND MATE CONFIRMED
THIS VIA HIS INSTRUMENTATION..."NO SIGN
OF HAWKINS ENERGIES,"THE MATE READ OUT.
"MAIN REACTORSAPPEAR FUNCTIONAL,HOWEVER
, SHIELDS ARE DOWN. I GET NO INDICATION
OF BIO-ELECTRICITY." HE TAPPED A FEW OF
HIS CONSOLE'S SWITCHES."NONE AT ALL.".."
KEEP ON THE HAILING FREQUENCIES,"THE CAP
TAIN REPLIED. "WE'LL MOVE TO TWO KILCKS.
PUT A REMOTE ON THE SCREEN.".."THE SECO
ND MATE THREW ANOTHER SWITCH AND THE VIE
WSCREEN SHOWED US CLOSING IN ON THE SCOU
T,COURTESY OF ONE OF THE CMERAS THAT HOV
ERED LIKE A LOOSE CLOUD AROUND THE PRINC
ESS BLUE..."A MANCHI KILL?" ASKED THE CA
PTAIN..."NO,SIR." THE SECOND MATE SHOOK
HIS HEAD. "SENSORS INDICATE NO DAMAGE TO
THE HULL OR INTERIOR SYSTEMS. WHATEVER
HAPPENED TO THE SCOUT PROBABLY WASN'T TH
E RESULT OF COMBAT.".."YOUR OPINIONS, GE
NTLEMEN?".."I DON'T LIKE THIS," THE FIRS
T MATE RESPONDED,"NOT SO SOON AFTER STUM
BLING UPON A MANCHI SHIP...".."YOU THINK
IT MIGHT BE A TRAP?".." I DON'T KNOW...
" THE FIRST MATELEANED FORWARD IN HIS CO
COON CHAIR, CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE P
RINCESS' ONBOARD WEAPONRY. "IF IT IS A T
RAP, WE CAN HOLD OUR OWN AGAINST 2, EVEN
3 BUG SHIPS LONG ENOUGH TO DIVE INTO TH
E MALIR GATE AND GET AWAY.".."IT'S TRUE,
CAPTAIN. THE BUGS AREN'T ABOUT TO FOLLO
W US THERE, "THE SECOND MATE CHIMED IN.
A GRIM SMILE ACCOMPANIED HIS WORDS AS HE
ADDED, "I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE B
UGS IF THEY TRY TO GATE. THERE ISN'T MUC
H LEFT OF THEM AFTERWARDS THAT ISN'T LIQ
UID.".."MOVING TO ONE KLICK,"THE CAPTAIN
SAID. ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLY, THE PRINCES
S INCHED FORWARD. "ANYTHING?" HE ASKED..
.THE SECOND MATE CHECKED HIS CONSOLE AGA
IN..."NO, SIR. STILL NO LIFE READINGS, N
O ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE, OR ACKNOWLEDG
E OUR COMMUNICATIONS. IT SEEMS TO EITHER
BE ABANDONED, OR ALL THE CREW ARE DEAD.
".."ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU." THE CAPTAIN A
NSWERED. "WHO HAS EVA DUTY?"..I CLEARED
MY THROAT, "I AM, SIR."..THE CAPTAIN LOO
KED AT ME. FOR A MOMENT, I FEARED HE WAS
GOING TO QUESTION MY COMPETENCE, BUT AL
L HE DID WAS NOD. "SUIT UP AND GET OVER
TO THE DERELICT. CHECK IT OUT AND REPORT
BACK."..."YES SIR!"..I TORE DOWN THE CO
RRIDORS TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AN
D SUITED UP. TRYINT TO IGNORE MY SWEATY
PALMS AND DRY MOUTH, I LOCKED THE SUIT'S
PERMAGLASS HELMET INTO PLACE...THIS WOU
LD BE MY FIRST SOLO MISSION, BUT I HAD T
RAINED FOR EVA. I DETERMINED THAT I WOUL
D BE A QUICK AND PROFESSIONAL AS POSSIBL
E...SUITED UP, I MADE MY WAY TO THE AIRL
OCK. AS SOON AS THE AIRLOCK DOORS OPENED
, I JETTED TOWARD THE SCOUT SHIP. THE DE
RELICT GREW LARGER AND LARGER AS I APPRO
CHED. I FELT AS IF I WERE FALLING TOWARD
IT, ALTHOUGH UP AND DOWN WERE, OF COURS
E, MEANINGLESS...THEN, I NOTICED SOMETHI
NG..."EVA UNIT ONE TO PRINCESS BLUE,"I C
ALLED. "I HAVE A GOOD VISUAL ON THE SCOU
T SHIP. HER NAME IS JOLLY ROGER. SHE LOO
KS INTACT, WITH NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE OR OB
VIOUS MALFUNCTION.".."CARRY ON WITH YOUR
MISSION, EVA ONE." THE VOICE SECOND MAT
E'S VOICE FILLED MY HELMET. "ENTER THE J
OLLY ROGER AND REPORT BACK. I'VE CONFERR
ED WITH THE CAPTAIN- IF THE SHIP ISN'T M
ANNED IT FALLS UNDER THE LAWS OF SALVAGE
." HE LAUGHED. "THAT SHOULD MAKE THE PRI
NCESS' OWNERS HAPPY AND INCREASE ALL OUR
SHARES AS WELL."..ABOVE ME, THE PRINCES
S BLUE FLOATED. SHE DWARFED THE TINY SCO
UT SHIP. I IMAGINED THAT I COULD FEEL HE
R GRAVITY PULLING ME TO HER, BUT ANY PUL
L WAS SIMPLY THAT OF LONGING TO BE HOME
AGAIN WITH MY MATES,...THEN, I HEARD A S
HRILL VOICE:"MANCHI!".."PRINCESS BLUE TO
EVA ONE," THE SECOND MATE, HIS VOICE ST
RAINED AND HURRIED."SENSORS SHOW MANCHI
SHIPS CLOSING IN, ARMED AND READY. ETA..
.WITHIN MINUTES.NO TIME FOR YOU TO RETUR
N BEFORE SHIELDS ARE RAISED AND BATTLE A
LERT IS SOUNDED. THE CAPTAIN SAYS RIDE I
T OUT IN THE SCOUT SHIP. THE BUGS'LL BE
TARGETING US. THEY SHOULDN'T BOTHER A DE
RELICT. WE'LL PICK YOU UP RIGHT AFTER. G
OING TO RADIO SILENCE. ACKNOWLEDGE!"..."
ACKNOWLEDGED, "I REPLIED, "AND GODSPEED.
"...I RUSHED THROUGH THE AIRLOCK AND INT
O THE JOLLY RODGER. THE DOORS SLID BEHIN
D ME. THE SHIP'S SENSORS PICKED UP MY PR
ESENCE AND AUTOMATICLIFE-SUPPORTS BEGAN
HUMMING THROUGHOUT THE SHIP. A MOMENT LA
TER, MY SUIT GAUGES SHOWED BREATHABLE AI
R HAD BEEN RESTORED. I REMOVED MY HELMET
. WHATEVER HAD GONE WRONG WITH THE JOLLY
RODGER, IT WAS NOT MECHANICAL, FOR WHIC
H I WAS VERY GRATEFUL...I WAS ALONE INSI
DE THE CRAMPED SCOUT. THROWING MYSELF IN
TO THE DRIVERS SEAT, I TURNED ON THE MAS
TER CONTROL CONSOLE. THE CONSOLE'S ELECT
RONIC VIEWSCREEN WAS FUNCTIONAL AND I TO
GGLED TO A TRUE VISUAL - THE PRINCESS WA
S SO CLOSE THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ELECTRO
NIC ENHANCEMENTS. I GASPED AT WHAT I SAW
...THE MANCHI HAD ARRIVED, AND NOT JUST
TWO OR THREE, BUT 10 MANCHI SHIPS DOVE O
UT OF THE DISTANCE TO SURROND THE PRINCE
SS BLUE. THEY SPACED THEMSELVES ALL AROU
ND THE MERCHANT VESSEL, THEIR OVERLAPPIN
G SHIELDS CREATING AN IMPENETRABLE FORCE
SPHERE...TO MANEUVER DIRECTLY INTO ONE
OF THOSE MANCHI SHIELDS WOULD BE SUICIDA
L. FOR THE FIRST TIME, I REALIZED THESE
WERE NOT MINDLESS BUGS, BUT INTELLIGENT
AND QUITE RUTHLESS BEINGS...I WAS JUST O
UTSIDE THE MANCHI ENCIRCLEMENT. THE PRIN
CESS BLUE WAS A GOLDFISH TRAPPED INSIDE
AN INVISIBLE BUT DEADLY BOWL...SWITCHING
ON THE SHIP'S TARGET ACQUISITION COMPUT
ER, I FOUND THAT THE SCOUT'S MISSLE BAYS
WERE EMPTY, AND HER WEAK GARNET LASERS
WOULD BE TOTALLY USELESS AGAINST SUCH MA
NCHI WARSHIPS. I POUNDED MY FISTS ON THE
CONSLOE AND WATCHED HELPLESSLY AS THE B
ATTLE BEGAN...THE FIRST MANCHI SHIP FIRE
D HER LASERS DIRECTLY AT THE PRINCESS BL
UE. THE PRINCESS' BOW SHIELD FLICKERED V
ISIBLY AS IT ABSORBED THE DEADLY BEAM. T
HEN A SECOND MANCHI FIRED, THEN A THIRD.
...THE PRINCESS BLUE TWISTED AND SPUN, A
ND I KNEW THAT THE WATCHROOM CREW WOULD
BE PRESSED HARD IN THEIR SEATS AS THE CA
PTAIN TRIED HIS BEST TO AVOID THE DEADLY
BLASTS, HOPING FOR SOME SMALL OPENING I
N THE GLOBE OF THE ENEMY SHIELDS....WITH
IN SECONDS, ALL OF THE MANCHI WERE FIRIN
G THEIR LASERS AT THE TWISTING , HELPLES
S MERCHANT SHIP. THE PRINCESS MADE A DES
PIRATE ATTEMPT TO FIRE HER MISSLES, BUT
IT WAS MUCH TOO LATE FOR THAT. HER SHIEL
DS FLICKERED ONE LAST TIME, THEN GAVE OU
T. ALL I COULD DO WAS HOLD MY BREATH...S
UDDENLY, ALL THE MANCHI FIRED DIRECTLY I
NTO THE CENTER OF THEIR DEADLY SPHERE. W
ITH A TREMENDOUS RELEASE OF ENERGY, AS I
F SPACE ITSELF HAD BEEN RIPPED APART, TH
E PRINCESS BLUE WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A B
ALL OF ENERGY, A MINATURE SUN. THEN THE
IMITATION SUN COOLED AND VANISHED INTO D
ISPERSED VAPORS, MOLTEN CHUNKS, AND SCAT
TERED CLOUDS...THE MANCHI SPHERE PULLED
BACK, SEPERATING INTO ITS COMPONENT SHIP
S. I BRACED MYSELF FOR THE QUICK ASSAULT
I WAS SURE WOULD COME. INSTEAD, THE MA
NCHI SHIPS TURNED ON THEIR DRIVES AND DO
VE AWAY INTO N-SPACE, LEAVING ME ALONE..
..FOR A TIME,IT SEEMED TO ME THAT MY ENT
IRE WORLD HAD DIED, BUT I HAVE MADE CERT
AIN DECISIONS, TAKEN CERTAIN ACTIONS. UN
DER THE LAWS OF SALVAGE, I HAVE TAKEN PO
SSESSION OF THE SCOUT SHIP JOLLY ROGER I
N MY OWN NAME AND FOR MY OWN PURPOSES. S
HE IS A GOOD, SERVICABLE SHIP, BUT I STI
LL DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER CAPT
AIN OR CREW...I HAVE SPENT TIME SINCE TH
E PRINCESS BLUE'S DESTRUCTION STUDYING M
Y SHIP, LEARNING HER CAPABILTIES, HER LI
MITS, HER IDIOSYNCRACIES. ONBOARD,I FOUN
D A BOOK, AN OWNER'MANUAL, COMPLETE WITH
HAND WRITTEN NOTES, APPARENTLY THE WORK
OF THE SHIP'S PREVIOUS OWNER. THE MANUA
L HAS SERVED ME WELL AS A COURSE IN THE
RUNNING OF THIS VESSEL...NOW THAT I AM M
ASTER OF MY SHIP, I WILL INVESTIGATE WHY
THE MANCHI DID WHAT THEY DID- IT MAKES
NO SENSE FOR THEM TO DESTROY A MERCHANT
VESSEL AND ITS CARGO. I KNOW THAT UNCOVE
RING THE MEANING OF ANY MANCHI ACT WILL
PROVE DIFFICULT. IT MAY EVEN BE IMPOSSIB
LE, BUT I MUST TRY. MY RESOURCES ARE LIM
ITED, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO CHANGE THAT-
AN INDEPENDANT SCOUT CAN THRIVE IN THE
FAR ARM IF HE USES HIS HEAD...THERE ARE
NUMEROUS OUTPOSTS AND BASES SCATTERED AM
ONGST THE NINE SYSTEMS OF THE FAR ARM. A
S A MEMBER OF THE MERCHANT GUILD, I WILL
BE ABLE TO BUY AND SELL GOODS. THE LONG
HOURS I SPENT IN MY FATHERS SHOWROOM AS
A CHILD, WATCHING HIM HAGGLE WITH DIAMO
ND MERCHANTS, LISTENING TO HIS SLAES BAN
TER WITH THE CUSTOMERS, ALL WILL PROVE U
SEFUL, I AM SURE...I HAVE HEARD THAT THE
IMPERIUM HAS PLACED BOUNTIES ON THE HEA
DS OF SOME OF THE MOST NORTORIOUS PIRATE
S. PERHAPS I'LL AUGMENT MY INCOME BY BEC
OMING A BOUNTY HUNTER. THEN I WILL BEGIN
THE REFITTING OF MY SHIP. HER MISSLE BA
YS CANNOT-MUST NOT- REMAIN UNSTOCKED. HE
R GARNET LASERS MUST BE REPLACED BY MORE
POWERFUL BEAMS. ONCE I'M BETTER EQUIPPE
D, I CAN MOVE ON TO THE GRYPHON-ARCTURUS
TRADE RUN...ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I WILL
SURVIVE AND LEARN WHAT MUST BE LEARNED,
DO WHAT MUST BE DONE. MY PATH MAY BE A L
ONG AND ARDUOUS ONE, BUT I WILL FOLLOW I
T TO THE END. SURVIVAL IS THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERS NOW- IF I DO NOT SURVIVE,
THERE CAN BE NO REVENGE...THE PRINCESS B
LUE WILL BE AVENGED. THERE ARE GHOSTS AM
ONG THE STARS, AND I WILL LAY THEM TO RE
ST. I SWEAR IT......TO BEGIN PLAY.======
=======..1) TURN ON THE POWER TO YOUR DI
SK DRIVE, MONITOR, AND COMPUTER....2) IN
SERT THE SPACE ROGUE DISKETTE INTO YOUR
DISK DRIVE, LABEL SIDE UP....3) TYPE LOA
D"*",8 <<RETURN>>. WHEN THE CURSOR APPEA
RS, TYPE: RUN <<RETURN>>. IF NOTHING HAP
PENS, SEE "TROUBLESHOOTING". PRESS A KEY
DURING THE BOOTUP SEQUENCE TO BYPASS TH
E TITLE SEQUENCE....4) IF YOU ARE STARTI
NG A NEW GAME, PRESS "N" FOR "NEW GAME".
YOU WILL SEE THE OPENING SCREENS THAT D
ESCRIBE YOUR SITUATION IN THE GAME....5)
IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE AN OLD GAME, PR
ESS "O" FOR OLD GAME. BEFORE YOU CAN STA
RT PLAY, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO COMPLETE A
QUICK DOCUMENTATION CHECK. YOU MUST LOO
K UP A SPECIFIC WORD IN YOUR SUNRACER MA
NUAL- SPECIFIED BY ITS PAGE,PARAGRAPH,S
ENTENCE,AND WORD OFFSET- AND TYPE IT IN.
DO NOT COUNT HEADINGS, CHARTS, OR ILLUST
RATIONS AS PARAGRAPHS. FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK
AT THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 4. THE
SECOND WORD IN THE FIRST SENTENCE IS "NU
MBER"...BEFORE YOU CAN SAVE THE GAME, YO
U MUST FIRST MAKE A COPY OF THE BOOT SID
E OF THE ORIGINAL DISK USING ANY DISK CO
PY UTILITY. ALWAYS USE THIS COPY WHEN SA
VING A GAME. IF YOU WISH TO SAVE SEVERAL
GAMES IN PROGRESS, YOU CAN MAKE MULTIPL
E COPIES OF THE BOOT DISKETTE. REMEMBER,
EACH TIME YOU SAVE A GAME TO DISK, THE
OLD SAVED GAME ON THAT DISK IS OVERWRITT
EN.....QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS.========
================...YOU BEGIN THE GAME IN
THE DEEP SPACE OF THE KARONUS STAR SYST
EM. FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO REACH THE NEAR
EST STAR BASE....1) PLOT A COURSE. PRESS
N FOR NAVIGATION MODE, THEN USE THE JOY
STICK OF KEYBOARD CLUSTER (DESCRIBED IN
THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS) TO SELECT THE CH
ART COMMAND. PRESS RETURN OR THE JOYSTIC
K BUTTON. MOVE THE CURSOR ACROSS THE MAP
OF THE KARONUS STAR SYSTEM UNTIL YOU FI
ND HIATHRA STARBASE:THE GREEN SQUARE SYM
BOL AT COORDINATES 13,19. PRESS RETURN O
R JOYSTICK BUTTON....2) SELECT THE HELM
COMMAND. AUTOPILOT WILL GUIDE YOUR SHIP
TO THE NEW COORDINATES....3) IF A SHIP A
TTACKS YOU ON THE WAY, THE JOURNEY STOPS
. SELECT COCKPIT TO FIGHT THE BATTLE. PR
ESS T TO TARGET THE ENEMY, AND THE SPACE
BAR OR JOYSTICK BUTTON TO FIRE A WEAPON.
CONSULT THE NEXT SECTION FOR OTHER COMM
ANDS....4) AFTER YOUR SHIP ARRIVES AT IT
S DESTINATION, (SECTOR 13,19), SELECT CO
CKPIT TO RETURN TO THE SPACE VIEW. IF YO
U HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREDY, PRESS T TO ACT
IVATE YOUR TARGETING COMPUTER. IT DISPLA
YS THE RANGE (IN METERS) AND DIRECTION T
O THE STAR BASE. MOVE YOUR SHIP SO THAT
THE ARROWS ON THE EDGE OF YOUR VIEWSCREE
N ARE CENTERED AND POINT INWARD. THE STA
RBASE SHOULD APPEAR ONSCREEN AS TWO PYRA
MIDS CONNECTED BY A LIGHT-COLORED AXLE.
TO DOCK, SLOWLY MANEUVER YOUR SHIP TO TO
UCH THE AXLE....5) AT THE BASE, WALK ARO
UND, TALK TO EVERYONE YOU MEET, AND BUY
SOME CARGO. TO LEAVE THE BASE, RETURN TO
YOUR SHIP. YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.........C
OMMANDS USED IN SPACE FLIGHT.===========
==================..JOYSTICK MOVEMENT AN
D ATTACK COMMANDS..* TO TURN, PUSH THE S
TICK IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TURN..
.* TO ACCELERATE, PRESS THE "+" KEY...*
TO SLOW DOWN, PRESS THE "-" KEY...* TO F
IRE A READY WEAPON, PRESS THE BUTTON....
..KEYBOARD MOVEMENT AND ATTACK COMMANDS.
=====================================..T
HE KEYBOARD ALLOWS FULL CONTROL OF YOUR
SUNRACER IN FLIGHT. THE FOLLOWING KEYBOA
RD CLUSTER PROVIDES THE MANEUVERABILITY
YOU NEED FOR A HEART-POUNDING DOGFIGHT O
R A DELICATE DOCKING.... =
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. I LEFT I UP I RIGHT I
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.
. LETTER CLUSTER.
..
W-NOSE UP. C-ROLL SH
IP CLOCKWISE. X-NOSE UP.
Z-ROLL COUNTERCLOCKWISE.
A-LEFT TURN. D-RIGHT T
URN. S-STOP ROTATION.
(+) PLUS KEY- ACCELERATE.
(-) MINUS KEY- FIRE READY WEAPON.....A
DDITIONAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS:.===========
==================.(SEE SUNRACER MANUAL
FOR DETAILS)...G-GIVE UP, TRY TO SURREND
ER TO ATTACKERS..J-JETTISON ALL CARGO..L
-TOGGLE BETWEEN MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC LAS
ER FIRE.N-GO TO NAVIGATION CONTROL SCREE
N.R-READY A NEW WEAPON.T-TARGET BASE/SHI
P WITH TARGET ACQUISITION COMPUTER (TAC)
.V-TOGGLE BETWEEN "CAMERA VIEWS".CONTROL
-E TOGGLE BETWEEN CRUISE FLIGHT AND NEW
TONIAN FLIGHT..CONTROL-S SAVE GAME.CONT
ROL-T TOGGLE TAC DISPLAY BETWEEN GRAPHIC
S AND DATA.F1- PAUSE GAME....COMMANDS US
ED WHEN DOCKED AT BASE.=================
================..MOVING WITH A JOYSTICK
:..* PUSH THE STICK IN THE DIRECTION YOU
WANT TO WALK. TO TALK TO SOMEONE OR INS
PECT SOMETHING, STAND NEXT TO IT, PUSH T
HE STICK IN ITS DIRECTION, AND PRESS THE
BUTTON....* PUSHING THE BUTTON WHILE TH
E STICK IS CENTERED BINGS UP A COMMAND M
ENU....*IN CONVERSATIONS, MOVE THE CURSO
R BAR BY PUSHING THE STICK UP OR DOWN. H
IGHLIGHT YOUR RESPONSE AND PUSH A BUTTON
. DURING SOME CONVERSATIONS, YOU MAY BE
GIVEN THE "OTHER..." OPTION. SELECTING T
HE "OTHER..." OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO TYPE
IN MESSAGES, SUCH AS SECRET PASSWORDS...
..MOVING WITH THE KEYBOARD:... USE THE F
OLLOWING KEYBOARD CLUSTER. PRESSING RETU
RN BRINGS UP A COMMAND MENU.IN CONVERSAT
IONS, USE THE KEYBOARD CLUSTER TO MOVE T
HE CURSOR BAR AND PRESS RETURN TO SELECT
THE HIGHLIGHTED CHOICE... Q W E
. A D ^ UP .
Z X C... Q- DIAGONAL LEFT UP. W- UP. E
- DIAGONAL RIGHT UP. A- LEFT. D- RIGHT.
Z- DIAGNOAL LEFT DOWN. X- DOWN. C- DIAGO
NAL RIGHT DOWN......COMMANDS USED WHILE
NAVIGATING.=============================
=..USE THE KEYBOARD CLUSTER OR JOYSTICK
TO HIGHLIGHT A COMMAND FROM THE ONSCREEN
MENU. PRESS RETURN OR THE JOYSTICK BUTT
ON TO SELECT THE HIGHLIGHTED COMMAND....
COMMANDS USED IN HIVE!.=================
=====..* USE JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CLUSTE
R TO MOVE/CHANGE FACING...* USE BUTTON O
R SPACE BAR TO FIRE PLASMA RIFLE.....SAV
ING THE GAME.===============..DURING PLA
Y, PRESS CONTROL-S TO SAVE THE GAME'S CU
RRENT POSITION ONTO A PREVIOUSLY MADE BA
CKUP COPY OF THE BOOT DISK. YOU CAN ONLY
SAVE THE GAME WHILE YOU ARE IN SPACE, N
OT AT A BASE OR WHILE USING THE NAVIGATI
ON COMPUTER.....TROUBLESHOOTING.========
=======..* IF THE GAME FAILS TO LOAD OR
SAVE, CHECK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS P
OWERED UP AND CONNECTED PROPERLY.START A
LL OVER AGAIN....* IF YOU ARE HAVING TRO
UBLE SAVING THE GAME, REREAD THE SECTION
ABOVE ON "SAVING THE GAME"...* IF IT ST
ILL DON'T WORK, YOU MAY HAVE A DAMAGED D
ISK OR A HARDWARE PROBLEM.........SHIP S
PECIFICATIONS.===================...TITA
N..TYPE: IMPERI
AL.CLASS DESIGINATION: HEAVY CRUIS
ER.PREDOMINATE MARKINGS: GRE
EN.LENGHT: 9
5M.DISPLACEMENT: 2,23
2T.ARMOR: 9
00.BEAM WEAPON: PARTICLE(20MW/S),TURRET
ED.MISSLE WEAPON: NO
VA.SHIELD(S): FWD-3, AFT
-3.ECM: 5
0%.PROPULSION: IMP. SHIPYARDS POSITR
ON. DRI
VE.ACCELERATION: 0.15
G.TURN (0/SEC)
10.DATE INTRODUCED: 23
04...THE GLORY OF THE IMPERIAL FLEET, TH
E TITAN-CLASS CRUISER REDUCES PIRACY IN
A SYSTEM BY ITS MERE PRESENCE. TITANS LA
CK NOTHING IN STATE OF THE ART ARMAMENTS
AND DEFENSES.....VULTURE..TYPE:
MANCHI.CLASS DESIGIN
ATION: LIGHT CRUISER.PREDOMINATE M
ARKINGS: VIOLET.LENGHT:
49M(EST).DISPLACEMENT:
456T (EST).ARMOR:
480(EST).BEAM WEAPON:
SAPPHIRE LASER (20 MW/S).MISSLE WEAPON
: PLASMA TORPEDO.SHIELD(S):
FWD-2,AFT-1(EST).ECM:
---.PROPULSION:
UNKNOWN.ACCELERATION:
0.30 G.TURN (0/SEC)
25.DATE FIRST SI
GHTED: 2309.....IN EVERY
ENCOUNTER WITH IMPERIAL SHIPS, MANCHI VU
LTURES HAVE ATTACKED TO KILL, GIVEN NO Q
UARTER, AND HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED SURRENDE
R. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.........FAR
ARM STAR CLUSTER.====================...
ARCTURUS-(77.39PL2) MICON II MINING STAT
ION AWAITS THE VISITOR WITH A TASTE FOR
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY. AT THIS WRITING,
ARCTURUS HOSTS THE IMPERIUM'S FABULOUS C
ARRIER KOTH, NEWEST ADITION TO THE FLEET
AND A SHINING SYMBOL OF THE RULE OF LAW
IN THE FAR ARM....BASSRUTI-(575C.N) THE
FREE GUILD INDEPENDANT OUTPOST EXPERIME
NTS WITH NEW SOCIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TA
XATION AND AUTHORITY. MEANWHILE, THE ADV
ANCED BASSRUTI GENETIC RESEARCH CENTER I
S MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE NATUR
E OF LIFE....DENEB-(A32GY41) IMPRESSIVE
DENEB PRIME STARBASE IS THE HOME OF DUCH
ESS AVENSTAR. PIRACY HAS BEEN MUCH REDUC
ED UNDER HER WISE RULE....GRYPHON-(79Q2Z
) CONVEC EAST MINING STATION WELCOMES AL
L MINERS, MINERALOGISTS, AND TOURISTS. S
EE THE DEEP SPACE MOMUMENT COMMEMORATING
THE BATTLE OF BINARY STARS....KARONUS-
(Z94P3.6.OOW) SITE OF MAGNIFICENT HIATHR
A STARBASE AND THE HISTORIC MICON I MINI
NG STATION. PIRACY HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY WI
PED OUT IN THIS SECTOR....NAR'SEE- (MS.4
.X2F) LAGRANGE MINING COLONY PRODUCES TH
E FINEST TIUTANIUM IN THE GALAXY. NAR'SE
E'S FIELDS OF ANTIMATTER SHARDS HAVE ATT
RACTED MUCH ATTENTION IN POPULAR ENTERTA
INMENT; BUT SPACE IS A BIG PLACE, SO THE
Y ARE EASY TO AVOID....SIGURE-(8194W) TR
OCHAL INDEPENDANT OUTPOST STALWARTLY HOL
DS DOWN THE FORT AGAINST MANCHI INCURSIO
NS. PIRACY IS NO LONGER A SIGNIFICANT PR
OBLEM....ZED N27-(Q7.9H3K) THE MICON IV
OUTPOST IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DI
STINGUISHED GRAVITATION PHYSICIST ZORIAH
PROSK IS PURSUING FURTHER RESEARCH BREA
KTHROUGHS IN ITS LABORATORIES. ANOTHER S
IGN THAT THE FAR ARM IS ATTRACTING THE M
OVERS AND SHAKERS OF THE IMPERIUM!.....M
AP OF FAR ARM CLUSTER:.
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MANCHI NATION--> . ARCTURUS
SIGURE .
NAR'SEE .
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BASSRUTI. DENEB
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. GRYPHON
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ZEB .
.KARONUS
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