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200 lines
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Plaintext
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Finally!
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The Complete Lifestar Documentation
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Written by The Warelord of The Nopg
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Complete Docs typed by Quick Zipper
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Starting the game:
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After loading the game, You choose a mission, and skill level. Missions
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are:
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Outpost
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Escort
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Plague
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Invasion
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Outpost is:
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To protect orbiting space stations. You can land on them by Thrusting
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very slowly towards the opening (White Triangle). When you are close
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enough, their tractor beam will pull you into the base. You will be
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given ore (cargo) to return to base planet. Outposts are constantly
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under attack and it is your mission to defend them from being pillaged.
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Escort is:
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You have to escort the green envoy ship making sure it makes it to the
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base planet at the top left corner of the quadrant map. The ship is
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attacked by various bandits who must destroy it.
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Invasion is:
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All planets are under attack by aliens with joined forces of bandits.
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This mission is very difficult to win.
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After choosing a mission, you will be Thrusting towards base planet.
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Depending on what type of mission you choose, different display messages
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will inform you of enemy activity.
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Ship commands:
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Pressing any key will call the ship's computer menu to appear on the
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screen.
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[Commands]
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Enable Missles/Lasers
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Quadrant map - Described in detail below
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Raise/Lower shields
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Hyperdrive - To planet selected from quadrant map
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Magnify/Demagnify - Is used to see greater distances from cockpit window
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Scan to 10m/1km - Shows your ships flight pattern or
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returns to long range radar
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Look left - Enables view from left cockpit window
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Look right - Enables view from right cockpit window.
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Ship shows up and damage boxes point to either
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lasers, controlls, engines, and missles. If
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dwindling number appears in a box, object damaged
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and not functional until number reaches zero.
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It also displays fuel in the form of lbs. and
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hull % left before destruction.
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[Display Screen/Cockpit]
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Upper left box is filled with missle count.
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Lower left is speedometer.
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Middle is radar.
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Upper right: (S)hield Power
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(L)aser's ability to inflict damage.
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Below Middle is a thin line which is fuel level.
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Lower right is the time clock.
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Under every gauge is a small indicator light:
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Green = Go
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Red = Damaged/Depleted
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Joystick commands:
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Button 0 - Thrust
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Button 1 - Space Brakes
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Both 0&1 - Fire Enabled weapon
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Keyboard commands:
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Ctrl-S - Sound on/off
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Ctrl-; - Pause game
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Ships:
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Blue - These weak vessels always attack you.
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Purple - getting tougher, this bandit craft is a formitable foe.
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Red - Top notch alien Terraackian
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fighters that are mean in spirit, and deadly at heart.
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Green - These weak fighters are from the planets own defenses and
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they are your allies. They help in getting ships off your tail.
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Objects in space:
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Moons - These annoying rocks in space will damage your
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craft opon collision.
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Planets - You may only land on base planet (Big, half white
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half orange planet on map).
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Far planets - These can never be reached.
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Space stations - Green and white, 8 sided rotating object
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which you defend.
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Misc bullshit:
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To land on home base, fly into it then you will see the pad. Fly towards
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yourself then pull down to the right attempting to land on the pad's
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white cross in the center.
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To win a mission, hyperdrive to a planet under attack, help it out, try
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to land on the station and get 10 tons of ore accumulated. After
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sufficent ore is stored on your ship, return to base planet to land.
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Quadrant map:
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! !..! ! ! ! ! ! 1! ! ! !
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! !..! ! ! 2! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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! 3! !..!..!..! ! 4! !..! 5! !
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! ! ! !..! ! ! !..! ! 6! !
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! !BP! !..! ! ! !..! ! ! 7!
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! ! ! !..! ! 8! ! ! ! O! !
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! 9! !..!..! ! ! ! !..! ! !
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! ! ! ! !..! ! ! !..!..! !
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!..! !10! !..! ! ! !11!..!..!
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!..!..! ! ! !12! ! ! ! !..!
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Descriptions:
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.. - Moons in sector and if attempting warp through
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these, you may encounter a hyperspace storm.
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1 - Taurus. (Space station)
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2 - Beta. (Space station)
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3 - Gryphon. (Space station)
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4 - Unknown planet (no ss)
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5 - Unknown planet (no ss)
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6 - Unknown planet (w/ ss)
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7 - B-12. (Space station)
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8 - Alpha. (Space station)
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9 - Unknown planet (w/ ss)
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10 - Quantum. (Space station)
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11 - Epsilon. (Space station)
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12 - Unknown (no ss)
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BP - Base planet
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O - Outpost
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