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   4 "P L A Y I N G   T H E   G A M E 
   3 OR EACH SH
   1 H MESSAGE ENDS"
   1 @ THEN CAME A FALLING APART OF THEEMPIRE IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM   AND MUCH KNOWLEDGE WAS LOST.
   1 ;"WHEN THESE TWO INDICATORS ARE   CENTERED BY USING THE MOVEMENT  CONTROL KEYS (6
   1 ;"THE TARGET COMPUTER LOCKS ON TO THE NEAREST ALIEN CRAFT IN THE  SECTOR.
   1 ;"THE SHIPS COMPUTER DISPLAYS
   1 ;"THE NEXT INDICATOR IS THE
   1 ;"THE FOUR VERTICAL INDICATORS AREFOR LOCATING TARGETS.
   1 ;"THE FINAL INDICATOR IS THE
   1 ;"T R A I N I N G"
   1 ;"SHOWS THE 18 SECTORS."
   1 ;"PRESS THE L KEY TO MOVE THE
   1 ;"M A N U A L "
   1 ;"CAPS SHIFT AND SPACE..ABORT"
   1 ;"BY  J O H N   H O L L I S "
   1 ;"AND TO ADJUST THE T.V. SO THAT  THE CONTROL PANEL LOOKS ITS BEST"
   1 ;"ALSO ON THE RIGHT ARE THE STATUSINDICATORS. ONE FOR EACH SHIPS  SYSTEM.THE STATUS OF EACH SYSTEMIS SHOWN BY THE COLOUR OF THE   SQUARE FOR THAT SYSTEM."
   1 ;"ALL SYSTEMS START AT GREEN."
   1 ;"4..THE STATUS INDICATORS."
   1 ;"3..THE TARGET COMPUTER"
   1 ;"2..THE MESSAGE SYSTEM
   1 ;"1..THE LONG RANGE SCANNER":
   1 ;"0....FIRE LASERS"
   1 ;"(1/2/3)"
   1 ;"  S H I P S    C O N T R O L S  ":
   1 ;"   VOID-RUNNER 1 ON STANDBY"
   1 9) THE TARGETWILL BE DIRECTLY AHEAD OF YOU."
   1 8 BY THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH
   1 6 THE TEMPORAL BROTHERHOOD PLAN TOTRAVEL BACK THROUGH TIME, USING THE LEGENDARY TIME-GATES PLACED THROUGHOUT TIME AND SPACE BY THETECHNOLOGISTS OF THE SECOND
   1 5) TO SELECT    SKILL LEVEL."
   1 2 PROGRAM"
   1 0 YOUR MISSION IS TO ANNIHILATE   THE MENACE OF THE SQUARM.
   1 .WARP SPEED"
   1 .THE STATUS OF EACH SYSTEMIS SHOWN BY THE COLOUR OF THE   SQUARE FOR THAT SYSTEM."
   1 .NO STICK"
   1 .ENGAGE JUMP DRIVE"
   1 ' SEEK OUT THE TIME-GATES. TRAVEL BACK THROUGH TIME. LOCATE THE   HOME PLANET OF THE SQUARM AND   DESTROY THE SQUARMS BROODING    GROUNDS."
   1 $ TOWARDS THE END OF THE THIRD    MILLENIUM THE SQUARM, A RACE OF VICIOUS INSECTOID REPTILES,
   1 "YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MISSION IS VITAL TO THE FUTURE AND PAST OF THE UNIVERSE.
   1 "YOU DO NOT KNOW THE LOCATION OF THE -TIME GATES-,AND YOUR SHIPS INSTRUMENTS CANNOT FIND THEM    UNTIL YOU HAVE CLEARED THE
   1 "YOU CAN NOW LOAD THE MAIN
   1 "TOP SECRET INFORMATION FILE FOR MEMBERS OF TEMPORAL BROTHERHOOD WITH LEVEL ALPHA SECURITY
   1 "THROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL,PRESSING ANY KEY WILL GIVE YOU THE NEXT  PAGE OF INSTRUCTIONS."
   1 "THIS WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE SOME DAMAGE TO YOUR SHIP.
   1 "THIS PROGRAM DOES IT LIKE THIS:"
   1 "THEN YOUR COMPUTERS CAN NAVIGATETHROUGH THE -TIME GATE-.
   1 "THE TRANS DIMENSIONAL SHIP,
   1 "THE SHIPS INSTRUMENT ARE DIVIDEDINTO FOUR SECTIONS."
   1 "THE SHIP REFUELS BY DRAWING
   1 "THE SAME AS FOR KEYBOARD INPUT."
   1 "THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO    TRAVEL BACKWARDS IN TIME GOING  THROUGH THE -TIME GATES-."
   1 "TARG-COMP   0    0    JUMP DRIVE"
   1 "SOON YOU WILL LOAD THE MAIN
   1 "SLIGHT DAMAGE - SHOWN BY MAGENTAHEAVY DAMAGE    -   SHOWN BY REDSYSTEM DESTROYED - SHOWN BY BLUE"
   1 "REGISTER,THE BIT PATTERN BEING"
   1 "PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE TO USE"
   1 "PLEASE TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE   PILOTS CHAIR AND PREPARE
   1 "P...PLANET LANDING SEQUENCE"
   1 "ON THE AGING EARTH A SMALL GROUPOF PEOPLE, THE TEMPORAL
   1 "NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO PUT THE   KEYBOARD OVERLAY OVER THE KEYS
   1 "MISSION CONTROLS ARE :"
   1 "L...ADVANCE LONG RANGE SCAN"
   1 "IS PRESENT IN MEMORY STARTING"
   1 "IN THIS CASE THE POSSABLE KEY   INPUTS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IN BRACKETS"
   1 "IN THE BEGINNING MAN WAS BOUND  TO ONE SMALL BALL OF ROCK
   1 "IF THE ASCII STRING 'JOYSTICK'"
   1 "FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE  NEXT PAGE TO GET STARTED. "
   1 "EXCERPT FROM TEMPORAL
   1 "EXCEPT FOR WHERE DESCISIONS ARE REQUIRED."
   1 "DATA MUST BE RETURNED IN THE 'A'"
   1 "CLEARING A SECTOR WILL INVOLVE  DESTROYING THE ENEMY SHIPS IN   THAT SECTOR."
   1 "BE VECTORED TO A SUBROUTINE AT"
   1 "AT ADDRESS 60000 THEN INPUT WILL"
   1 "AND THEIR CONTENTS."
   1 "AGAIN YOU CAN ONLY LAND ON A    PLANET WHEN ALL THE ENEMY SHIPS IN THAT SECTOR HAVE BEEN
   1 "A SHORT LINE SHOWS ALIEN CRAFT."
   1 "A JOYSTICK...PLEASE SELECT"
   1 "A CROSS SHOWS A PLANET."
   1 "6..IF YOUR SHIP GETS DAMAGED
   1 "5..WHEN THE ENEMY SHIP APPEARS
   1 "4..USE THE UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT
   1 "3..PUSH J TO JUMP TO THAT SECTOR"
   1 "3...TECHNICAL DATA"
   1 "2..PUSH L TO FIND SOME ENEMY
   1 "2...KEMPSTON STICK"
   1 "1..PRESS KEY (1
   1 "(IT IS WORTH WRITING THESE DOWN)"
   1 "    DO YOU WISH TO SEE THE
   1  YOURSELF FOR ACTION."
   1  VOID-RUNNER 1, RISES TO THE
   1  THUS WAS THE EMPIRE FORMED AND  THE COSMOS WAS AT PEACE FOR TWO MILLENIA."
   1  THIS WILL MOVE UPWARDS IF THE   TARGET IS RECEDING AND DOWNWARDSIF THE TARGET IS APPROACHING."
   1  THE TARGET COMPUTER."
   1  THE FIRST TWO ARE THE VERTICAL  AND HORIZONTAL TRACKING
   1  SURFACE, SUNLIGHT GLISTENING    ALONG ITS FLANKS.CONTROL PANELS HUM TO LIFE, SCREENS ON THE
   1  START THE TAPE"
   1  SHOWN ON THE LONG RANGE SCANNER."
   1  SHIPS ON THE LONG RANGE
   1  SECTOR OF ENEMY SHIPS."
   1  SCANNER."
   1  REPORTS ON SHIPS SYSTEMS."
   1  REPAIRS AND REFUELING CAN TAKE  PLACE ON ANY OF THE PLANETS
   1  PROGRAM."
   1  NOTE THIS SYSTEM IS INACTIVE IF THE SECTOR IS EMPTY"
   1  MOVED OUT INTO SPACE."
   1  MILLENIUM.
   1  MILLENIUM, TO FIND AND DESTROY  THE HOME WORLD OF THE SQUARM    BEFORE THE TIME THE SQUARM
   1  MILLENIUM ALL OF THE WORLDS OF  MAN WERE ENSLAVED BY THE CRUEL  SQUARM, SAVE A SMALL CLUSTER OF STARS CENTERED ON SOL."
   1  MESSAGE IN A MILLENIUM AND A    HALF."
   1  KEYS TO LINE UP THE SHIP IN
   1  INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN?"
   1  INDICATORS."
   1  INCLUDING DETAILED DAMAGE
   1  GALAXY AND DECLARED WAR ON
   1  FLASHING SQUARE TO THE SECTOR   YOU WANT TO MOVE TO,THEN PRESS  THE J KEY TO JUMP TO THE SECTOR INDICATED BY THE FLASHING SQUARE"
   1  FIND A PLANET FOR REPAIRS."
   1  ENERGY FROM THE PLANETS CORE,   WHICH DESTOYS THE PLANET.SO YOU CAN ONLY USE EACH PLANET ONCE"
   1  DISTANCE."
   1  DISTANCE INDICATOR.
   1  DESTROYED."
   1  DESTROY IT WITH YOUR LASERS."
   1  CLEARANCE" 
   1  CLASSIFIED"
   1  CIVILISATION SPREAD THROUGH THE GALAXY, STEPPING FROM STAR TO   STAR.
   1  CALLED THE EARTH, THEN CAME THE DAWN OF THE FIRST MILLENIUM OF  THE TECHNOLOGISTS AND
   1  BROTHERHOOD, PLAN THE OVER THROWOF THE SQUARM.THEY BREAK THE    SEALS OF AN ANCIENT UNDERGROUND SILO AND UNEARTH A SHIP BURIED  SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND
   1  BROTHERHOOD TRANSMISSION
   1  BRIDGE GLOW AS ELECTRONS PASS   THROUGH DORMANT CIRCUITS AND THECOMPUTER PRINTS ITS FIRST
   1  AT THE TOP SHOWS A LONG DISTANCEAT THE BOTTOM SHOWS A SHORT
   1  APPROACH SPEED INDICATOR.
   1  APPEARED AT THE EDGE OF THE
   1  ALL MESSAGES ON THIS SCREEN
   1  A MESSAGE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR    NEW TIME DATE."
   1  A HERO IS NEEDED"
   1  --- REPORT END ---"
   1    Q U I C K S I L V A "