SUN STAR
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DESIGNED BY GLENN CASSIM

Early in the 21st century the Xxarion Star Corporation placed its first solar energy grid in 
orbit around the sun.

The grid utilised the suns energy to create special energy crystals that allowed travel through 
space at the speed of light It was not long before a total of sixteen energy grids were in orbit 
around the suns of the star systems throughout the galaxy.

Unfortunately now at the dawn of the 22nd century due to build up of unstable disruptive energy 
pulses, it has become impossible for normal supply craft to collect the energy crystals from any 
of the orbital grids.

To recover as many crystals from the grids as possible a supply craft has been totally redesigned, 
giving it awesome speed and extraordinary fire power.

This craft is called the Sun Star. You have been chosen to fly it.


A joystick should be used. When the pulsating 3D colour display comes up you may press the space 
bar to change the 3D grid colour if desired.


Your Mission:

You must collect as much crystal energy from the grids as possible. Firing at one of the four 
disrupter pulses (white) until its energy runs out will cause it to jump to another part of the 
grid, leaving behind a moving energy crystal (green). Pass over the crystal to collect it before 
its energy runs out and causes a burn up of the crystals you have collected. Then head for another 
disrupter until you have collected a full complement of ten crystals. You should then pass through 
the revolving warp gate and fire a laser bolt into the hyperwarp cell (orange) to initiate a warp 
to the next grid. To fill up your craft's energy banks you may pass through the hyperwarp cell, 
although this process burns up one of your onboard crystals and can only be done a limited number 
of times. You must avoid the grid wall (blue), obstruction pulses (yellow) and energy pulses (red 
-occasionally left by a moving crystal).


Your craft's controls:

To turn move the joystick right or left as desired. Move the stick forward and backward to control 
the speed. The joystick fire button will fire laser bolts.


Screen instrumentation:

Use the overall grid scanner to pinpoint your position (yellow square) on the grid, the short 
range scanner for nearby targets, especially those behind you, and the frontal 3D display when 
in hot pursuit. The status information shows energy bank status, the number of crystals 
collected on this grid, your craft's tracking condition, the level of the current energy bank 
and warp base energy, and shows overall crystal energy collected as well as the highest previous 
performance.

Tracking of the crystal or the last disrupter fired at will appear at the top of the 3D display.
It shows the offset left, centre and right to the object and its energy. Green markers round the 
left number indicates off to the left and vice versa for the right. Markers around the centre 
number indicates the object is in front, else it is behind. Computer messages will also be shown 
here, signalled by a message alarm. An alarm is also sounded when your energy is low.


Hints on play:

Watch you speed and don't get too trigger happy. Both could waste valuable energy. Note that 
only the 3D scanner can display red energy pulses, so keep your eyes open when chasing closely 
behind a crystal. The best method of getting through the revolving warp gate is to go round in 
the opposite direction of the gate. Remember that if you do not collect the crystal before its 
energy runs out, the crystals you have just collected will burn up. Also remember that crystals 
may pass through anything; you cannot. Above all, don't panic, get to know the layout of the 
grids and give 'em hell.



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