INCOMING MESSAGE...

SOLAR DATE 113.m16
TO: RECON XRAY 7
DIRECTIVE: PROCEED TO TS-3, INVESTIGATE

DESC: 

LOST CONTACT WITH EXPEDITIONS TO PLANET TARSUS 3.  PLANET BELIEVED TO BE
UNINHABITED.  ENEMY BELIEVED TO BE UNAWARE OF PLANET.  PROCEED IMMEDIATELY
TO TARSUS 3 AND INVESTIGATE.  RESISTANCE, IF ANY, IS TO BE DEALT WITH
APPROPRIATELY.

COMMAND OUT.


Hey, you're the new guy, right?  Hey, it's not so bad out here.  At least
it's away from the fighting.  Nothing worth fighting about out here.

They sending you to Tarsus, eh?  Bad news, that planet.  Nobody has ever
come back; nobody knows why.  The planet been real quiet.  Real quiet, you
know?  Guess the chief has decided to check it out though.  Maybe he thinks
there's a secret base or something.  Worthless rock.  Nobody goes there.
Nothing to go there for.

Normally, I'd send you out on a standard shuttle.  Still, you're a new guy,
I've got a treat for you.  Check this out... over here.  I had the boys
put together a few ideas I've had.  It's a standard J-series hull, but we
stripped out the weapons, stuck some armor in there, and made the whole
thing faster and more maneuverable.  I call it a J-K -- those are my
initials, you know -- and I'm gonna let you take it out.

Don't believe anything those guys told you.  If they're out there, you're
gonna need all the help you can get.  The J-K will outrun and outturn any
ship they send at you.  With this baby, you don't shoot -- you run.  And
turn.  And keep running.

Still, I had the boys put a 'special delivery' in there.  They collect the
plasma exhaust, and can eject it out the bottom.  You find anything on the
ground, you just go on top of them and give them a little special delivery.
Tell 'em it's from J-K.

You can take a lot of punishment.  But you won't last forever.  See that
red light there?  When it starts flashing red and white, you better make
your peace with your maker.  A few more hits, and you're going to meet him.

They're smart.  They discover you're there, they'll throw everything they
got at you.  You find anything on the ground, you kill it _fast_, got it?
You just keep hitting it until it's krispy kreme.  You kill _everything_.
As long as his ground network is up, he's a threat.

You all ready?  Well, zip your suit up.  We'll see you when you get back.
My baby will get you through ok.  Don't worry -- nothing out there but rock.
Nothin.


Start sequence: load "rad.xip",8,1 (will autoboot)

Movement: Standard joystick, port 2

Plasma discharge: fire button

Mission:  Networks consist of eight nodes.  Destroy all ground targets.


RAD.  A minigame by Stephen L. Judd.  September, 2002.  http://www.ffd2.com/

