LARRY THE LANDER II – COSMIC CARNAGE 
By Steve `Jammajup` Dixon
2013 Purple Unicorn Software

The Story
Deep in space Larry receives a distress call from the space station “Centaur” located 2 light years away,the station is surrounded by attack formations belonging to the evil `Commodorecrass`.Long range sensors at the station have detected that crass himself is on route to them,Larry knows that docked at the station are four other landers undergoing refit - Lee,Liam,Lucy and Lisa,these are Larry’s friends. Larry quickly changes course and heads for a near by `warp tunnel` which will transport him to the station quicker but as he approaches it is obvious that Crass has anticipated this move.

Mission
1. Fight through the blockade of enemy ships to reach the warp tunnel and station before running out of fuel
2. Dock with the space station to replenish fuel (AUTOMATIC)
3. Fight through the remaining ships in the blockade to intercept Commodorecrass

Controls
OP or QA with SPACE to fire and H to pause

Strategy
This game may seem short at just one long level but it is not just a short lived blaster with a fancy docking sequence as there is strategy and variance involving fuel consumption and a device fitted to all landers called an E.E.C

Explosion Energy Converter (E.E.C)
Is a device that absorbs energy from near by explosions and converts it to a small amount of  Ion fuel which is instantly used thus preserving the landers own fuel reserves,the device promotes long distance travel and is normally used by shooting wandering asteroids and converting the energy but  fortunately for Larry the EEC converts the energy from any type of explosion. A landers ion fuel is accessed roughly once every three seconds so if you can kill an enemy and create an explosion on screen every couple of seconds during an attack wave your own fuel will not be used.

Tips/Observation
1.) Play with the original default character Larry first as he has the most lives and the best fuel efficiency so you can learn the attack patterns faster. Lisa is the hardest character to reach the station with despite not having the worst fuel consumption due to the fact she has a weak and slow rate of fire (she fires kisses!) which means she has trouble killing the enemy every few seconds to harness outside energy for fuel.
2.) Do not develop an itchy trigger finger as shooting an attack wave too quickly means you will have to wait longer for more ships to arrive for you too shoot and harness energy,some long pauses between attacks are inevitable though.
3.) Fuel is important so do not run out,learn how to shoot the enemy in a slow but accurate manner because if you run out of ion fuel your mission is over regardless of the number of lives remaining.
4.) If you reach Commodorecrass attack him quickly because reinforcements will arrive and once they do you will have your hands full for sure!,once Commodorecrass is destroyed the game starts over and your character is awarded +1 to `Fire Rate`,be careful though and resist the temptation to spray the enemy with shots from your new power as you may kill them too quickly.(see tip #2) 





There are five versions of this game each allowing you to play as one of the five characters either Larry or one of his friends each with their own strengths and weaknesses,for more information please refer to the 'Character ability table'. 
Apart from Commodorecrass himself there are eight other enemy craft in the game that fight as his minions and stray asteroids,please refer to the 'Enemy identification table'.

Enjoy