XARQ - The Zimmerman Trenches
Electric Dreams


MISSION BRIEFING

Oceans rage on the distant world of Xarqon which
has no natural land masses, only endless seas.
The United Planets Cooperative set up a Self Build
Base on Xarqon thirty standard years ago, and
during those thirty years the Self Build Base has
grown into the complex maze of steel and silicon
which is XARQ. At some point during those years
the programming of the Self Build Base was
corrupted; perhaps it was the endless battering of
the salt waves on delicate circuitry, perhaps a
storm of hard radiation from the sun, maybe even
a visit from the Earth Rule Rebels; but whatever
the reason Xarq has switched into Planet
Cleansing Mode and has started to build up the
power in its Central Power Reactor which it will
eventually use to burn off the surface of the
planet.

Your mission is to enter Xarq, flooding the
Zimmerman Trenches which riddle the complex,
and destroy the Central Power Reactor.
Unfortunately XARQ's Defense Systems and Repair
Systems are both fully operational turning XARQ
into a virtually impenetrable fortress of silicon
and steel.

If you accept this mission then you will be on
your own with your trusty and deadly Nik-Nik
Hi-Speed Hydraboat. The United Planets Cooperative
has every faith in you.


PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS

You may control your Nik-Nik Hydraboat with
either a joystick or the following keys:
Accelerate forward .... Key Q
Decelerate to stop .... Key A
Rotate Left ........... Key Z
Rotate Right .......... Key X
Fire .................. Key C
Pause ................. Key P

Your Nik-Nik Hydraboat has the following
systems:

1) Laser
This is a forward firing laser which is activated by
the fire key.

2) Guided Missiles
Press key G then hold down the fire key until the
required range is shown by the bar shown on the
scanner at the bottom of the screen, then release
the fire key and use the left and right keys to
guide the missile.

3) Mortars
Press key M and range the mortar with the fire
key as when you range guided missiles. The
mortar will travel in the direction your Hydraboat
is facing.

4)	Depth Charges
Submarines use sonar to track you down and
then launch homing torpedoes at you. You can tell
if there is a sub in the area by the distinctive ping
of its sonar. To lose the sub press key D to
release depth charges.

At the bottom of the screen are the status
displays and scanner; from left to right across the
screen they are:
1) Engines
2) Hull
3) Weapon Systems
4) Scanner
5) Shields
6) Fuel
7) Water Depth

The Zimmerman Trenches are arranged in a
series of concentric tiers around the Central
Power Reactor. You will need to flood these by
destroying lock gates to allow you to take your
Nik-Nik Hydraboat into XARQ. In XARQ the
following beacons have been placed on top of the
following facilities:
1) Blue and White Beacons on top of Pumping
   and Repair stations.
2) Green and Black Beacons indicate Laser Field
   Generators.
3) Purple and Black are Power Fields generating
   currents in the region of a million Tesla.


WHODUNNIT?

Island generator designed by Simon Dunstan and
used with devastating effect by Nick Cook.