VALKYRIE 17
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The RamJam Corporation

[Instruction materials:
[1. The background story from the back of the box.
[2. A transcript of the telephone messages from the audio tape.
[3. The dossier.

[The dossier consists of five A5 sheets in a folder:
[1. Game instructions
[2. Form d14a interrogation transcript
[3. Form 18H de-brief extract
[4. Document RAMpd3 memo
[5. Blueprint for "Drakenfeur" device


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VALKYRIE 17 : Story
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The Red Kipper Flies at Midnight

YOU GET HOME ONE EVENING to discover a message on your
answering machine. Something you'd thought hidden for good
has reared its ugly head once again. Valkyrie 17 is active.
	Over the next five nights a series of frantic phone calls
convince you that the matter deserves further investigation. You receive
a dossier on the activities of Valkyrie 17. Pieced together from
fragmentary reports culled from the last forty years you slowly begin to
put the whole thing together. Drakenfeur, Heinrich and Reichsmuller.
The badge pressed into your hand on the station at .................
And that last desperate call for help from the Glitz Hotel overlooking
Lake Bruntz.
	Your cover is good. Very good in fact. You spend a few
days sniffing around and then head up towards Lake Bruntz. You
check in at the Glitz Hotel. It's the last lead you have. You seem to
be getting nowhere.
	Then on your way to the bar you sense a movement in the
shadows. You feel a blow on your temple. And everything goes black ...
	Valkyrie 17 is an Adventure featuring both graphic and text
locations. You will meet several different characters, some of whom
may help you while others see your demise as their sole purpose in life.
	Included in the pack is a comprehensive dossier on Valkyrie 17.
On the reverse of the cassette tape are the answerphone messages.
And then of course there's the game itself.
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LOADING TIME    5 minutes      MICRODRIVE X/FER FUNCTION
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LOCATIONS       100+            FUN FACTOR 8
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LEVEL           ?
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SOUND           Beep Beep
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HINTS
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Watch your back, try not to get killed and mind your language.


The RamJam Corporation cannot accept responsibility for injury either
mental or physical caused during the playing of Valkyrie 17. Furthermore
the existence of these words affects your statutory rights.

(c) RamJam Corporation 1984
(Although why we bother Heaven only knows)


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VALKYRIE 17 : Telephone message transcripts
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Hello, hello. Oh, damn, it's one of those machines! Look, Heinrich is
still alive. I've just seen him and Reichsmuller boarding the Star of
India. I'm going to follow them. I've managed to get a cabin and ...
Oh, look, they're raising the gangplank! I've got to go. Valkyrie 17 is
still active. I repeat, Valkyrie 17 is still active. I'll contact you
again sometime tomorrow
--

I don't know how long I'll be able to maintain this connection. Things
are pretty rough out here. Listen, I think we're putting in to Casablanca
in the morning. I've managed to check Reichsmuller's cabin. He's still
up to his old tricks. Valkyrie 17 is operational. I repeat, Valkyrie 17
is operational. I'll call you again from Morocco.
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Hello. Heinrich has left Casablanca by air. I'm following Reichsmuller
now. He's in the bar of the Casablanca Hotel and he's just been contacted
by Mustaffa. I'm not sure which one of them has the diamond, but I'm
going to follow Reichsmuller. Valkyrie 17 is operational. I repeat,
Valkyrie 17 is operational.
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No time. Reichsmuller does not have the diamond, I'm pretty sure of that.
He's given me the slip again. I think he might have been the priest on
the train, but I lost him at the French border. It's a long shot, but I'm
going to try Lake Bruntz. Valkyrie 17 is close to critical. I repeat,
Valkyrie 17 is critical.
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I'm at the Glitz Hotel, but they've rumbled me. Reichsmuller is here,
which means that Heinrich is ... [BANG!] ... Aaargh! ... The red kipper
flies at midnight. Your contact will identify himself with the words
"The red kipper flies at midnight". Valkyrie 17 is critical! I repeat,
Valkyrie 17 is ...


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VALKYRIE 17 : Dossier
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(c) 1984 The RamJam Corporation Ltd

The game is loaded by issuing the command:-

	LOAD "VALKYRIE17"	(enter)
or	LOAD ""	(enter)

When  loading is completed,  you will see an initial question on
the screen which you should answer. The game will then continue.

Several features are included in all RamJam  Adventures  - game
save/restore, Microdrive transfer  (Spectrum  only),   sentence
input, plus much more.

1.	Game save/restore.

	At any time during play, you can save your current status by
	entering  the  command  SAVE (spelt in  full).  Prepare  the
	cassette  recorder  and follow all further commands  on  the
	screen display. This process takes roughly 30 seconds.

	The  game  can  be restarted from  this  saved  position  by
	entering the command LOAD (again, spell it in full). You can
	keep several game positions on different cassettes in order
	to restart from many different situations.

2.	Sentence input.

	Valkyrie  17  will  allow  you to  enter  a  full  sentence,
	although  it must be simple in construction.  The game  will
	analyse  your  command  and interpret it  depending  on  the
	circumstances prevailing. Good commands are: -

		GET THE BLOND WIG
		GET IN THE CABLE CAR
		TALK TO THE MANAGER
		TALK TO THE BARMAN

	Bad commands are:

		GET THE BLOND WIG AND WEAR IT
		(in this case, only the first part will happen)
		OPEN THE WINDOW AND CLIMB OUT

3.	Microdrive transfer (Spectrum version only)

	Following  the  game on Side A of the cassette is  an  extra
	program  which  will  transfer the  game from  cassette  to
	microdrive  cartridge.  This can be loaded by first  loading
	the main game and then stopping the cassette at this  point.
	You can return to the Spectrum command line by entering the
	command QUIT while the game is running. Enter the command:

		LOAD "V17MDLOAD"	(enter)
	or	LOAD ""	(enter) - but only if cassette is positioned
		          	as indicated above.

	This program will ask for a blank microdrive cartridge to be
	loaded in drive 1. THIS CARTRIDGE WILL BE FORMATTED - ensure
	you have no valuable files held on it. The program then asks
	for  the  cassette to be rewound to the start  so  that  the
	various  files can be copied to microdrive.  The process  is
	complete  when  the  main  game is left  running  on  screen
	(approximately 6-7 minutes in total).

	The  new microdrive version can then be loaded by the  usual
	sequence of commands; NEW followed directly by RUN.

	Please  note,  however,  that the game save/restore  feature
	(above)  still operates with a cassette recorder.  This  was
	deliberately  retained since (a) it's actually quicker(!)  -
	the microdrive ERASE command slows the process down and  (b)
	it  was  felt that players would want to keep two  or  three
	"saved  situations"  while a microdrive version  would  only
	allow the latest to be recorded on any one cartridge.

4.	Various recognised words.

	No full list - just some of the important ones:

		NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, UP, DOWN (as usual)
		IN, ENTER, OUT, LEAVE,
		INVENTORY, INVE, or just I, LIST,
		REDESCRIBE (to completely redescribe a location),
		GET, TAKE, DROP, ALL (only works with moveables),
		SAVE, LOAD
		QUIT

		The   RamJam   Corporation   accepts   no
		responsibility  for  loss  of  sleep   or
		sanity  as  a result of participating  in
		Valkyrie 17 - this paragraph affects your
		statutory rights.


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DEPARTMENT OF INTELLIGENCE	Form d14a		date: 4/9/47

do not use pencil

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| Time  |                         Event                          | Signing |
|       |                                                        | Officer |
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|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
| 15:00 | INT      AND WHAT WERE YOUR DUTIES AT RHINEMUNDE?      |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | SCHMIDT  I WAS IN CHARGE OF SECURITY ON THE SPECIAL    |         |
|       |          SECTION                                       |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | INT      SECTION 23                                    |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | SCHMIDT  YES, SECTION 23                               |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | INT      YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR WAS REICHSMULLER      |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | SCHMIDT  UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION YOU  |         |
|       |          SHOULD NOT BE ASKING ME THESE QUESTIONS       |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | INT      WAS THIS MAN YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER. YOU     |         |
|       |          SURELY RECOGNISE THE INSIGNIA EVEN IF YOU     |         |
|       |          DENY THE FACE.                                |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | SCHMIDT  VALKYRIE 17. YES, I KNOW IT.                  |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                           Interrogation Transcript     |         |
|       |                           JA/M52R-707a/M 48 Hazelburg  |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       |                                                        |         |
|       | rjc777                                                 |         |
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    |     
    |     STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL			Form 18H
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    |  The closing months of World War Two saw frenzied efforts by the
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    |  Nazis to develop beam weapons. Of these the most familiar will be
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    |  the laser, although there were and are others. The principle site
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    |  for this research was the plant at Rhinemunde. It was here at 6:27 on
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    |  the 18th of March 1945 that nine square miles of forest was incinerated
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    |  by a device mounted on the back of a truck. The damage was later
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    |  assumed to be the result of the air raid that destroyed the Rhinemunde
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    |  plant at 0130hrs the following day.
    |  
    |  					Extracted/Summary 1948/Sec 4.7b
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    |  					(Classified 'B8')
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    |  
    |  
    |  "There was one searchlight they had there that seemed to draw
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    |   fire from the ack-ack like nothing I've ever seen. Seemed to
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    |   cut planes in half, it was that bright. We lost a lot of blokes
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    |   on that one."
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    |  
    |  
    |  					Rhinemunde de-brief/Wendover.
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    |  mt:		Commanding Officer:..........................
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	SECRET DOCUMENT RAMpd3

	Limited Circulation  B10

	rotoclasm:  MI6					date:  9/8/49

	ref:  MANDRAKE





	We now know that your subject ASS/1079 was Ernst Reichsmuller.

	That he slipped through the net is regrettable. No doubt he'll

	be picked up by one of the other O.P.s. Any more thoughts on

	this Valkyrie 17 business?
















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