SPACE QUEST

  you're standing in the corridor in front of the janitor's closet. Go west
 through the door into the Data Archive. Examining the computer console shows
 that it consists of a screen, a keyboard, a cartridge slot, and a
 cartridge retrieval unit. A man that you recognize as a lab scientist
 stumbles into the room and collapses on the floor, the scientist tells you
 that the Sariens are after the Star Generator and that you'd better move out
 fast, with his dying breath, he looks at the wall full of data cartridges
 and utters "astral body." Taking the hint, you walk over to the keyboard and
 type in "astral body."  The retrieval unit
 climbs the shelves and returns with the cartridge. Take the cartridge from
 the unit. Better hold on to the cartridge until you can find a safer 
 terminal. So go west into the corridor and west again to the far wall of the 
 hallway. Here is another fallen shipmate, search him and get his keycard. 
 Just the thing for opening doors to secured areas of the ship.
 Go east and take the elevator down one level. Walk north through the
 blasted-out door into the Star Generator lab. Here your worst fears are
 realized. The Star Generator is gone! What's more, a look at the computer
 screen at the north end of the room shows that the automatic detonators
 have been set, and there's just minutes to go until the Arcada blows itself
 up. No wonder that dying scientist told you to get out fast!
  Exit the room to the south, go east and take the elevator down to the
 lower level of the Arcada. Walk east into the central control area of the
 ship. A look through the window reveals the empty docking bay. Just beneath
 the window is a control panel with two buttons on it. Press the button marked
 "open bay door" and watch the docking bay doors slide open. Now walk east to
 the elevator at the far end of this level. There's a security panel next to
 the elevator with a slot for a keycard. Now the elevator opens obediently.
 So ride it down to the flight prep room on the lowest level of the ship.
  The first thing you notice in the flight prep room is a closet with a
 button for each of its two doors. Push both buttons and take the gadget
 from the closet on the left and the flight suit from the closet on the
 right. It looks like there's a control panel in the front of
 the room, so walk around the barrier and have a look at it. There's a
 button on the panel marked "airlock." Press it and the door on
the west side of the room slides open.
  Exit the room through the open airlock and walk out into the docking
 bay. There is a control console standing next to the airlock. Amid all the
 controls on the console, press the button marked "platform."
 a pod rises from the hole in the floor! Walk around the pod to the open
 door on its left side and get in. Once seated in the pod, buckle up the seat
 belt then have a look at the console. Push the button marked "power" and the
 console springs to life. The screen tells you to pull the throttle to
 initiate the launch sequence. 
 Look at the panel again. Push the button labeled "autonav."  The pod's
 navigation system is locked onto the planet Kerona, and the automatic landing sequence has started.
 You will then crash land get the survival kit and have a look inside. You
 findjack-knife and a can of dehydrated (?) water. Dehydrated water take a
 close look at the can. The label says that you can get a drink of water any
 time you need it by simply putting the nozzle in your mouth and drinking.
 It also says that the can is highly pressurized and that puncturing it can
 have catastrophic consequences.  Before you leave the area, however, walk
 around to the front of the pod and have a look at it. Get a piece of
 reflective glass.
  You'll soon discover that the only directions that you can go without
 getting eaten or flattened by a meteor are east and southeast. So go
 southeast to the area described as the "southwest edge of a mesa." Exit
 the screen at the southeast corner. Exit the screen at the southeast
 corner. Notice the ramp on the west side of the screen. Walk up it and
 follow it until you exit the screen to the north. Then follow the trail
 around to the west.
  The spider droid will appear. Walk across the bridge to the large
 boulder. Position yourself behind the boulder and type in "push boulder"
 without hitting <Return> or <Enter>.  Wait until the spider droid is
 directly under the boulder. Now hit <Return> or <Enter>.
  Let's see what else this mesa has to offer. Exit the screen to the west
 and follow the trail around several screens until you arrive at the
 broken arch at the mesa's far eastern edge. What's this all about? Well
 step between the two columns of the arch ride this elevator straight to the
 bottom.
  Once at the bottom of the shaft step off the platform and look around.
 That rock might prove useful, so take it. Follow the cavern to the west.
 Edge around the back of the grate  You'll notice that the rock will just
 cover the hole on top of that steam vent. So put the rock there and shades
 of  "open sesame!" Exit the screen to the northwest. Walk around the
 rocks and again exit the screen to the northwest. Hold that piece of 
 reflective glass in the beams and put the heat on them. Now walk up the ramp
 and exit the screen to the east.
 Time your walk between the drops carefully and exit the screen to the
 east. Now take a look at the gadget that you took from the closet back
 on the Arcada. Notice that it's a dialect translator and that there's a
 dial on it. Turn the dial until the gadget glows and exit the screen to
 the east.
   But a piece of Orat's hide is just what this Alien is telling you that
 you'll have to bring him if you want his help in getting off this dustbin
 of a planet.  so once you're transported back to the surface, follow the
 mesa trail back across the bridge and down the ramp.
  Exit the screen to the north. Orat's cave is in the cliff face on the
 east side of the screen. Okay, now Orat is coming straight for you, calmly
 look at Orat's razor sharp teeth and remember what you read about the water
 can and what would happen if it were punctured. So what have you got to lose
 except your life? Throw the water at Orat! There's a little piece
 of Orat still intact over in the eastern part of the cave. Take the Orat 
 part.  Now take your disgusting prize and return to the Alien's underground
 chamber the same way you got there before. Drop the Orat part before the
 Alien's image and proceed through the portal that now appears.
 Don't be in a hurry to jump on that skimmer. Instead, take a look at the
 panel on the back wall. Yes, it's a data cartridge reader!  Insert the
 cartridge in the slot and read the story of the star generator. Make a note
 of the destruct code sequence number. Now hop on the skimmer, turn the key,
 and ride off.
  In the heart of the shimmering metropolis of Ulence Flats. Get off the
 skimmer and have a leisurely look around the immediate vicinity. In a
 short time one of the locals will approach you and offer to buy your
 skimmer for 30 buckazoids. Refuse this initial offer. The fellow
 will walk away angry, he really wants that skimmer and
 he'll be back. Just wait around a while and take in the scenery. Sure
 enough, after a few minutes have passed, your "customer" approaches you
 again. This time he offers to throw in a jetpack with the 30 buckazoids.
 That's a much more reasonable offer. So say yes.
  Visit that bar whose flashing sign has been tempting you ever since you
 arrived. Upon entering the bar a slot machine off to one side that seems to
 have rather dire consequences for losers, and, thankfully, an empty seat at
 the end of the bar.
  Slide onto the stool and order a drink, drink up, in fact, you'd better
 drink three. As you start to down the third, you overhear a conversation
 among your fellow drinkers. Make a careful note of the space sector that
 is mentioned.  You decide to play that slot machine. As you've noticed,
 you can lose *everything* at this game, nevertheless, you're going to have
 to win $250 from this one-armed bandit if you want to get off this planet.
 The way to win at this game with a minimum of frustration is to save your
 game after every significant increase in your winnings. Once you have your
 $250, you can walk away from the machine a happy winner 
  Now it's time to see if you can buy yourself some transportation off of
 this planet. Leave the bar and walk west. You'll find yourself in Tiny's
 Used Spaceship Lot.  He will try to sell you on the two little ships in the
 foreground, however, a much more substantial looking ship is visible to the
 north. So exit the screen in that direction. Tiny will follow you.
 As your fork over your money, Tiny informs you that you'll
 need a droid to pilot this baby. No problem. Walk east and then east
 again. You'll find yourself conveniently in front of Droids-R-Us. Go
 inside. The droid you want is upstairs on the right. He's the one that
 the proprietor describes as a pilot. Pay the owner for the droid and return
 to your ship.  Now you're almost off this miserable asteroid! Just climb
 up the ladder and get in. Your droid will move to his position under the
 ship. Look at the ship. There's a button on the panel marked "Load." Press
 it and your droid will automatically be lifted into the ship. When your
 droid asks, type in the sector that you overheard in the bar. Off you go
 into the purple yonder in your wonderful new ship!
  Your pilot droid has parked you a safe distance from the menacing
 Deltaur and he's not going to take the ship any closer. So it's time for
 some EVA action. Put on the jetpack that you acquired in Ulence Flats
 and exit the ship. Take a look around and steer yourself over to the
 door. Look at the door, then turn the handle. Move into the airlock.
 Once in the airlock, wait for the droid to appear and then move by him
 into the ship.
  In the "empty" room, notice that there is a trunk sitting in the middle
 of the room and that there is a vent high up on the west wall. Move to
 the right of the trunk and type "push trunk." Once the trunk is against
 the wall, open the trunk and put your jetpack inside it. Then close the
 trunk and stand on top of it. Open the vent with the jack-knife and
 enter. Once inside the airshaft, climb up the ladder to the next
 cross-shaft (climbing down will take you the same place, but it takes
 longer) then crawl east. Kick open the vent, then exit the screen to the
 east.
  Now you're in the laundry room.  Walk over to the washing machine, open the
 door and get in the machine. When the Sarien enters the room, remain calm
 and ride out the rinse cycle. Open the door and emerge from the machine
 cleverly disguised as a Sarien, complete with helmet! Now you can move
 around the ship without attracting attention. Before you go, however, look
 in your uniform pocket and notice that you have a Sarien I.D. card.
 Exit the laundry room to the east.  Walk over to the two elevators at
 the rear of the corridor. The elevator on the right is temporarily out
 of order, but don't worry about it. It will work when you need it. For
 now enter the elevator on the left and ride it upstairs.
  Exit the elevator and walk east. Here it is, the Star Generator! Note
 that it's protected by a guard and a force field, and that you can't get
 close enough to get a good look at its control panel. Exit the room to
 the west and then go west again. Take the elevator up. Go east and then
 east again. Now you're on an elevated walkway directly above the Star
 Generator. Go east and enter the ship's armory.
  Once in the armory, there are two gas grenades sitting in the corner. Walk
 up to the counter and show your i.d. card to the droid. When he leaves to
 get your weapon, move smartly around the counter and take one of the
 grenades. When the droid returns, take your pulseray and exit to the west.
 Back on the elevated walkway, stand directly over the Star Generator
 guard and throw the grenade. After the guard collapses, go back into the
 armory and get the second grenade.
  Go west from the elevated walkway and then west again. At this point
 you will stumble and lose your helmet. No, there's no way you can avoid
 it. The Sariens will shoot you on sight now, so be ready to fire your
 pulseray instantly upon entering each new screen and don't let a guard
 droid touch you! 
  Head straight back to the Star Generator. Search the dead guard's body.
 Take the remote control and press the on/off button. Walk up the stairs
 leading to the Star Generator and look at the control panel. Punch in the
 destruct code that you learned from the data cartridge
 (in case you forgot, it's 6858) and then punch the "enter" key
 (the one on the control pad, not your computer!). Looks like things are
 really starting to get hot around here, so don't stand around. Exit to the
 west and take the first elevator down.
 The elevator on the right is now back in service so take it! When you
 get off the elevator move quickly to the waiting space ship and get in.
 Look at the ship. Press the launch button.
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