NOTICE TEXTE n° 1 (13.39 Ko)
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| C A P T A I N TM |
| A M E R I C A DEFIES THE |
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| DR MEGALOMANN |
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The fourth of July, the whole of America is geared to the biggest celebration
since the bicentennial.
At dawn, however, the President has an unwelcome visitor - a figure clad in
black who has decided to celebrate this day in a way that's not beneficial for
the rest of the nation, a way that could mean the end of the United States of
America, a slow, agonising end for the entire population!
The visitor is Doctor Megalomann a man who was supposed to be dead! (His death
was well documented by the CIA in Cuba during the early sixties.)
Dr. Megalomann has waited a long time to get his revenge, and his time has
come, he issues his ultimatum, either the president relinquishes his high
office and passes his supreme power over to the Doctor, (thus condemning the
population to suffer Megalomann's insanity of self-exhaltation) or the
unsuspecting nation will be plunged into the kind of terror and suffering that
made Dr. Megalomann the world's most WANTED man prior to his reported death.
For over twenty years Megalomann has been preparing a deadly missile, its
warhead contains a genetic virus, the seeds of human destruction and it is
primed and targeted at North America.
The president has until midnight to stand down and pass his authority over to
this impossible ruler, if this is not done then the missile will be launched,
America will die!
An emergency meeting of the security council is called and it is decided that
the only course of action is to attack the headquarters of Dr. Megalomann,
believed to be sited in an underground bunker in the Mojave desert, disarm the
missile and destroy the deadly virus.
OPERATION 'MOLE'
The Mole report is a debriefing of Corporal Deegan, the only survivor of an
unsuccessful assault on the headquarters of Dr. Megalomann, hereinafter
referred to as the 'Doom Tube'.
In the early hours of July 4th a crack squad of elite marines gained access to
the Doom Tube. One hundred men were assigned to the mission as a result of a
priority ONE directive via the president.
The mission was a disaster, no-one had envisaged the difficulty of fighting off
hundreds of megacyborgs, trying to crack the entry code into the missile
control quadrant and at the same time ensuring that individual immunity levels
were high enough in order to stay alive in an atmosphere that had been
deliberately contaminated with an airborne virus. The Doom Tube's toxicity was
responsible for the vast majority of fatalities.
Corporal Deegan is the only reliable intelligence as to the conditions and
hazards of the Doom Tube.
DOOM TUBE
Fundamentally three gigantic cylinders one within the other, the whole metallic
structure being sunk deep beneath the desert.
Internal dimensions are unknown, the surface diameter is approximately 100
metres. The tube houses various decks, each contain rooms referred to as
Quadrants. Each Quadrant emits a high level of psionic energy, in addition to
having its own megacybo guards, all of whom are deadly.
(The description of the tube was given to our investigators and leads them to
believe that the missile would be sited at the bottom of the central tube below
the lowest deck. Access is thought to be via an enormous vault.)
N.B. No member of the assault team was able to penetrate further than the
second deck.
THE ORBIVATOR
An elevator or more precisely an Orbivator, is housed between the outer
cylinder and middle cylinder or outer wall of the quadrants. The quadrants
themselves seem to be in continual rotation. This rotation allows the Orbivator
doors to lock onto a quadrant entrance thus allowing access.
Selecting a deck and quadrant is achieved by using the large computerised lever
on the right hand side of the Orbivator control panel, until the Orbivator is
ENGAGED none of the panel's four control buttons will function at all!
Our men were able to crack the entry code to operate the computer information
system moments before they were ousted, this system should still be available
for use should a further assault attempt be made.
Corporal Deegan stated the following:-
The contamination (or toxicity) on DECK ONE was very high. On entering this
deck it was noted that the contamination suits' Garmax gauges were peaking into
the red.
The assault team split into groups, those who descended to the lower decks
never returned. It may be assumed that the lower anyone descends into the tube
the more likely they will be subjected to intolerable levels of contamination.
THE QUADRANTS
My orders were to 'search and destroy' on Deck One. The first quadrant we
entered was full of strange metallic cybos, they attacked with some sort of
toxic booms, men were dropping like flies all around me, their screams were
terrible.
We managed to destroy the cybos then a massive rotator descended on us. Two men
were fried as it touched them. I managed to blast the thing and this seemed to
set off some sort of chain reaction, just as it disappeared it flashed 'code
word'. We couldn't work this out but it seems to have something to do with one
of the monitor quadrants that we broke into later, I'm sure it must be the code
to access the vault.
In another quadrant, we nick-named the Doom Pods, there was a sealed
compartment, we blasted at the doors until they opened, a Doom Pod floated out,
it was from this that we obtained the raw 'Ying' and 'Yang' - the essential
ingredients to produce an immunity anti-toxin in the convertor quadrant. The
Doom Pod was so called because it sometimes produced a red toxic boom, these
shoot straight at you. I saw one man who was hit, slump to the floor, his split
body oozed and bubbled!
Deck One Quadrant Four was the end of our mission. This is what we called the
convertor quad. The cybos here home in on you, if you touch them they just burn
you up, if you destroy them, more take their place.
We found that by touching certain panels in this quadrant we could start the
convertor working. Ying and Yang receiver plates would emerge from the rear
wall of the quadrant. If we placed sufficient raw ingredients in both side
receiver plates we were able to produce Dr. Megalomann's own anti-toxin.
However, we just couldn't make it fast enough, when finally my buddy Joe died I
decided to get out of it.... All I left behind was carnage!
Our Toxicology dept has managed to produce a vaccine which will give an
increased immunity against the virus, but it must be advised that this immunity
is unreliable and short-lived, access to Dr. Megalomann's own supply of vaccine
must be a priority in order to complete the task of aborting the missile
launch.
REPORT END
THE SECOND ASSAULT
The abortive assault has lost the president valuable time, the 12 o'clock
deadline is only hours away. Using his personal hotline, he summons the
defender of the Constitution to the White House.
Responding instantly to his country's call Captain America boards the Avenger's
sky cycle and arrives for a full briefing. After nearing all the gloomy details
Captain America offers to try a one man assault on the Doom Tube in a final
effort to defeat the insane Megalomann and prevent the genocide of the American
nation!
The man who is the symbol of freedom and the American dream, leaves for the
Doom Tube knowing that trying to immobilise Megalomann's missile will be the
toughest task of his career.
It won't be easy, but if you wanted things easy YOU wouldn't be CAPTAIN
AMERICA!
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
Captain America
REAL NAME: Steve Rogers
OCCUPATION: Freelance Artist
LEGAL STATUS: American citizen
FORMER ALIASES: Nomad
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City
MARITAL STATUS: Single
GROUP AFFILIATION: Former member of the Invaders
Former partner to Falcon
Current member of Avengers
BASE OF OPERATIONS: New York City
Height: 6'2". Weight: 240lbs. Eyes: Blue. Hair: Blonde.
Physical Details:
Super-Soldier serum has heightened Captain America's physical form to the
pinnacle of human perfection (see document 4500 for further information).
He has athletic ability, strength, speed and endurance superior to any Olympic
athlete. He is extremely agile for a person of his musculature. His endurance
is phenomenal since the serum eliminates the build-up of fatigue-producing
lactic acid in his muscles.
His reaction time is almost ten times faster than a normal man. Captain America
is the ultimate human combatant.
WEAPONS
Shield:
Captain America carries a shield 2.5 feet in diameter and weighing 12 pounds.
It is constructured of a unique Vibranium-Adamantium alloy (see documentation
with reference to Dr. Myron McLain).
The shield, because of its Vibranium-derived properites, is even stronger than
pure adamantium. It has great aerodynamics, able to slice through the air with
minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience,
combined with its natural concentric stiffness, makes it capable of rebounding
from solid objects with minimal loss of angular momentum.
The shield is virtually indestructible, resistant to any method of penetration,
extreme of temperature, or radiation, the only way it can be damaged is by
tampering with its molecular bonding using the only form of energy it does not
deflect; psionic.
Recent modifications to the shield have included a minute homing device, this
allows Captain America to call the shield back, providing that the local
psionic emisions are within tolerance levels, which unfortunately isn't always
the case in the Doom Tube!
If you lose your shield, you're as good as dead.
Cybo Grenades:
These grenades are a recent development which allow close-quarter use of an
explosive device. The grenades have been designed to destroy electronic
circuits by de-molecularising them, leaving organic tissue unharmed.
The grenades are only effective if used at close range.
Press SPACEBAR to activate grenades.
CLOSE DOCUMENT
ASSAULT TACTICS
1. Plug the joystick in port 2 (rear port). Joystick 8 directional movement
controls Captain America.
2. Outside of the Orbivator control panel press FIRE to throw the shield, once
in-flight the FIRE button will activate the homing device, until the shield
lands or is lost off-quadrant.
The shield may be thrown diagonally if FIRE is pressed whilst running in
that direction.
On the Orbivator control screen use the FIRE button to engage and select the
quadrant lever and to push the system buttons.
3. Cybo-grenades may be used for close combat, they are detonated by pressing
the SPACE BAR whilst moving into the target cybo (see Mole Report).
Remember both supplies of shields and grenades are limited. (Although there
are ways to replenish your supplies, if you can find out how!)
4. Always check the quadrant information before leaving the safety of the
Orbivator control panel (this is the game start position). Always check that
your immunity is above the Decks' Toxicity level... else you DIE!
5. Press F1 if you can't stand it anymore!
6. Remember, this is REAL-TIME... IT'S LIMITED!!!
7. If you haven't done so already, READ ALL OF THE REPORTS!
Data update, firing shield at both Cyborgs will open doors.
CONTROLS
SPECTRUM 48K/128 AMSTRAD CPC
UP - 1 UP - 1
DOWN - 2 DOWN - 2
LEFT - 9 LEFT - CLR
RIGHT - 0 RIGHT - DEL
FIRE - N/M/CAPS FIRE - ;
BOMB - SPACE GRENADE - SPACE
PAUSE - P PAUSE - P
UNPAUSE - Q UNPAUSE - ESC
GOOD LUCK CAPTAIN!
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