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THE BRINGER OF WAR:    LEVEL 1 STAGE 1
 
THEY CAME WITHOUT WARNING. TEN THOUSAND SHIPS
DESCENDING ON OUR WORLDS LIKE A  SWARM OF LOCUSTS.
THE COLONIES ON IO,  TITAN AND GANYMEDE FELL
FIRST, THEN  MARS AND THE LUNAR COLONIES. EARTH
WAS  HOLDING IT'S OWN, BUT ONLY JUST. YOU  DON'T
KNOW HOW, OR WHY, BUT YOU WERE  PASSED OVER. STUCK
BEHIND ENEMY LINES, YOU CAN ONLY TRY TO AVENGE THE
REST OF  YOUR SQUADRON. TAKING A DAMAGED FIGHTER
FROM THE REPAIR BAY, YOU PREPARE TO  FACE THE JAWS
OF DEATH.

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RAGE OVER OLYMPUS:    LEVEL 1 STAGE 2
 
AS YOU ESCAPE SYRIA PLANUM, YOUR SHIP'S SYSTEMS
PICK UP AN INTENSE SERIES OF TACHYON EMMISIONS
FROM SOMEWHERE TO THE NORTH. IT DOESN'T REGISTER 
AS ANY FREQUENCY USED BY EARTH FORCES, SO IT MUST
BE AN ENEMY COMMS POST. TAKING THAT OUT
COULD PUT A SIZABLE SPANNER IN THE WORKS.

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BEHIND THE LINES:    LEVEL 2 STAGE 1
 
ONCE IN ORBIT AROUND MARS, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT
THE ENEMY WILL NOT BE STOPPED FROM HERE. BEYOND
SATURN, A HUGE WORMHOLE HAS BEEN OPENED AND THIS
IS THE ENEMY LINK TO THEIR HOME BASE. IF YOU COULD
GET THROUGH AND DESTROY THE WORMHOLE GENERATOR,
THEY WOULD BE CUT OFF FROM THEIR SUPPLY LINE.
MERCIFULLY THEIR REARGUARD IS SMALL, AND THEY DID
NOT EXPECT A DIRECT STRIKE AT THEIR REAR. BATTERED
AND BRUISED YOU ENTER THE RIFT, EMERGING IN ALIEN
SPACE.

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THE JAWS OF HELL:    LEVEL 2 STAGE 2
 
AFTER FIGHTING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE ASTEROID BELT
SURROUNDING THE ONLY HABITABLE PLANET IN THE
SYSTEM, YOU REALISE THAT YOUR ORDEAL IS NOT OVER.
AHEAD LIES THE MOST FORMIDABLE PLANETARY DEFENCE
SYSTEM YOU'VE EVER SEEN, AND BEYOND THAT THE ENEMY
PLANET.

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ON ALIEN SOIL:    LEVEL 3 STAGE 1
 
ENTERING THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE OVER THE
EQUATORIAL JUNGLES, THE SCANNER PICKS UP A HUGE
ENERGY SIGNITURE DEEP IN THE RAINFOREST. DEFENDED
BY GARGANTUAN ORBITAL WEAPONS, THE ONLY WAY TO GET
CLOSE IS THROUGH A NARROW CANYON IN THE MOUNTAIN
RANGE BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING VERY LARGE
GUARDING IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S RADAR SIGNITURE IS
INDISTINCT AND FLICKERS ON AND OFF THE DISPLAY.

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THE SOURCE:    LEVEL 3 STAGE 2
 
AS THE HUGE BIO-CREATION CRASHES INTO THE JUNGLE
CANOPY, IT'S STEAMING CARCASS RENT WITH MASSIVE
SCARS FROM YOUR WEAPONRY, YOU SEE THAT THE CANYON
IS NOW PASSABLE, AND THE GENERATOR LIES SCANT
MILES AHEAD OF YOU. IF THIS IS THE POWER SOURCE
FOR THE WORMHOLE, IT WOULD SEEM YOUR RETRIBUTION
IS NEARLY OVER.

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BLOOD AND WATER:    LEVEL 4 STAGE 1
 
YOU'VE DONE IT! THE GENERATOR IS NOW A SMOKING
WRECK, AND IT'S HIDEOUS GUARDIAN REDUCED TO CHUNKS
OF STEAMING CORTEX. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORMHOLE'S
COLLAPSE MEANS YOU'RE STUCK HERE. SUDDENLY AN
ALIEN VOICE CRACKLES OVER THE INTERCOM "HUMAN
THINK WE ARE HALTED BY YOUR KILLING OF THE
POWER-MAKER? WE HAVE MANY EXTRA... STILL, HUMAN
HAS SHOWN VERY BRAVE IN THIS DEED. SELF WOULD MEET
HUMAN IN CHALLENGE. SEEK SELF OVER ICE AT PLANET
TOP." THE ONLY WAY TO REACH THE POLAR ICE CAP IS
TO FLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN OCEAN, AND SCANNERS
INDICATE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF ENEMY ACTIVITY OVER
THE SURFACE. 

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A WATERY GRAVE:    LEVEL 4 STAGE 2
 
AS THE ALIEN SUBMARINE VANISHES BENEATH THE WAVES,
AS SIBILANT, HISSING VOICE ENTERS YOUR MIND. "WE
WILL MEET AGAIN... AND NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT WIN
SSO EASSILY...". YOU WONDER WHAT LIES IN STORE, AS
YOU STILL HAVE MUCH OF THE OCEAN LEFT TO CROSS.

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Z'UR'TEP:    THE FINAL BATTLE
 
WITH A CRY OF RAGE, THE ALIEN PILOT OF THE
SUBMARINE IS VAPOURISED AS HIS ENGINES GO
CRITICAL. NOTHING NOW STANDS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR
MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGER. YOU GLANCE AT THE SCANNER,
AND ARE HORRIFIED TO SEE A BLIP ALMOST FIFTEEN
TIMES THE SIZE OF YOUR BATTERED CRAFT...


