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1. form an EVA to observe the valve in the ion boost exhaust If the valve is open go to step 4 If the valve is only partially open go to step 5 If the valve is closed push the hold button again and go to step 3 3 Go to the command module and push the blastoff button If the ship explodes there was something blocking the ion boost exhaust Clear the tube and go back to step 1 Otherwise go to step 6 4 Switch the digital input to 0440444000110001 binary Replace microcircuit AD43262 if readout 2 is on Replace microcircuit PS3219 if readout 7 is on If readout 3 is on go to step 2 Otherwise go to step 3 5 Go to the weapons pod and execute the target identification program Go to the command module and execute the astrogation program Go to the hybernation module and press the reset button Switch the digital input to 0000000000000000 binary If readout 6 is on go to step 3 Otherwise go to step 2 6 Push the test button on the fuel flow control If readout 4 is on go to step 5 Otherwise go to step 2 7 Switch the digital input to 1114411114111111414 The warp engine is now repaired Close the cover and mark the maintenance record OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT BOOK 7 Robot Mark IX User s Manual The Mark IX is the perfect robot servant for your household With its natural looking arms and legs it serves inconspicuously at all social occasions In fact nine out of ten users agree that the Mark IX has enha2. The time may come when you must stand on your own four feet OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT BOOK 3 My Travels in the Wild by Sir Reginald Farquar Drake Capt G F N Ret CHAPTER 3 I Bravely Face the Howling Snowbeasts landed my stately soaceyacht with my usual consummate skill on the desolate Hawking Ice Field the largest glacier in known space and the least explored region of any planet just the place to prove once again the worth of manliness and good breeding Eschewing reliance on the modern conveniences loaded my caddie Godfrey with the barest minimum of equipment tent snowshoes extra thermal underwear xenon pistol xenon rifle port able toilet portable stove portable 3 D twenty concentrated gourmet dinners and tea service for eight We donned our parkas and set out braved the cold winds riding in the open air while Godfrey unac customed to the same rigors as kept as warm as he could by pulling the sled We had not gone more than a few kilometers when a pack of wild snowbeasts attacked from behind a ridge drew out my xenon rifle and carefully took aim on their leader a huge male with ten horns pulled the trigger nothing happened Godfrey had been too busy sporting with the snowbeasts to attend to his assigned duties and re mind me to release the safety It was too late now for a clean shot and another trophy for my library wall took out Godfrey s record book and made a notation about his
3. origin with in disputable proof of innocence This is the only known copy of the Coda Galactica which contains this paragraph in its correct entirely The rest of the book is identical to the Federation s ancient copy This book is very old and probably out of date There is no such thing as the Galactic Bureau of Investigation within the Federation as it is known today G B I INTERSTELLAR FUGITIVE LIST The Galactic Bureau of Investigations is seeking these fugitives from justice Consider them armed and extremely dangerous ROBESPIERRE DRACONIS Wanted for six counts of interstellar piracy ten counts of involuntary sentient slavery and launching a starship without a license OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT BOOK 5 X The G B is unable to furnish a picture description or name for the most dangerous criminal the galaxy has known To appreciate the importance of extreme caution in this matter the story should be told from its beginning A thousand years ago a scientist on Epsilon Indii ll was conducting experiments on organ regeneration when he accidentally dosed himself with the entire vial of research serum At first the serum seemed to have no effect and so the scientist returned home as usual that evening The next morning the scientist was looking in the mirror prior to shav ing Translator note Shaving was a crude form of mechanical depila tion then employed by some members of sentient species an
4. E SENTIENT SPECIES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY EXPIRATION NONE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY FEDERATION CITIZEN OR SEN TIENT UNDER FEDERATION JURISDICTION INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF SENTIENT CIVILIZATIONS ON NON FEDERATION PLANETS ALL SPEAKING TRADING EXCHANGE OF GIFTS DISPLAY OF TECHNOLOGY AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES ON SAME PLANETS ARE HEREBY PROHIBITED UNDER PENALTY OF A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF TWENTY YEARS HARD LABOR IN A PENAL COLONY OR A FINE OF TWENTY THOU SAND CREDITS OR BOTH ALL VIOLATIONS ARE TO BE REPORTED TO FEDERATION CENTRAL AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY BOOK 2 Diary of Klatu in the Year 2538 This record is left in the hope that intelligent beings from a distant world if any exist will discover it am the last of my race on this dying planet The sun grows dimmer and the air ever thinner Ours was a proud and ancient people We explored the entirety of our planet and even sent probes to other planets in our solar system At the height of our greatness we could have saved ourselves by emigrating to a more hospitable planet or by constructing self contained satellite communities Our scientists predicted the changes in climate long before they occurred but it was easier to enjoy the good life served by our robots while the final days seemed far away Now the end is here and it is too late To my fellow sentient beings if any a warning Beware of your robots Fear not to sacrifice them at need
5. Galactic Federation Naval Officer s MANUAL UPDATE 2582 2 6 13 28 This manual is the property of the Galactic Federation Navy and is solely intended for the use of its officers Any unauthorized use or duplication is expressly forbidden Upon termination of service return this manual to the last commanding officer of record INCLUDES REPRINTS FROM SUPPLEMENT BOOKS 1 through 8 CHAPTER 1 Stardrive Fundamentals The Galactic Federation owes its existence to three discoveries The first of these whose memory is now almost lost in antiquity was the in terception by primitive radio receivers on earth in the year 1995 of signals from intelligent extraterrestrial life These signals were transmitted from somewhere near the center of the galaxy and were received on earth for a thirty year period The signals stopped suddenly in 2024 and have not been detected since then despite an intensive and expensive search interrupted only for the so called Apocalypse of 2030 2055 Whether an accident occurred which destroyed the senders or they are simply waiting for the sentient beings of the Federation to evolve to a higher existence remains a subject of scientific and theologic debate The signals received from the central galatic source have never been completely decoded The full implications of the data were not understood when received and much remains to be understood even today In addition parts of the transmission appear to have been g
6. able Starships are programmed to land on a grassy field near the planet s ocean Most of the land is covered by a dense forest which remains to be explored There are no known native intelligent life forms WARNING UPDATE 2582 4 23 16 03 SUSPECTED PIRATE ACTIVITY IN THIS STAR SYSTEM TAU CETL Ill Tau Ceti Ill is a jungle planet The atmosphere is breathable Star ships are programmed to land on a high plateau above the jungle RESTRICTION UPDATE 2576 4 9 08 00 DUE TO INTERFERENCE WITH NATIVE SENTIENT SPECIES BY MISSIONARIES OF THE UNIVERSAL GALACTIC FAITH CHURCH LANDING RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY ark i There are two native sentient species descriptions below TAU CETI LIZARD The Tau Ceti Lizard resembles a large earth reptile Average size is three meters from snout to tail It has a large brain case and its in telligence is estimated to be equal to the most intelligent members of the extinct cetacean family of earth Its only natural enemy is the other intelligent species on the planet the Tau Ceti Arachnoid TAU CET ARACHNOID The Tau Ceti Arachnoid resembles a giant earth spider It is actually a symbiotic combination of nine creatures The first eight each have one eye one brain one leg and a full set of digestive organs These eight are connected by a complex neural network and form the arachnoid itself The ninth creature is a quasi living web which is coated by the stickiest naturally occur
7. arbled by intermittent sunspot activity throughout the thirty years of reception All subsequent advances in the natural and physical sciences have been based on the galactic signals Two of the most important of these developed only within the last forty years are activated xenon energy storage and the magnetic recoil reaction drive These two developments led directly to the first generation of starships Activated xenon is xenon gas whose nucleii are predominantly in quasi stable excited states Each excited nucleus contains up to ten times as much energy as the rest mass of a normal xenon nucleus The energy stored can be tapped electromagnetically It is also possible to pump energy back in a similar way Thus the activated xenon serves as an efficient storage battery Up to 50 of the mass energy in a fully charged starship is available for driving the magnetic recoil reaction drive It was realized very shortly after the first successful excursions into space that reaction rocket engines would not be practical for in terstellar travel Reaction rocket engines are inefficient because most of the energy is spent throwing the rocket exhaust backward rather than propelling the ship forward and the energy is not recoverable once spent Reaction rockets are of course useful in some situations lon boosters advanced forms of reaction rockets are incorporated into all stardrives The key problem preventing the develooment of a more effic
8. d he found himself wishing his beard would simply go away and not be such a bother every day To his surprise his beard hairs immediately retracted into his skin leaving no trace Quick to realize the implications of this the scientist soent the next five cycles Translator note This is approximately one standard month perfecting his new talent ignoring all messages on his communication console urgent or not He soon discovered that he could change his appearance grow new limbs or even change apparent species at will Flushed with his discovery he returned to the laboartory only to find he had been fired because the deadline had passed for filing the renewal forms for his research grant He vowed revenge and stormed from the laboratory in a rage beginning a wave of vengeance crimes unparalled in galactic history The scientist called X because his true name is lost in antiquity has been impossible to apprehend because he can change his height apparent age sex fingerprints and even body chemical structure at will X has been at large for nearly ten centuries effectively immortal because of his regenerative powers In addition to petty crimes X s typical modus operandi is to infiltrate positions of authority by murdering a superior in front of witnesses while disguised as one of his rivals for the newly vacant post Preferred targets are military installations whose weapons can be turned against helpless civilian pop
9. dereliction of duty as he continued sporting with a dozen of the beasts Godfrey had generally been an acceptable servant though and out of consideration for his safety decided to make an orderly withdrawal led us back to the yacht at a brisk and proud pace in the best family tradition Godfrey dragged his feet a bit and almost missed getting in before locked the outer hatch quickly realized that he had again neglected his duties by leaving all of my valuable equip ment on the glacier made another notation in his book and docked his pay to cover expenses Envigorated by yet another encounter revealing civilized man s ascendancy over nature set our course for Aldebaran V there to demonstrate my prowess in the steaming jungle OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT BOOK 4 Coda Galactica CHAPTER 4 Tax Code Digest There follows over a thousand pages of text too fine to be read without the aid of a microscope CHAPTER 2 Criminal Code There are many pages with nothing that cannot be found in the Federation copy of the Coda Galactica Here is the section that was garbled by sunspot activity SECTION 538 PARAGRAPH 18342 MUTINY IN HIGH SPACE The penalty for mutiny in high space shall be enclosure in a recycl ing spacesuit and ejection into interstellar space with no hope of par don or retrial unless the convicted mutineer should be guided by the hand of the Creator to find his way back to his planet of
10. ient engine for interstellar travel was the lack of something to push against in the vacuum of space The problem was finally solved forty years ago when a poorly translated section of the galactic code was reexamined in the light of modern knowledge about electromagnetic fields The entire galaxy is permeated by electromagnetic fields carrying an appreciable fraction of the total mass energy in the galaxy The new understanding of the galactic code enables engineers to build a device capable of warping the electromagnetic fabric of the galaxy and pushing against it By pushing against such a large effective mass a starship spends most of its energy accelerating itself not its rocket exhaust Perhaps just as important is the ability of the warp engine or the magnetic recoil reaction engine as it is properly known to recover 99 of the expended energy when the starship slows down and stops at its destination Because the warp engine continuously feeds and recovers energy from the galactic electromagnetic field only the enor mous energy storage capability of activated xenon allows practical operation of the engine CHAPTER 2 Abridged Planet Guide Galactic Federation Naval Officers will find the following information useful in their explorations Note For security reasons only the planets to be visited on this tour of duty are listed The development of the starship has made interstellar voyages prac tical but s
11. nced their social lives by showing their guests that they care enough to buy the best To operate the Mark IX hold the control unit say ROBOT in your mind then think of the command For example try ROBOT OPEN DOOR the next time guests arrive and won t they be surprised Your guests will be impressed or General Robotics will give you a full refund An optional programming unit will soon be available at a modest additional cost allowing the Mark IX to continue its routine tasks unassisted Think of the time this will save in your busy day NOTICE FROM THE ENGINEERING STAFF OF GENERAL ROBOTICS The delicate mechanisms of the Mark IX may freeze when stickly organic molecules contaminate the bearings This occasional problem will be corrected in the Mark X available early next year BOOK 8 NOTICE TO ALL CITIZENS The robot revolt has now been crushed by our assault teams Only a few robots remain in isolated pockets of resistance These will soon be cleared and citizens will be allowed back into sectors R and M it has come to our attention that some of the Mark IX ringleaders have feigned breakdowns and could be lurking in cleared areas For your own protection follow these rules 4 DO NOT GO NEAR ANY ROBOT NO MATTER WHAT ITS APPARENT CONDITION 2 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ANY ROBOT 3 REPORT ANY ROBOT TO YOUR NEAREST MILITIAMAN 4 IF YOU ARE ARMED SHOOT ANY ROBOT ON SIGHT The cooperation of all living ci
12. ring organic chemical known in the galaxy The web is capable of some movement and will attempt to trap any target in range The arachnoid controls the web in a manner not yet understood if its arachnoid dies the web ceases to function The intelligence of the arachnoid is hard to determine but is estimated to be slightly below that of its only natural enemy the Tau Ceti Lizard which has somehow developed an ability to circumvent the web r EPSILON ERIDANI V Epsilon Eridani V is a desert planet Violent sandstorms make mapping from orbit difficult The atmosphere is poisonous Preliminary surveys have reported some unusual markings in the sand which suggest the tracks of living creatures but no living creatures have been found RIGEL X Rigel X is a frozen planet with a thin cold unbreathable atmosphere It contains the Hawking Ice Field the largest glacier in known space Because of its large extent the glacier has never been completely explored OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT The following is a collection of the highlights of some of the in teresting books and other written records that Joe Justin and Selena Sakarov MIGHT have found during their travels throughout the Galaxy To avoid confusion wait until directed by the program to read them BOOK 1 FROM OFFICE OF NAVAL POLICY FEDERATION CENTRAL DATE 2581 142 13 09 34 TO ALL FEDERATION STARSHIPS OUTSIDE MEMBER SYSTEMS SUBJECT INTERFERENCE WITH NATIV
13. till not as simple as a jaunt around the solar system Consider a typical starship as observed from a galactic frame of reference The ship is able to convert up to 50 of its rest mass energy into kinetic energy implying a speed of roughly 87 of light Neglecting several years on each end of the trip for acceleration and deceleration this means that a distance of 10 light years can be covered in 14 5 standard earth years Because of relativistic time dilation only half as much time would pass on the ship However even 6 years is a long time to do nothing and so to conserve life support as well as the crew s sanity hybernation chambers are installed in which crews can sleep for ex tended periods At any given time during interstellar travel most crew members are asleep Aging during hybernation sleep is minimal As sophisticated as today s starships are the G F N is aware that further developments remain to be made Even at 87 of light speed the range of a starship is limited to several hundred light years because of maintenance and personnel problems We are therefore at present limited to explorations of only one small corner of the galaxy The speed of light barrier discovered almost seven hundred years ago remains to be broken Until then mankind s fundamental question the origin of the galactic signals will never be answered ALTAIR IV This planet is much like the temperate zone on earth The atmosphere is breath
14. tizens is urgently needed to eradicate robots forever from our wonderful planet Signed General Gravvny Commandant 14th Militia QUALITY 1982 MICROCOMPUTER GAMES A Division of The Avalon Hill Game Company 45417 Harford Road Baltimore MD 212414 4280103 W 2074 7 82
15. ulation centers Over three hundred major cities and five entire planets including his own have been conclusively proven to have been destroyed by X Countless other accidents have also been attributed to him From the few notes left by X recently unearthed in archaeological excavations in the Epsilon Indii asteroid belt the G B crime laboratory has formulated a simple chemical test to verify X s identity Touch any uncovered flesh or other tissue of a suspect to the spot below and the spot will turn from blue to red if the suspect is X Do not warn the suspect prior to performing the test and have force field restraints or stun weapons immediately available OFFICER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT BOOK 6 Stardrive Repair Manual Open the cover plate and locate the magnetic reversal switch Taking care not to push the magnetic reversal switch switch the digital input to 10010004 410041410 binary and push the test button Examine the test readout and perform the following repair steps as indicated 1 If readout 5 is on go to step 6 Otherwise remove the power supply bracket and microwave guide tube Adjust the oscillator timing on the feedback control microcircuit to obtain a pure sine wave of 145 321673 MHz at the analog timing circuit output Replace the microwave guide tube and the power supply bracket If readout 6 is on go to step 2 Otherwise go to step 3 2 Push the hold button on the digital to analog circuit card Per
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