Full Metal Planete
Password stuff:
There are several icons that you will need to recognize. I will
describe what they look like since I can't draw the pictures.
They are as follows:
MEDAL - Looks like a three-banded ribbon w/ a star-shaped medal
at the bottom.
BADGE - A rectangular badge w/ diagonal stipes about 1/3 of the
way down.
REAGLE - An eagle looking right w/ its wing folded across its
breast.
LIGHTNING - A triangle w/ a crooked ray shooting through it.
(Okay, the name is not the greatest...)
PLANET - A circle surrounded by 8 crosses.
3STAREAGLE - An eagle atop three stars.
You must identify the order in which four of the above symbols appear on
the bottom of the given page. Here is a list of the pages and the order
in which the symbols appear:
1 PLANET 3STAREAGLE PLANET REAGLE
2 BADGE LIGHTNING PLANET LIGHTNING
3 BADGE REAGLE BADGE 3STAREAGLE
4 REAGLE MEDAL 3STAREAGLE MEDAL
5 MEDAL MEDAL PLANET LIGHTNING
6 3STAREAGLE LIGHTNING PLANET BADGE
7 MEDAL MEDAL 3STAREAGLE 3STAREAGLE
8 BADGE 3STAREAGLE LIGHTNING PLANET
9 3STAREAGLE MEDAL 3STAREAGLE PLANET
10 MEDAL BADGE BADGE LIGHTNING
11 BADGE BADGE MEDAL REAGLE
12 3STAREAGLE LIGHTNING PLANET BADGE
13 REAGLE PLANET BADGE MEDAL
14 REAGLE LIGHTNING PLANET REAGLE
15 3STAREAGLE 3STAREAGLE PLANET LIGHTNING
16 REAGLE 3STAREAGLE BADGE REAGLE
17 PLANET MEDAL LIGHTNING REAGLE
18 3STAREAGLE BADGE 3STAREAGLE PLANET
19 MEDAL PLANET LIGHTNING MEDAL
20 BADGE MEDAL BADGE LIGHTNING
21 PLANET MEDAL LIGHTNING REAGLE
22 LIGHTNING LIGHTNING REAGLE REAGLE
23 LIGHTNING MEDAL BADGE 3STAREAGLE
24 BADGE BADGE PLANET REAGLE
25 BADGE PLANET MEDAL BADGE
26 3STAREAGLE 3STAREAGLE REAGLE 3STAR
27 LIGHTNING MEDAL BADGE PLANET
28 LIGHTNING LIGHTNING MEDAL 3STAR
29 REAGLE BADGE MEDAL REAGLE
30 3STAREAGLE BADGE REAGLE PLANET
31 PLANET BADGE 3STAREAGLE 3STAREAGLE
32 REAGLE BADGE PLANET PLANET
33 MEDAL PLANET LIGHTNING REAGLE
34 LIGHTNING MEDAL 3STAREAGLE LIGHTNING
35 PLANET LIGHTNING LIGHTNING 3STAREAGLE
36 REAGLE 3STAREAGLE REAGLE MEDAL
37 PLANET MEDAL PLANET 3STAREAGLE
38 MEDAL BADGE REAGLE LIGHTNING
39 REAGLE LIGHTNING PLANET LIGHTNING
40 3STAREAGLE MEDAL LIGHTNING 3STAR
41 BADGE MEDAL PLANET LIGHTNING
42 BADGE BADGE BADGE REAGLE
43 REAGLE REAGLE LIGHTNING BADGE
44 PLANET MEDAL 3STAREAGLE BADGE
45 MEDAL LIGHTNING BADGE MEDAL
46 BADGE 3STAREAGLE MEDAL REAGLE
47 3STAREAGLE REAGLE REAGLE 3STAREAGLE
48 BADGE PLANET 3STAREAGLE MEDAL
49 LIGHTNING 3STAREAGLE PLANET LIGHTNING
50 PLANET PLANET REAGLE LIGHTNING
51 LIGHTNING REAGLE 3STAREAGLE LIGHTNING
52 MEDAL 3STAREAGLE REAGLE LIGHTNING
53 3STAREAGLE BADGE 3STAREAGLE BADGE
54 REAGLE LIGHTNING REAGLE 3STAREAGLE
55 REAGLE LIGHTNING MEDAL PLANET
56 MEDAL MEDAL PLANET 3STAREAGLE
57 PLANET REAGLE MEDAL MEDAL
58 MEDAL REAGLE BADGE LIGHTNING
59 MEDAL PLANET MEDAL 3STAREAGLE
60 PLANET LIGHTNING LIGHTNING BADGE
61 LIGHTNING PLANET BADGE MEDAL
62 BADGE BADGE 3STAREAGLE PLANET
63 PLANET LIGHTNING PLANET 3STAREAGLE
64 PLANET PLANET REAGLE BADGE
65 MEDAL 3STAREAGLE PLANET REAGLE
66 REAGLE LIGHTNING BADGE PLANET
67 MEDAL MEDAL BADGE MEDAL
WHEW!
The game is a simple one: land on this planet, pick up all the ore
that you can and lift off before the tides rise to cover the planet's
surface. You will have up to three opponents trying to take your ore
and/or blast your equipment to dust. The computer cheats pretty well...
During each turn you have a number of action points with which you
can do the folowing:
o move transports to gather ore and bring it back to the freighter
o create new equipment or vehicles w/ the Weather Hen
o weaken the opposition using your destroyers to eliminate or
capture opposing units
o threaten or hinder opposition movement by occupying strategic
locations on the battlefield
o capture opposing Freighters, to increase your own unit numbers,
gaining additional action points
o blast off at the end of the game (turn 25) w/ as many loaded
Freighters as you can
The terrain types:
o land hexes are accesible only to land vehicles
o mountain hexes are accessible to all land vehicles except the Heap
o sea hexes are accessible only towater vehicles; land vehicles may
also cross water if a Pontoon bridge has been placed in that hex
The equipment:
o Barge - can carry 4 ore, 4 tanks, a Heap, a Pontoon, a Crab, a
Weather Hen
o Crab - can carry 2 ore, 2 tanks, a Heap, a Pontoon
o Tanks - can fire at range 2, range 3 from a mountain hex
o Heap - can fire at range 3
o Attack Boat - can fire at range 2
o Freighter's Turrets - can fire at range 2
o Weather Hen - can forecast tides (press M), can convert one ore to
a tank, a pontoon or a crab
o Pontoon - covers sea hexes and allows land vehicles to cross
Destroying Enemy Units:
A unit is eliminated when it is hit by simultaneous fire from two
Destroyers belonging to the same player. A Destroyer can fire twice per
turn. Ore can be destroyed. Look at the fire zones.
Capturing Enemy Units:
Two destroyers belonging to the same player can capture an enemy
unit by moving into two hexes that adjoin the hex in which the target is
located. Once captured, the unit belongs to the capturing player.
A Freighter may be captured once all of its turrets have been
destroyed. If an enemy Freighter is captured, all of its equipment
belongs to the capturer.
Hotkeys:
F7 Move Icon
F8 Load/Unload Icon
F9 Fire Icon
F4 Capture Icon
F5 Unit Status Icon
F6 Strategic Map Icon
F1 Rebuild Icon
F2 Hex Display Icon
F3 Retreat Icon
P Pause
S Save Game
M Tide Forecast
D Diplomacy
T Check Hex Type
E Run Aground
R Check Scores
Everything else you boys can figure out on your own. Have fun!