Mercenary: The Second City





             A weary Mercenary, frustrated by his futile attempts to find the metamorphosed kitchen sink,
             one day decided to commit suicide: he boarded a nearby plane, climbed to an altitude
             exceeding 150m and levelled out. He fired and accelerated to 1781 mph in order to collide
             with the cubic missile, but as his hand moved over the velocity controls, an unknown force
             guided one finger to the 'take' button on his console and, instead of the explosion he waited
             for, the mercenary heard a gentle ping emanate from the TV speaker - he'd picked up the
             missile!
             Turning the aeroplane around, the Mercenary spotted the nearest dot in view and flew
             towards it. The dot soon burst into the image of his crashed Prestinium spaceship at location
             08-08. The Mercenary tentatively picked it up and took off again, this time towards the
             nearest hangar - a red one at location 08-01. The Mercenary descended on the elevator and
             walked nervously towards a triangular doorway As he approached, he sensed mocking
             laughter growing louder. But he continued, undaunted and undeterred. He collided with the
             doorway and instead of the all-too-frequent headache, he heard a buzz as the door opened.
             A scream reverberated around the planet as the source of the Mercenary's frustration
             appeared before his eyes: the triangular key was inside the cheat room! Also present was the
             elusive GOLD, a valuable commodity indeed, for the Exchequer paid 5 mena-credits just to
             admire it.
             'The maze of blue and green rooms was found to have two exits, depending upon which
             manifestation of the green hangar (at location 13-08) was used as the entry-point: at one exit
             was the DATABANK, worth a cool 1,091,000 credits, found in the CONTROL ROOM.'
             In a state of bewilderment and consternation, the Mercenary boarded the new cheese, the
             TABLE, located in the PALYAR BRIEFING ROOM, and flew to an altitude of 88,013
             metres at location 00-00. Here was found the mysterious object floating in the sky: the
             NEUTRON FUEL: it also proved to be valuable when taken to the PALYAR ENGINE
             R00M and sold, netting 909,000 credits. Considerably more than the paltry 23,200 offered
             by the Mechanoid Fuel Stores.
             "Though entranced by his sudden wealth, the Mercenary retained the foresight to save his
             position before agreeing to a sale, and soon catalogued the following offers:


             Catering Provisions     Kitchen                 151.021 credits

             12939 Supply            Conference Room         100.000 credits

             Medical Supplies        Infirmary                30.354 credits

             Large Box               Mechanoid Store         202.600 credits

                                     Palyar Store                 25 credits

             Energy Crystal          Palyar Power Room        22.450 credits

                                     Mechanoid Power Room        450 credits

             Useful Armament         Palyar Armoury          165.445 credits

                                     Mechanoid Armoury        10.000 credits

             Winchester              Palyar Laboratory       274.130 credits

                                     Mechanoid Laboratory    274.000 credits



             'An act which only a true Mercenary could have the audacity to commit, and the guile to
             leave until the end, was to drop the Mechanoid leader in the Palyar Interview Room for a
             meagre 45,000 credits, bringing his total earnings to a staggering eight mega-credits!!
             "Yes, there is more money to be earned (and does this have to be earned). If you have the
             PASS, prove you've found it by shooting all the Mechanoid-occupied locations. A single
             mega-credit reward awaits for the completion of that particular task.
             "This, as mathematics will confimm, brings the maximum possible earnings to an incredible
             nine mega-credits, slightly better than the 1,909,000 available in the so-called 'tourist haven'
             of the Central City!
             "A final point which the Mercenary discovered was that once in possession of the 'mutated'
             KITCHEN SINK, the MISSILE, it is again possible to pick up any object which remains
             visible (even as a dot) beyond the normal range and this includes the PALYAR
             COMMANDER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW'S NEW SHIP, which has a maximum velocity of
             **75 mph (exceeding the 9999 mph speed restriction) and is the only other ship able to
             reach the neutron fuel. It can only be boarded inside an underground hangar, for it flits away
             at 100 mph, on the surface. Be careful for it also does this if you crash while flying it, end on
             rare occasions inside the hangar. It is also possible to pick up a maximum of NINE ENEMY
             SHIPS, though only one remains when they are dropped - the Mercenary reports that he
             couldn't find any use for the ENEMY SHIP, and it doesn't appear to be a replacemant for
             the PYRAMID."



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