Hinterlands: Marooned! — 9 of 23

Chapter 7 - Introduction

[INTRODUCTION]

When play begins:

say "Your first mission as a recruit of the Consortium Of Known Occupied Worlds.";

wait for any key;

say "[line break]Your first trip outside the Ova, the orb of densely-populated galaxies at the center of the Known Universe.";

wait for any key;

say "[line break]Your first excursion into the sparsely-populated outskirts between the Ova and deep space, known colloquially as the Hinterlands.";

wait for any key;

say "[line break]Everything has gone so terribly wrong.";

wait for any key;

clear the screen;

say "[line break]The raiders... The firefight... The escape pod...";

wait for any key;

say "[line break]This tiny island on this wretched backwoods planet...";

wait for any key;

say "[line break]And now, here you are...";

wait for any key;

clear the screen;

say "[b]M A R O O N E D ![/b]";

wait for any key;

clear the screen.

Before starting the virtual machine:

now the left hand status line is "";

now the right hand status line is "".