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THE STORY IS QUITE SIMPLE. YOU ARE THE FAILSAFE DEVICE TO PROTECT THE SURFACE
WORLD OF CONTRA SHOULD ANY EMERGENCY DEVOLOP THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PLANET CONTROL
DEVICES TO FAIL(THESE ARE UNDERGROUND IN A COMPLEX WHERE YOU LIVE SUSPENDED IN A
CRYOGENIC TUBE AWAITING A DISASTER). YOU ARE AWAKENED TO FIND THAT THERE HAS
BEEN AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAS DAMAGED THE CABLES IN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
CHANNEL.

YOU HAVE SIX DIFFERENT ROBOTS AT YOUR COMMAND. THESE ROBOTS ALL ENJOY DIFFERENT
SKILLS AND ABILITIES. EACH ONE REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT SENSE.

*  IRIS: THE SENSE OF SIGHT
#  WALDO:THE SENSE OF TOUCH AND DEXTERITY
*  SENSA:PERCEIVES THINGS MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC
#  POET:PERCEIVES THINGS ELECTRONIC..CAN DIAGNOSE ELECTRICAL FLOWS
*  WHIZ: COMMANDS THE COMPUTER AND CAN DO ERRANDS
#  AUDA: THE SENSE OF HEARING

THE TRICK TO WINNING SUSPENDED IS ASSIGNING THE RIGHT TASK TO THE RIGHT ROBOT.
ALSO THE RIGHT ROBOT HAS TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS IS
CALLED CRITICAL PATH PLANNING. AND THIS IS THE SECRET OF SUSPENDED.

IN THE STANDARD GAME THERE ARE A FEW REAL TIME EVENTS TO BE AWARE OF:

1) AT THE 15TH CYCLE THERE IS ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE WHICH CAUSES AN ACID SPILL THAT
   KILLS IN SHORT ORDER ANY ROBOT THAT PASSES THROUGH THE CAVERNOUS ROOM
   THEREAFTER...UNTIL THE ACID IS SHUT OFF.

2) AT THE 75TH CYCLE THERE IS ANOTHER QUAKE WHICH WRECKS THE HYDROPONICS AND
   TRANSIT EQUIPMENT ON THE SURFACE ABOVE. THESE HAVE TO BE FIXXED QUICKLY OR
   THE GAME ENDS SWIFTLY DUE TO THE STARVING POPULOUS ABOVE.

3) AT THE 100TH CYCLE HUMANS ENTER THE COMPLEX WITH THE INTENT OF TURNING YOU
   OFF BECAUSE BY THIS TIME YOUR CLEARLY SCREWING UP THE ASSIGNMENT. THESE
   HUMANS CAN BE THE DEATH OF YOU OR THEY CAN HELP YOU BY ....WELL I WON'T TELL
   YOU YET.

THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS GET YOU THROUGH THE GAME IN LESS THAN 70 MOVES. AS A
RESULT THEY GIVE LITTLE AID IN THE EVENT THAT YOU FINISH THE GAME IN MORE THAN
THAT TIME. THE GAME CHANGES CONSIDERABLY AFTER THE 75TH MOVE.

THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS THAT SURFACE AFTER THAT TIME...WHICH THESE CLUES DO
NOTHING TO AID.

LETS GET STARTED..

#1 POET,GO TO WEATHER CONTROL
#2 SENSA,GO TO SUB SUPPLY ROOM
#3 WHIZ,GO TO SECONDARY CHANNEL
#4 SENSA,TAKE RAMP
#5 SENSA,GO WEST
#6 SENSA,TAKE CONTAINER AND GRASPER
#7 SENSA,GO TO HALLWAY JUNCTION
#8 WALDO,GO TO HALLWAY JUNCTION
#9 AUDA,GO TO GAMMA REPAIR

THE ABOVE MOVES SET THE GAME UP. POET IS NEEDED TO TURN THE WEATHER CONTROL
OFF..THIS MINIMIZES DEATHS AT THE SURFACE...YOUR PRIMARY GOAL. SENSA GETS THE
RAMP THAT IS NEEDED TO ALLOW THE ROBOTS TO GO FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER. AUDA IS
SENT TO THE GAMMA REPAIR AREA BECAUSE SHE WILL BE NEEDED LATER...AND WITHOUT THE
HUMANS COMING FOR A WHILE THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH HER ANYWAY.
WALDO, IS SENT TO THE HALLWAY JUNCTION TO MEET SENSA AND TAKE THE CONTAINER AND
GRASPER ON HIS WAY TO FIXING IRIS WHO IS REPORTED TO BE OUT OF ORDER.

#10 POET,TURN SECOND DIAL TO 100
#11 POET,GO TO HALLWAY END
#12 IRIS,GO TO MAIN SUPPLY ROOM
#13 SENSA,PUT RAMP AT DROPOFF
#14 AUDA, LISTEN
#15 WALDO,TAKE CONTAINER AND GRASPER
#16 WALDO,GO TO MAIN SUPPLY
#17 WALDO,INSTALL GRASPER
#18 WALDO,TAKE RED IC AND YELLOW IC
#19 SENSA,GO NORTH
#20 SENSA,TAKE RAMP

ONCE POET GOT TO THE WEATHER CONTROL, HE HAD TO RESET THE FAULTY CONTROL TO 100.
 THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX BECAUSE IF YOU LET THE GAME GO ON TOO LONG, ALL
HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE WITH VARIOUS DISASTERS AND ACCIDENTS OCCURING WHICH YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL. POET IS THEN SENT TO THE HALLWAY END WHERE HE WILL
BE USED TO GET THE TV CAMERA NEEDED LATER.

IRIS IS SENT TO THE MAIN SUPPLY ROOM WHERE SHE CAN BE FIXED WHEN WALDO ARRIVES.
SHE WILL ALSO HELP WALDO REPAIR THE MACHINE THERE.

SENSA...UPON ARRIVING PUTS THE RAMP IN PLACE SO THAT AUDA CAN GET TO GAMMA
REPAIR AND SO THAT SHE AND POET CAN GET TO THE OTHER LEVEL. WALDO IS HANDED THE
GRASPER AND CONTAINER WHICH HE INSTALLS. THIS IS DONE NOW TO SAVE MOVES LATER.

#21 SENSA,GO TO SMALL SUPPLY
#22 WALDO,OPEN PANEL
#23 WALDO,REPLACE ROUGH DEVICE WITH ROUGH OBJECT
#24 WALDO,CLOSE PANEL
#25 POET,GET IN CAR
#26 POET,GET OUT OF CAR
#27 POET,GO TO BIOLOGY LAB
#28 WALDO,TAKE BURNED AND FRIED CHIP
#29 POET,TAKE CAMERA
#30 SENSA,PUT RAMP AT HOLDER

THIS STAGE SETS THE ROBOTS TO THEIR MAJOR GATHERING TASKS. WALDO HAS FIXED IRIS,
AND IS NOW SET ON FIXING THE MACHINE AND SALVAGING ITS PARTS. POET HAS ARRIVED
AT THE HALLWAY END , GOTTEN IN THE CAR, EXITED THE CAR AND IS NOW GETTING THE
CAMERA. AND SENSA HAS ARRIVED AT THE SMALL SUPPLY ROOM TO TAKE THE CABLE CUTTER.

#31 SENSA,GET ON RAMP
#32 SENSA,TAKE CUTTER
#33 SENSA,GET OFF RAMP
#34 SENSA,TAKE RAMP
#35 SENSA,GO TO SLOPING CORRIDOR
#36 POET,GO TO VEHICLE DEBARKATION
#37 WALDO,PUT RED IC IN RED SOCKET
#38 WALDO,PUT YELLOW IC IN YELLOW SOCKET
#39 POET,GET IN CAR
#40 POET,GET OUT OF CAR

SENSA HAS COMPLETED HER TASK OF GETTING THE METAL TOOL THAT SHE WILL NEED
SHORTLY. POET HAS GOTTEN THE CAMERA AND IS NOW COMING BACK AND WALDO IS IN THE
MIDST OF FIXING AND SALVAGING THE MACHINE WITH IRIS IN THE MAIN SUPPLY ROOM

#41 POET,GO TO PRIMARY CHANNEL
#42 SENSA,PUT RAMP AT DROPOFF
#43 GO TO GAMMA REPAIR
#44 WALDO,PUSH BUTTON
#45 IRIS,TAKE FUSE
#46 WALDO,TAKE CABLE
#47 WALDO,GO TO THE SECONDARY CHANNEL
#48 IRIS,GO TO MIDDLE SUPPLY
#49 IRIS,TAKE CABLE
#50 IRIS,GO TO MAIN SUPPLY

POET HAS BEEN SENT TO USE THE CAMERA IN THE PRIMARY CHANNEL (THIS IS A KAMIKAZE
MISSION BECAUSE HE HAS TO PASS THROUGH THE CAVERNOUS ROOM TO GET THERE). SENSA
HAS GOTTEN TO THE SLOPING CORRIDOR AND REINSTALLED THE RAMP SO THAT SHE AND POET
CAN GET TO THE LOWER LEVEL. AND WALDO AND IRIS HAVE GOTTEN THE MACHINE FIXED AND
SALVAGE ONE OF THE TWO NEEDED CABLES TO SET THE FCS IN BALANCE.

WALDO IS NOW SET ON A KAMIKAZE MISSION WHERE WHIZ WILL BE WAITING TO INSTALL THE
CABLE NEEDED IN THE SECONDARY CHANNEL.

#51 SENSA,EXAMINE OBJECT
#52 SENSA,TURN FLOWSWITCH
#53 BOTH SENSA AND AUDA,MOVE FRED
#54 SENSA, CUT CABLE WITH CUTTER
#55 POET,PLUG TV1 IN
#56 POET,AIM TV1 AT SIGN

(THIS IS THE IMPORTANT RESET CODE..WRITE IT DOWN..ITS DIFFERENT EVERY GAME)

#57 SENSA,TAKE CABLE
#58 SENSA,GO TO PRIMARY CHANNEL
#59 IRIS, PUT CABLE IN MACHINE
#60 IRIS, PUT FUSE IN MACHINE

SENSA AND AUDA SALVAGED THE REMAINING NEEDED CABLE TO FIX THE CABLE IN THE
PRIMARY CHANNEL. SENSA IS NOW ON HER WAY. POET VALIENTLY DIED TRYING TO WORK THE
CAMERA IN THE PRIMARY CHANNEL AFTER HAVING CORROSIVE ACID SPILLED ON HIM. AND
IRIS HAS FIXED THE RESET MACHINE NOW ONLY AWAITING THE INSTALLATION OF THE
CABLES IN THE FCS TO RESET THE SYSTEMS TO SET THE SURFACE WORLD ABOVE RIGHT.

#61 WHIZ,GO TO WALDO
#62 WHIZ,TAKE FOURTEEN-INCH CABLE
#63 WHIZ,REPLACE THE NINE-INCH CABLE WITH THE FOURTEEN-INCH CABLE
#64 WHIZ,DRAG WALDO TO THE EAST END
#65 AUDA,GO TO SLEEP CHAMBER
#66 SENSA,REPLACE FOUR-INCH CABLE WITH TWELVE-INCH CABLE
#67 IRIS,PRESS ----- CIRCLE
#68 IRIS,PRESS ----- CIRCLE

AT THIS POINT THE GAME IS OVER AND ONLY 8000 ARE DEAD AND YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN
YOUR MISSION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS DOES NOT ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND
PUZZLES THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THE GAME IT JUST TELLS YOU HOW TO WIN THE GAME IN
THE SHORTEST ORDER.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY.....
                   DOCTOR FLORA



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