Captive - Getting Started

                 Sent in by Alan Beer

Once the holographic planet map appears, position your cursor over
the planet with the flashing dot which is just above the centre.
Now set the course for that planet. Now is the time to give your
droids identifying names. This is done by clicking the right mouse
button over a droid's coloured icon (or the multi-droid icon) which
reveals their back packs. Now by moving the silicon chip from its
inventory to the brain, a keyboard will appear. You can type in
your droid's name by clicking with your mouse or just type it in
on your ST. This is also a good time to reposition your droids to
your liking, I find that the human droids are best at the back with
one of them as your seeing droid which is indicated by the gold
crown on an icon.

By the time you've done all this your ship will be at its
destination. Once in orbit click on the landing site then click on
the land icon. When you have landed, make your way to the main
entrance where you will be faced  with a round door with four
buttons which have to be pressed in the correct  order. At this
point look to your right and you will see something on the ground.
Picking this up, you'll find it's the combination for the door.

Once inside the base you will find yourself in a short corridor. 
Here you will find a clipboard and some explosives. Picking these
up you move to the end of the corridor where a section of the wall
has a row of small balls at the bottom of it. Now using the right
mouse button click on the move forward icon - this will move the
wall forward. Now the fun starts!

Start exploring and kill everything that gets in your way. This
is done by clicking the right mouse button on any of the front
two droids' hands, but whatever you do, don't use the back two
droids as this will hurt the front two and will reduce the life
level of that droid. Another way of killing a creature is to trap
it in one of the many doors you will find around the base. Do
this by standing on one side and wait for it to stand in the
doorway then close the door and hit while you are there but do not
move back as they will follow you. The other way is by electric
shock. This is done by finding one of the plug sockets at the
bottom of some of the walls. Clicking on it will electrify your
cursor...now by pointing at a creature and clicking it, it will
send electric shocks at it but be careful as this will sometimes
burn up any cash it will have dropped   when it's killed. (Oh, 
didn't I say? Well, each creature you kill will drop cash or some
other bits.) 

Yet another way which sometimes works is when you find some ladders
and some creatures are following you, just go up the ladders or down
them and give it a few seconds then go back down or up and this has
the effect of you landing on it. (Yep, loads of cash!).

Back to that plug socket - this is also the place to recharge the
droid's power. This is done by entering its back pack, picking up
its chest and moving it over the socket. Now press the left mouse
button until it's fully  charged.


In some of the walls you will find a small panel. Clicking on this
will open it and reveal some goodies but be careful as these
sometimes open trapdoors which tends to be to the side or behind
you. In later bases some of these panels have switches, some of
which you can't see - you just have to press the bricks at the back.

Shops ... visit one as soon as possible. You will need to recharge
your droids' lives and pick up some equipment. The most useful
items for now you'll find under OPTIC. Clicking on this will give
more options. Then if it's available get hold of a route-finder, 
this will point the way out to your ship. Next get a radar, this
can be switched to scan in front, behind or to the sides. These
are all you'll need to buy for now. Use the rest of your cash to
repair any damaged body parts.

By now you should have found the computer room (there's at least
one on each base). Kill the man inside and he will drop the
password for the computer. Typing this in will give you a planet
probe. Keep this as it will lead you to the next base. You will
have passed the generators on the way, get back to these. Stop
and do some last minute shopping and sell any maps you have picked
up (as you can't take them with you to the next base). Also sell
any clipboards and notes you have but do not forget to make a note
of the button combination you used to get in as you will need
to use it to get out (so keep it handy). Now turn on your
route-finder.

Now's the time to blow the generators up. This is done by
placing the explosives in the top of them. Once that's done, leg
it back to your ship and get back in orbit. Once back in orbit,
set the planet probe free on the holographic planet map and it
will fly to your next base and so the fun begins once again.

Good luck!