Starcross - Infocom Solution by Neil Shipman NB: Throughout this adventure Port is W, Starboard is E, Fore is N and Aft is S. You start in your bunk on the M.C.S. Starcross: Get Up. Get Tape. E to Bridge Examine Screen (You see an Uncharted Mass number, one of eight whose co-ordinates are given on the map in the package) Push Red Button Computer, Range is [Value]. Theta is [Value]. Phi is [Value] Computer, Confirm New Course Sit On Couch. Wear Belt Wait until Starcross reaches and is snared by artifact Remove Belt. Get Up. E to Storage Get Suit And Line. W. Open Door. Out to Airlock Close Inner Door. Wear Suit. Open Outer Door. Out to Red Dock Examine Sculpture (The bumps are a stylised representation of the solar system, the first and largest being the Sun) Push Fourth Bump (representing the Earth. A tiny column appears) Push Tiny Column (A black rod appears) Get Rod (The airlock opens) In. Close Outer Door. Open Inner Door. In to Red Hall N. E. E. E. S to Blue Hall Open Door. D to Blue Airlock Close Inner Door. Open Outer Door. Out to Blue Dock S. S to Spherical Ship (You see a spider-like creature) Wait until the spider speaks Give Tape (The spider throws you a yellow rod) Get Rod. N. N. In. Close Outer Door. Open Inner Door. Remove Suit U. S. W to Weapons Deck Get Gun. Examine It. Look In Barrel (You see a silver rod) Get Silver Rod E. N. N. E. N. E to Nesting Cage Throw Gun At Nest (The nest breaks and the rat-ants move away) Get Gun. Get Red Rod W. S. W. S. U. S to Thin Forest Open Hatch. D to Repair Room. Get Square Put Yellow Rod In Yellow Slot (The lights now work OK) Put Red Rod In Second Slot (The air-conditioning now works OK) U. N. D. S. S. S. W. N. E to Laboratory Get Red Disk. Get Blue Disk Drop Red Disk. Put Blue Disk Under Globe Put Gun On Globe Turn Dial To 4 (The gun and a blue rod appear on the red disk) Turn Dial To 2. Get Blue Disk. Get Blue Rod. Get Gun. Get Red Disk W to Yellow Hall Wait until the cleaning mouse appears [Alternatively, you can wander around the artifact until you come across the mouse] Examine Mouse. Put Blue Disk In Receptacle N. N to Yellow Hall Open Door. D to Yellow Airlock Put Blue Rod In Basket. Put Black Rod In Basket Put Silver Rod In Basket. Get Basket Close Inner Door. Wear Suit. Open Outer Door Push Outer Door. Out to Yellow Dock Tie Line To Suit. Tie Line To Hook. W to Among Debris Get Pink Rod. Put It In Basket E. Untie Line From Hook. In to Yellow Airlock Close Outer Door. Open Inner Door. Remove Suit U. N. N. W. S to Computer Room Open Panel. Put Square In Slot Turn On Switch (A gold rod appears) Get Gold Rod. Put It In Basket N. W. W. S. S. E. E to Village Center Wait until Chief arrives and points at suit Give Suit. Point At Brown Rod (He gives it to you then leaves) Follow Chief through Warren until he reaches the Center D to Green Airlock. Close Inner door. Open Outer Door. Out. W. W to Cargo Hold Get Fragment. N to Control Room Touch Skeleton. Look. Get Violet Rod Drop Red Disk. Stand On It (You materialise in the mouse's Garage) Search Bin until you find a green rod Get Green Rod. N. W. N. N. N. N. W to Observatory Look In Projector Through Fragment (You see a clear rod) Get Clear Rod. Drop Fragment E. S. S. U. S. S. E. U. U to Top Of Tree Jump to Drive Bubble Entrance Get Silver Rod. Put It In Slot. In to Drive Bubble Get White Rod. Put It In Slot (The drive systems will now work) Out. U to On Drive Bubble Jump so that you are Floating In Air Fire Gun At Drive Bubble 3 times to arrive On Control Bubble D. Get Gold Rod. Put It In Slot. In to Control Bubble Put Clear Rod In Slot Get Pink Rod. Put It In Pink Slot Get Blue Rod. Put It In Blue Slot Put Green Rod In Green Slot Put Brown Rod In Brown Slot Put Violet Rod In Violet Slot Push Large Square (The screen shows the inner solar system) Push Brown Spot 4 times (The Earth is highlighted) Push Violet Spot 3 times (The line to Earth ends in an ellipse) Push Green Spot (A dotted line now connects artifact and Earth) Push Blue Spot to take the artifact to Earth and finish.