Suspicious Cargo (Gremlin) - Part 1

             Solution by P.J.Darke on the Amiga

INSIDE COFFIN - Press illuminated pad - Open compartment - Take
travel bag - Open travel bag - Close compartment - Open coffin
door - Give ten credit card to courier - Read message - Out - E -
E - LOS PALMAS STREET BAR - Wait - Ask barmaid about plastic
mermaid - Take plastic mermaid - W - N - N - W - CHECKPOINT - Wait
- Show passport to tall security guard - N - N - UP - Put red
keycard in slot - IN - Tell Babbage to launch - GO TO BRIDGE -
Examine Hyperspace Governor - Put navigation cartridge in slot -
Push hyperspace initialisation switch - Pull hyperspace lever -
Push hyperspace lever - Ask Babbage about explosion - Go to
auxiliary control room.

Here you have to play the first of the interactive games; BYPASS.
You must arrange 16 colour coded symbols on a pad to complete the
circuit. A bit of a bitch until you realise the object of the
game which is that no horizontal or vertical line is allowed to
contain more than one of each shape or colour. I found it easiest
to complete the diagonals first.

BRIDGE - Pull hyperspace lever - Wait for Babbage to complete the
status check. He then tells you that you don't have enough air to
complete the journey and that you should go into cold storage. Go
to CRYO CHAMBER - Get red tank - Go to the cold sleep chamber -
Put red tank in socket - Drop everything - Open cold chamber - IN
- Close cold chamber - You wake early - Babbage tells you about a
distress call.  Take plastic mermaid - E - MEDICAL BAY - Open
cabinet - Take glass bottle - Use plastic mermaid on glass bottle
- drink Isotonic fluid - Take blue tablet and plastic bottle - W
- Take everything - Wear overalls - COMM ROOM - Ask Babbage about
life support and he tells you that you have a stowaway - Tell
Babbage to scan.

LIBRARY - Take manual - COMPUTER SUITE - Move steps - Pull legs -
Turn torso - Pull legs - Take master keycard - DAMAGE CONTROL ROOM
- Take green cylinder - CORRIDOR OUTSIDE STEWARDS ROOM - Put
master keycard in slot - N - Take sonic welder - Talk to Morg
- Drop all except the manual, master keycard, overalls and sonic
welder.  DAMAGE CONTROL ROOM - Take green cylinder - TUBE STATION
BETA - IN - Press button, nothing happens. Examine panel - Pull
panel - Examine circuit board - Ask Babbage about wiring - Put red
wire in terminal - Push button - OUT - UP - UP.

Take space suit, PLSS and helmet - PUT green cylinder in PLSS -
Wear space suit and PLSS - Press airlock pad - S - Wear helmet -
turn airflow switch on - turn cycle dial - W - W - Press airlock
pad - S - Turn cycle dial - S - Turn airflow switch off - remove
helmet - W - W - Open red case - Take airlock handle - Pull launch
lever.  You now have to play the second interactive game, LANDER.
This is very difficult, but you can bypass it if you don't mind
losing a Brownie point.

After you have landed the shuttle - E - E - Press airlock pad - N
- Wear helmet - Turn airflow switch on - Turn cycle dial - N - Put
airlock handle in airlock socket - Turn handle - Take handle - E -
Put handle in external airlock socket - Turn handle - Take handle
- Put handle in internal airlock socket - Turn handle - Take
handle - E - Put handle in airlock socket - Turn handle - Take
handle - N - Examine life support system - Examine receptacle -
Take recharge cylinder - S - E - E - Examine control panel - Push
power switch - N.

Examine Sindy - Press latch - Read manual - Use sonic welder on
circuits - Talk to Sindy - S - W - W - Press airlock pad - Turn
cycle dial - E - E - N - Ask Sindy about security clearance - S -
W - W - Press airlock pad - W - Sindy opens the external door - W
- Press shuttle pad - S - Turn cycle dial - S - Turn airflow
switch off - Remove helmet - W - W - Put handle in red case close
red case - Pull launch lever.  You now have to complete (or
bypass) the next interactive game, basically the reverse of LANDER
and also very difficult.

(A hint which I have since discovered - if you press escape while
playing LANDER you can bypass the game without losing a Brownie
point).

@~To be continued next issue