SPACE QUEST Walkthru - part 2

  Original author Jason Levine, supplied by Julian Gregory

@~Continued from Issue 53

BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN ULENCE FLATS

You've successfully dodged all of the boulders and you're now
sitting in the heart of the shimmering metropolis of Ulence Flats.
Get off the skimmer and have a leisurely look around the immediate
vicinity. In a short time one of the locals will approach you and
offer to buy your skimmer for 30 buckazoids. You can do better
than that, even if the skimmer is somewhat beat up, so refuse this
initial offer. The fellow will walk away angry, but don't worry;
he really wants that skimmer and he'll be back. Just wait around a
while and take in the scenery. Sure enough, after a few minutes
have passed, your "customer" approaches you again. This time he
offers to throw in a jetpack with the 30 buckazoids. That's a much
more reasonable offer. So say yes.

Now that you have some cash, it's time to visit that bar whose
flashing sign has been tempting you ever since you arrived in this
berg. Upon entering the bar, you notice a band (isn't there
something familiar about those guys?), a slot machine off to one
side that seems to have rather dire consequences for losers, and,
thankfully, an empty seat at the end of the bar.

Slide onto the stool and order a brew. It might not be the best
suds you've ever had, but in your condition you're not
complaining. So drink up.  In fact, you'd better drink three. As
you start to down the third (and are beginning to develop a
distinctly better outlook toward this little planet), you overhear
a conversation among your fellow drinkers. Make a careful note of
the space sector that is mentioned.

Feeling fortified by the Kerona beer in your belly, you decide to
tackle that slot machine. As you've doubtless noticed, you can
lose *everything* at this game, including your life! Nevertheless,
you're going to have to win $250 from this one-armed bandit if you
want to get off this planet. The way to win at this game with a
minimum of frustration is to save your game after every
significant increase in your winnings. That way you can restore to
a higher amount if you start to lose too much, and it will
minimize the effects of getting yourself killed. Once you have
your $250, you can walk away from the machine a happy winner (at
that point the slot machine will inform you that there has been a
circuit failure).

Now it's time to see if you can buy yourself some transportation
off of this planet. Leave the bar and walk west. You'll find
yourself in Tiny's Used Spaceship Lot. Tiny is like all used
spaceship salesmen, you can't trust him as far as you can throw
him. He will try to sell you on the two little ships in the
foreground. Provided you save your game first, you can go ahead
and buy them for a laugh; however, a much more substantial looking
ship is visible to the north. So exit the screen in that
direction. Don't worry, Tiny will follow you. Now this is a ship!
In fact, you wonder how a lowlife like Tiny got his hands on it.
Well that's not your concern. Go ahead and pay Tiny his asking
price for this slick space cruiser.  As you fork over your
hard-won money, Tiny informs you that you'll need a droid to pilot
this baby. No problem. Walk east and then east again. You'll find
yourself conveniently in front of Droids-R-Us. Go inside. The
droid you want is upstairs on the right. He's the one that the
proprietor describes as a pilot. Pay the owner for the droid (you
can present your coupon for a discount) and return to your ship
(your faithful droid will follow you).

Now you're almost off this miserable asteroid! Just climb up the
ladder and get in. Your droid will move to his position under the
ship. Look at the ship. There's a button on the panel marked
"Load." Press it and your droid will automatically be lifted into
the ship. When your droid asks, type in the sector that you
overheard in the bar. Off you go into the purple yonder in your
wonderful new ship! Sit back and enjoy the ride. In fact, you
better enjoy it as much as you can. Because just beginning to fill
your vision screen is the profile of the flagship of the Sarien
fleet: the dreaded Deltaur itself!

HERO OF THE DELTAUR

Your pilot droid has parked you a safe distance from the menacing
Deltaur and he's not going to take the ship any closer. So it's
time for some EVA action. Put on the jetpack that you acquired in
Ulence Flats and exit the ship. Take a look around and steer
yourself over to the door. Look at the door, then turn the handle.
Move into the airlock. Once in the airlock, wait for the droid to
appear and then move by him into the ship.

In the "empty" room, notice that there is a trunk sitting in the
middle of the room and that there is a vent high up on the west
wall. Move to the right of the trunk and type "push trunk." Once
the trunk is against the wall, open the trunk and put your jetpack
inside it. Then close the trunk and stand on top of it. Open the
vent with the jack-knife and enter. Once inside the airshaft,
climb up the ladder to the next cross-shaft (climbing down will
take you the same place, but it takes longer) then crawl east.
Kick open the vent, then exit the screen to the east.

NOTE: You can get yourself to the same location simply by getting
inside the trunk and hiding inside of it until the Sariens move
you. This will net you the same amount of points as the method
described above, but it's not as much fun.

Now you're in the laundry room and it's time to come clean. Walk
over to the washing machine, open the door and get in the machine.
When the Sarien enters the room, remain calm and ride out the
rinse cycle. Open the door and emerge from the machine cleverly
disguised as a Sarien, complete with helmet! Now you can move
around the ship without attracting attention.  Before you go,
however, look in your uniform pocket and notice that you have a
Sarien I.D. card.

Exit the laundry room to the east. Talk to the first Sarien you
see as this will get you an extra point. The Sarien guard outside
the Empty Room (down one level) will ask you if you've played
King's Quest III! Tell him yes for yet another point. Walk over to
the two elevators at the rear of the corridor. The elevator on the
right is temporarily out of order, but don't worry about it. It
will work when you need it. For now enter the elevator on the left
and ride it upstairs.

Exit the elevator and walk east. Here it is, the Star Generator!
Note that it's protected by a guard and a force field, and that
you can't get close enough to get a good look at its control
panel. Exit the room to the west and then go west again. Take the
elevator up. Go east and then east again.  Now you're on an
elevated walkway directly above the Star Generator. Go east and
enter the ship's armory.

Once in the armory, look at the counter and notice that there are
two gas grenades sitting in the corner. Walk up to the counter and
show your I.D. card to the droid. When he leaves to get your
weapon, move smartly around the counter and take one of the
grenades. When the droid returns, take your pulseray and exit to
the west.

Back on the elevated walkway, stand directly over the Star
Generator guard and throw the grenade. After the guard collapses,
go back into the armory and get the second grenade for an extra
point (the droid will attempt to get you another weapon and then
return empty-handed, noting that you already have one).

Go west from the elevated walkway and then west again. At this
point you will stumble and lose your helmet. No, there's no way
you can avoid it. The Sariens will shoot you on sight now, so be
ready to fire your pulseray instantly upon entering each new
screen and don't let a guard droid touch you! It will also help to
save the game frequently from now on.

You've got no time to waste now, so head straight back to the Star
Generator. Search the dead guard's body. Take the remote control
and press the on/off button. Walk up the stairs leading to the
Star Generator and look at the control panel. Punch in the
destruct code that you learned from the data cartridge (in case
you forgot, it's 6858) and then punch the "enter" key (the one on
the control pad, not your computer!). Looks like things are really
starting to get hot around here, so don't stand around.  Exit to
the west and take the first elevator down.  The elevator on the
right is now back in service so take it! When you get off the
elevator move quickly to the waiting space ship and get in. Look
at the ship. Press the launch button. Now sit back and enjoy the
rest of the show because you're a hero! Wonder how much a golden
mop is worth?

NOTE: I played the game through a few times using all of the moves
described above. Each time I netted a varying amount of points
that was slightly less than the game's stated maximum of 202,
depending on how many Sariens I shot with the pulseray. Like other
members of the Gamers' Forum, I never discovered a use for the
plant that can be found growing on Kerona.  That is why the
walkthru does not tell you to take the plant. If anyone does
discover a use for the plant, or any other way to increase your
score legitimately (i.e., without taking advantage of a bug in the
program), please leave a message in the Gamers' Forum addressed to
Jason 75046,444.

SPACE QUEST is published by Sierra On-Line, Inc.
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