ASTRONS Mini-Comic Script http://astrons.laemeur.com/ * @2020-03-08T11:15:35.442Z <> (K7IXW998) Alright, you pukes! Listen up! Welcome to the Fight For Freedom early release program. The Federation has given you a special opportunity to commute the sentences for your various crimes by participating in the ongoing conflict against the evil Gaxlon horde. This is the only debriefing you will get. This is the only training you will get. So pay attention! The planet ROAKRON has been destroyed by the Gaxlon fleet. The SECTOIDS, a race of asteroid-dwelling space bugs, have taken-up residence in the planet's remains. The Sectoids have an alliance with the Gaxlon horde and are receiving supply shipments via SAUCERDRONES for the manufacture of new weapons. Nearby Federation worlds are at risk. Your task, Freedom Fighters, is to fly into the asteroid field and blast it to smithereens, taking-out every Sectoid and Gaxlon saucerdrone you encounter along the way. This is the AS79 BLASTFIGHTER. This is your ship. It's cheap, it's slow, but it's got a big particle cannon which will punch through asteroids and saucerdrones like nothing. Steering is aiming. Point the nose at what you want to shoot and fire the cannon, or point it where you want to go and fire the thruster. Because you are all novice pilots, the blastfighter is equipped with an automatic velocity damping system. This should help keep you from spinning and careening uncontrollably. The ship is also equipped with a force shield emitter which will stop most missiles and bounce you safely away from asteroids. But watch out: it drains energy like a monster. Thrusters use energy. Cannons use energy. Dampers use energy. When your energy is critically low, the dampers will cut out. This might buy you an extra couple minutes of flight time. When your energy's gone: that's it, cowboy. Ride's over. Your performance will be scored on a points system. You will be awarded 20 to 100 points for every asteroid you destroy, 250 points for each sectoid you kill, and 1000 points for each saucerdrone. For every 10,000 points you earn, we will warp-in an energy pod for you to recharge your ship. Fail to earn points, and your ship will run out of energy: no weapons, no comms, no thrusters, and no life support. With luck, you'll freeze to death or asphyxiate before the Sectoids get to you. On the other hand, earn 1,000,000 points, and you will have earned your freedom. We'll warp-in a long-range drive unit for the blastfighter. All you have to do is detach your particle cannon, mount the drive unit, and fly your little rust bucket to whatever star system you can reach with it. There are a dozen or so within range. Sell the fighter for some pocket money, and start your life over. You'll have earned it.