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S P A C E C R U S A D E F U L L D O C S QUICK START GUIDE We are sure that you are anxious to get blasting the aliens right away. We would advise you however, to become familiar with the rules and their implementation before you do. Knowing that this advice will generally be ignored, we have included a `quickstart` mode which will allow you to play the first mission with all the chapters armed with a default set of weapons, equipment and order. All you will need to do is select the number of players. This is done by clicking on the `chapter select` icon on the main option screen. This takes you to the screen showing a picture of the three chapters in action. Each player must click on one of the pictures, and the appropriate door will close. When each player has done this, this last player should click on the double arrow in the bottom right hand corner, which will return them to the main option screen, where a new `start mission` icon will have appeared. Click on this to begin the first mission. THE IMPERIUM More than twenty five millenia ago, mankind took the first tentative steps to the stars. With the discovery of the warp drive came the great expansion. what was once a journey of several centuries became a journey of several days. WARP SPACE Warp space is the parallel universe through which starships may jump, travelling hundreds of thousands of light years in a few hours. Warp space is also the domain of chaos. in warp space, nothing may be taken for granted. It is a universe filled with cross-currents, eddies and whirlpools of power. Ships have disappeared without reason, and emerged from the warp centuries after they entered it, millions of light years from their destination. These derelict starships, distorted beyond all recognition, are known as space hulks. THE AGE OF STRIFE During the great expansion, man reached ever further into the stars. in time the hidden power of the warp came to be noticed. By entering warp space man had awoken an ancient evil: the minions of chaos had escaped the warp. The first great war, known as age of strife, had begun. For more than five thousand year, warfare wracked mankind, nation battled with nation, planet fought planet, system destroyed system. Abandoned colonies perished by the scores whilst aliens plundered and grew fat on the wreck of humanity. then came a savior. the age of strife, arguably the greatest time of peril manners ever faced, bought forth the greatest man history has recorded - the man who would be known as the emperor of human space. a shrewd diplomat, he gathered the fragments of human society and formed them into the empire. A brilliant soldier, he conquered and reclaimed the worlds lost to chaos. For this task he created the space marines, the greatest warriors of all. The legions asartes is the official title of the warrior organization known as the space marines. Its warriors are acknowledged as the most powerful and feared fighting men in the imperium. In numerical terms the space marines are a small force, but their super human ability and fearsome reputation make them worth many times their own number in conventional troops. They are held in awe throughout the empire. Space marines are organized into self-contained chapters, each with its own fleet. A chapters fleet provides accommodation, training facilities, machines shops, armories, shuttle silos and every other facility the chapter requires. The fleet roams through the galaxy in pursuit of the enemies of mankind. Task forces break away from it for individual missions or campaigns, and rejoin the fleet when their mission is accomplished. SPACE MARINE EQUIPMENT Space marines have access to the full range of imperial weaponry and equipment. The distinctive space marine powered armor protects them in all environments and is capable of withstanding direct hits from all but the most powerful weapons. The standard space marine weapon is the bolt gun or the bolter. this is a devastating weapon, which fires a hail of small-calibre explosive shells. The main close-assault weapon is the bolt pistol. a smaller version of the bolter that because of its size is ideal for hand-to-hand fighting. The space marines also have a number of very heavy weapons that may be employed when greater fire power is needed for a mission. ASSAULTING SPACE HULKS A COMMON ASSAULT PROCEDURE IS AS FOLLOWS: 1. The mother ship launches one or more assault vessels towards the alien starship. Once alongside, a number of docking claws extend from the assault vessels and grab the side of the alien ship. The powerful claws tear into the alien ship and pull the assault vessel into the attack position. 2. Probes which pierce the skin of the alien ship are then extended from the claws. Each probe has within it a passageway through which the space marines attack. Once this has punctured the aliens ship and been made airtight, the blast doors are opened and the space marines assault the alien ship. 3. The space marine squad is expected to move fast and accomplish the set mission. Once the mission has been accomplished, the space marines make their way back to the docking claw. With all the space marines back on the assault ship, the docking claws release the alien ship and the assault vessel returns to the mother ship. SPACE CRUSADE: THE GAME Space crusade is a science fiction role playing game, in which you control a commander and four marines. Your commander starts off as a sergeant, and can work his way through the ranks. The computer version allows for three players, each commanding one marine chapter each. The alien is `played` by the computer. If you do well you will be prompted until you reach the exalted rank of captain senioris, or if you manage to accomplish each of the primary missions, you will become captain supremus. (some of the terms being used here will seem a little daunting at first. Don`t worry everything is explained in detail over the next few pages.) You will also be awarded honor badges if you do well in a game. The six marine ranks are shown on the marine rank section following. THE RULES OF PLAY The best way to explain how to play space crusade is to explain the rules of the board game, and then indicate how they are implemented on your computer. the game is for one to three players. The players control three marine commanders and their space marines. these players are called the marine players. the computer plays the alien. Each game is a mission, and details of all the missions appear at the end of this manual. Put as simply as possible, the game goes as follows: At the start of a game, the marine players choose the marine chapter they wish to represent, the weapons for their marine team, the mission to be played and the equipment packs and orders for their marine team. The marine players take their turn first, after each marine team that are in play have had their turn then the alien takes its turn. The marine players must attempt to accomplish the mission they have selected from the mission list. during their turn, each marine may move, fire or fight using hand to hand combat. As the marines explore the game map, they will obviously encounter aliens. Marine players score points for eliminating their opponents, and the player who scores the most points wins the game. that`s it move in , kill aliens, achieve mission objectives, move out. THE MISSIONS The marine players choose one of the missions from the mission list and read the mission brief text which explains the mission objectives. INCREASING IN RANK AND GAINING AWARDS The player with the most points, at the end of each mission, wins, provided that the minimum point threshold has been reached by that player. The player who won the game moves up a rank by one level and players who have scored sufficient points will receive awards. If none of the players have reached the highest rank, another mission will need to be played. A player may trade in four honor badges to move up one rank. the awards are lost, but the player moves up one rank. Awards may not be used to reach the rank of captain senioris - you can only reach this rank by winning a game. awards may not be used to reach the rank of captain supremus - you can only reach this rank if you are already captain senioris, and then by accomplishing all of the primary missions. Between games any casualties that were lost are replaced so that you start each new game with a full set of marines. The only exception to this is the marine commander. If a marine commander is eliminated then that player must start off with a sergeant in the next game, and any honor badges that the player had are lost. Marine commanders of any rank start each level with six life points. THE CAMPAIGN GAME The campaign links all twelve games that you have played together. The object of the campaign is to be the first player to reach the rank of captain senioris, or even better, to accomplish all of the primary missions to become captain supremus, but only if you have previously reached captain senioris. In the first game you play in a campaign you will choose your roles as normal. You must then play the same role for the rest of the games until one player has won the campaign game. Therefore, a player who chooses to be the ultra marines will continue to play the ultra marines until the campaign has been finished. The games need not be played all at the same time. you may choose to play the games over a number of days or even weeks. At the end of each game that is played the players may be promoted or receive honor badges depending on how well they played and how many points they scored. In the campaign game the number of equipment packs and orders a marine player may choose will depend upon their rank and how many honor badges they have been awarded in previous games. A player always has four equipment packs and one order. For each honor badge they have been awarded the player may take an additional equipment pack. For each rank he has been promoted, the player may take an additional order. A player may never have more than 8 equipment packs or 4 orders. SPACE MARINE RANK TABLE HONOR BADGE TABLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RANK ORDERS HONOR BADGES EQUIPMENT PACKS ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SERGEANT ONE NONE FOUR LIEUTENANT PRIMUS TWO ONE FIVE LIEUTENANT SENIORIS THREE TWO SIX CAPTAIN PRIMUS FOUR THREE SEVEN CAPTAIN SENIORIS FOUR THREE SEVEN CAPTAIN SUPREMUS FOUR THE MARINE PLAYERS The marine players which marine chapter they are going to play with. the marine players must then choose their weapons, equipment packs and orders. each player must choose four of the eight equipment packs and one of the four orders available to that chapter, although they may choose more if their rank or honors allow. CHOOSING WEAPONS Each marine player has a range of weaponry to choose from at the start of each mission. The weapons chosen may vary from one game to another, depending on the aim of the mission. COMMANDER`S WEAPON There are three alternative weapon combinations for the marine commander: 1. Power axe and bolt pistol. this gives him a good hand-to-hand combat weapon with a little firepower. 2. Power sword and power glove. this gives him no firepower at all, but two fearsome hand-to-hand combat weapons. 3. Heavy bolter. this gives him better firepower but his hand-to-hand combat ability is only as good as a normal marine. MARINE`S WEAPONS The four marines may choose from the available weapons. one of the four marines must carry a heavy weapon and one other must carry a bolter. The remaining two may choose between carrying a bolter or a heavy weapon. The three heavy weapons available are: 1. Assault cannon A useful weapon for attacking scattered groups of the weaker aliens or for attacking single, more powerful aliens. 2. Missile launcher A good weapon for attacking aliens who are closely packed together or for attacking more powerful aliens. 3. Plasma gun The plasma gun is a very powerful weapon that is best used in the corridors where it is effective against all manner of aliens. ORDER OF PLAY The blood angels will move first, followed by the imperial fists, and then the ultra marines. MARINE PLAYERS TURN During a marine player`s turn they may move and/or fire (or engage in hand to hand combat) all of their marines. They may move and fire each marine in turn. A marine may move first, then fire, or fire first and then move. A marine does not have to fire or move. However, a marine may not move twice or fire twice unless an order is played that allows the marine player to do so. The marine player may use any of their equipment packs during the course of their turn. however, marine players may only use one order per turn. the order is played at the beginning of a marine player`s turn before moving or firing, and cannot be played again for the duration of that game. 1.MOVEMENT The game map is divided into squares which are used for movement. Squares are either corridor or room squares. A commander and any marine with a bolter may move up to six squares, and marines with heavy weapons may only move up to four squares, although one of the equipment packs will allow a chapter to move six. A marine may be moved in any direction, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. the player may always choose to move a marine less than the maximum distance allowed, or not to move a marine at all. When moving, you will not be allowed to finish your move on an occupied square. You may, however, pass through a square occupied by one of your own marines provided you have enough movement to move beyond the square. you may not move through a square occupied by an alien or a marine from another marine chapter, otherwise you must take another route or stop. 2.OPENING DOORS Aliens and marines may only enter and leave rooms through open doors. A door may be opened by moving a marine onto one of the squares in front of it, clicking on the door icon in the control panel at the bottom of the screen. players do not have to open a door if they do not wish to. Opening a door does not count as a move. Players may not close doors or open doors they are not adjacent to, unless an alien event (see alien events) has occurred and allows them to do so. A door will open automatically if a player moves on, or past it. 3.SCANNING Any of the marines in your team may scan for aliens during their turn, but only one scan is allowed per turn. If there are aliens within scan range then blips, which are unrevealed aliens, will appear. Blips will only appear if they are not within a marine`s line of sight. Obviously, any aliens within the sight of a marine will be shown as an alien, regardless of whether you have scanned or not. If a marine moves onto a square from which line of sight can be traced to one or more blips, then those blips will be revealed and an alien will appear in place of the blip. BLIPS If a marine or commander moves onto a square from which a line of sight can be traced to one or more blips, then those blips will be revealed. LINE OF SIGHT Line of sight between marines or aliens is calculated by tracing a straight line from the center of one square to the other. If the line of sight passes through a square containing a marine or alien, a closed door or a wall, the line of sight is blocked. Aliens or marines only block the line of sight for firing, they do not block the line of sight for the purpose of seeing if a blip needs to be revealed. Obviously, on the computer this is calculated automatically. FIRING You may only fire at targets that are visable and cannot fire at blips. Targets are visable if you can trace a line of sight to them. there is no maximum range for any of the weapons used in space crusade. The dice rolled will depend upon which weapon you are using. LIGHT WEAPONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOLTER OR BOLT PISTOL 2 LIGHT WEAPONS DICE HEAVY BOLTER 2 HEAVY WEAPONS DICE HEAVY WEAPONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASSAULT CANNON 2 HEAVY WEAPONS DICE PLASMA GUN 2 HEAVY WEAPONS DICE MISSILE LAUNCHER 2 HEAVY WEAPONS DICE Obviously, in the computer version the appropriate dice will be chosen for you. ROLLING TO HIT When firing, the appropriate dice for the weapon being fired are rolled. If the total is greater than the armor value of your target then you will have scored a hit. The target must then lose one life point for each point you rolled over its armor value. All aliens, except the dreadnought, have only one life point and there are therefore eliminated when they are hit. Marine`s also have one life point. Marine commanders start the game with six life points. points are scored when a rival marine or alien are eliminated. RE-ROLLING DICE Having rolled the combat dice, some equipment packs allow you to re-roll one dice. You do not have to re-roll a dice, but if you do then the new roll will be used. Click on the dice you wish to re-roll or click on the cancel button below the dice if you do not wish to re-roll. HEAVY WEAPONS There are three heavy weapons in the game and each has a special way of firing. All heavy weapons affect an area, and therefore may hit more than one target. ASSAULT CANNON When using the assault cannon the total number rolled may be split between any visable targets. Eliminating a marine or alien may make other visable targets. these will then be eliminated provided you have scored enough points. PLASMA GUN The plasma gun fires all marines or aliens in a straight line of squares, which may be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. The total number rolled is compared to the armor value of each and every marine or alien in the line of fire. The line of fire will be blocked as soon as it hits a wall or a closed door. MISSILE LAUNCHER The missile launcher must fire at a square, rather than at a specific marine or alien, although the target square may contain an alien or marine. any alien or marine in the target square will be attacked with the total number rolled on both dice. furthermore, any marine or alien in an adjacent square will be caught in the blast and is attacked with the higher of the two dice rolled. The blast will not affect marines or aliens on the far side of a wall or closed door. HAND TO HAND COMBAT Instead of firing, a marine or alien may attack using hand-to-hand combat. A marine or alien may attack using hand-to-hand combat before or after moving. To attack a marine or alien in hand-to-hand combat you must be in one of four squares to the side, front or rear. You cannot attack diagonally unless your marine team carries an equipment pack that allows then to do so. The hand-to-hand combat dice are rolled and the points of the two opponents are compared. Whoever rolled the most wins. the loser must lose one life point for each point his opponent rolled above their own total. Therefore if one player rolled one and their opponent rolled four, he would lose three life points. If both roll the same score then it is a draw and neither of them loses any life points. In hand to hand combat, the strength of any armor is not considered. THE ALIEN`S TURN During the alien`s turn they may move and/or attack. An alien event takes place immediately before the alien`s turn. Once they have moved/attacked then the alien`s turn is over. ALIENS ATTACKING Each alien, except the dreadnought, may make one attack per turn. the attack may be made before or after the alien moves. Aliens attack either by firing or hand-to-hand combat. some aliens have heavy weapons. some of the chaos marines may have heavy weapons and the dreadnought may be armed with two. These heavy weapons fire in the same way as heavy weapons carried by marines. Aliens may not fire their weapons and attack in hand-to-hand combat in the same turn. ELIMINATING MARINES Marine players lose points for each marine eliminated, more points for each marine with a heavy weapon eliminated or if their marine commander is eliminated. Marine players continue to play normally, even if their marine commander is eliminated. THE DREADNOUGHT The dreadnought is a fearsome war machine, developed by the alien followers of chaos. It is an adversary to be feared and respected. MOVING THE DREADNOUGHT The dreadnought occupies four squares, instead of one. When moving it may pass through other alien`s but may not end its move if any of the four squares it occupies contains an alien or marine. The dreadnought may always change the direction in which it is facing by turning on the spot. The dreadnought may not move diagonally. THE DREADNOUGHT`S WEAPONS The dreadnought starts the game with bolters mounted onto its body and two heavy weapons. When a dreadnought fires it may fire all three of its weapons. The weapons are fired one at a time. It may fire more than one weapon at the same target or may choose to fire each weapon at a different target. The dreadnought can fire all its weapons as long as it can trace a line of sight to its intended target from at least one of the four squares it occupies. The dreadnought may not fire those weapons that have been lost during combat. When both heavy weapons have been lost then it may only fire with its bolters. THE DREADNOUGHT`S LIFE POINTS The dreadnought has three life points. When it loses the first life point then it will lose one of its heavy weapons. The second heavy weapon is lost when it loses another life point. It continues to roll its full number of combat dice for hand-to-hand combat, even when it is damaged. The dreadnought is destroyed when it loses its third life point. ALIEN REINFORCEMENTS The alien starts the game with a number of reinforcements. The exact number will depend on the mission being played. The alien may move up his reinforcements at the end of his turn. Alien reinforcements will not be placed on a square that is visable to a marine. Obviously, all the above actions will be carried out by the computer. ALIEN ARMOR VALUES, MOVEMENT LIMITS AND COMBAT DICE. (L = LIGHT WEAPON DICE, H = HEAVY WEAPON DICE) ALIEN ARMOR VALUE MOVE FIRE HAND-TO-HAND ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ORKS 1 6 2L 2L GRETCHIN 0 8 2L 1L ANDROID 2 4 3L 2H CHAOS MARINE 2 6 WITH LW 2L 2L 4 WITH HW CHAOS COMMANDER 2 6 2H 2L SOULSUCKER 3 8 NONE 2H DREADNOUGHT 4 4 2X2H+2L 2H+2L COMPLETING THE MISSION If one of the marine players succeeds in fulfilling the mission they will be awarded the primary mission, for which you will be awarded thirty points. A marine player who accomplishes the secondary mission will be awarded the secondary mission, and points. For more information on secondary missions, see `alien events` later in this manual. Once the mission has been accomplished the marines must return their own docking claws. Any marine on a docking claw is safe from attack. aliens may not move onto a marine docking claw. once a marine has returned to the docking claw it plays no further part in the game. A marine may not fire or move back onto the map. If the marines fail to complete the mission they may still return to their docking claw to escape. END OF THE GAME Once all the marine`s and commanders have returned to their docking claws then the game ends. The game ends automatically after each remaining marine chapter have taken their final turn. The marine players have one last turn each, to try to save as many of their marines as they can. Any marines left still outside their docking claw after this last turn are assumed to be eliminated. WINNING THE GAME The computer will total up the score for each of the players, and will tell you who the winner is, providing that at least one player has reached the minimum winning points required. again, this number is mission dependant, but this number will be given in the mission briefing screen. Once a game is over, the players will be given the opportunity of saving their chapters to use in later games or campaigns. Those are the rules of play, and you will need to be familiar with them before you play the computer game. The computer will enforce most of the rules for you, of course. The following section explains how the computer game works. SPACE CRUSADE: THE COMPUTER VERSION ON LOADING Following the loading sequence you will be presented with four flags representing the four languages available, press the appropriate function key corresponding to the language you wish to use. After this you will encounter the copy protection, type in anything as this is cracked by ** n.o.m.a.d ** CONTROLS USE THE JOYSTICK OR THE MOUSE TO MOVE THE CURSOR AND THE FIRE BUTTON ON THE JOYSTICK OR LEFT HAND MOUSE BUTTON TO SELECT OPTIONS. IF USING THE KEYBOARD SEE BELOW. ADDITIONAL KEYBOARD CONTROLS: CURSOR UP MOVES POINTER UP. CURSOR DOWN MOVES POINTER DOWN. CURSOR LEFT MOVES POINTER LEFT. CURSOR RIGHT MOVES POINTER RIGHT. SPACE BAR IMITATES FIRE BUTTON ON JOYSTICK OR LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. KEYS F1-F5 SELECTS THE COMMANDER AND MARINES CURRENTLY TAKING THEIR TURN. PRESSING ONE OF THE FUNCTION KEYS TWICE WILL CENTER THE SCREEN ON THAT MARINE. F10 TOGGLES BETWEEN SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC. S TOGGLES THE SCROLL BUTTON ON/OFF. WHEN THE S KEY IS TOGGLED ON YOU CAN THEN USE THE KEYBOARD OR JOYSTICK/MOUSE SCROLL AROUND THE CURRENT MISSION MAP. ESCAPE QUITS THE CURRENT MISSION. MAIN OPTIONS SCREEN When the game has loaded, the first game screen featured will be the main options screen, which has three icons: select mission, select chapters and expansion missions. The expansion mission icon is provided for future missions that will be released at a later date. When all of the players have made their selections for the forthcoming mission then a new icon will appear, this is the start mission icon, looking like a 3-d isometric view of the board. click on this and your mission will begin. SELECT MISSION Having chosen this option a hand held computer will appear with a list of slots with the names of the available missions. Click on one of the mission slots, we recommend that you play the missions in the order that they are presented. The mission brief for the mission you have just selected will now appear in the text window of the hand held computer. MISSION BRIEF This will be the marines mission and will tell the marine players what they must try to do to achieve the primary mission objective and so score bonus points. Each mission will have a points threshold over which the players must score in order to successfully win the mission. If the word `more>>` appears in the text window then click on the text window and any additional text will appear. Click on accept (the tick) button, at the bottom of the hand held computer, if you wish to play the mission, you will then be taken back to the main options screen ready to select your marine chapter. If you wish to select a different mission then click on the refuse (the cross) button and you will be taken back to the mission list. SELECT CHAPTER When you click on this icon you will be presented with a screen showing a picture of each of the marine chapters in action. Each player wishing to play space crusade must choose a chapter of marines to play with. The first player should click on the chapter picture representing the marine chapter they wish to play with, a blast door will close over their selected marine chapter to indicate that the marine chapter has been chosen, and will be taking part in the forthcoming mission. The marine chapter emblem above the blast door can now be clicked on, this will take the player to the chapter option screen (see below), from where the player will equip his chapter for the mission. If the chapter is flashing then this indicates that the player has not fully prepared their chapter for the forthcoming mission and can not start a mission. If this happens then click on the flashing emblem and select a full complement of weapons, equipment and orders via the chapter option screen. When all of the players have chosen a marine chapter and made their selections for their marine chapter they should click on the double arrow in the bottom right hand corner of the select chapter screen which will return them to the main options screen ready to click on the start mission icon. note: once a mission has been completed the players must choose their new mission and return to this screen. All of the blast doors will be open, players must again choose which marine chapters are to take part in the next mission by following the above procedure. If a player does not wish to access any of the options from the chapter option screen, for example changing weapons, then they should not click on the chapter emblem above the blast door, unless it is flashing, but click on the double arrow in the bottom right corner to return them to the main options screen ready to click on the start mission icon. CHAPTER OPTION SCREEN THIS SCREEN HAS THREE ICONS, SELECT WEAPONS, LOAD/SAVE COMMANDER AND COMMANDER STATUS. SELECT WEAPONS To select the weapons for your marine chapter click on this icon. You will first be presented with the commander and marine weapon selection, and then the equipment and order selection screen. There is a default set of weapons, equipment and order for each marine chapter already present and you may wish to alter these (see below). COMMANDER AND MARINES WEAPONS SELECTION Each marine chapter must select their weapons carefully and with the mission they are about to undertake in mind. The hand held computer displays the available weapons, click on a marines face at the top of the device, the face will now highlight with a yellow box surround. For your convenience we have included a set of default weapons, so you can start a mission without having to set up your own marines weapons. If you do wish to change the weapons we have set up for you then follow the procedure on discarding weapons below. Use the single arrows either side of the currently displayed weapon to move through the choice of weapons. When you have decided on the weapon for the currently selected marine click on the picture of the weapon, the led underneath the marine will now turn from red to green and `currently selected` will appear underneath the weapon to indicate that the marine that is currently selected has now got that weapon. Continue to do this for the rest of the marines. You will notice that any weapon selected and assigned to another marine will have the phrase `previously selected` underneath it. If you wish to change and discard a marines weapon then select him again, click on the currently selected weapon, the led underneath the marine will now turn from green to red, then select another weapon in the same way as before. When all of the marines have chosen their weapons click on the double arrow button at the bottom right hand corner of the hand held computer, this will take you to the equipment order and selection screen. if you wish to return to the chapter options screen then click on the double arrow button at the bottom left of the device. EQUIPMENT AND ORDER SELECTION Note: if you wish to recap or re-examine the information on the equipment and orders you have selected whilst you are playing, details are given at the back of this manual. For your convenience we have included a set of default equipment and an order, so you can start a mission without having to set up your marines equipment and order. If you do wish to change the equipment and order we have set up for you then follow the procedure about discarding equipment or orders below. A hand held computer will display the equipment and orders available to your marine chapter. The following procedure can be used for selection of both equipment and orders. When you first enter this screen the order button is already active and highlighted and a picture of one of the available orders will be present in the window in the top left corner of the hand held computer. Click on either the equipment button or the order button. The one selected will highlight with a yellow box surround to indicate that it is active. A picture of a piece of equipment or an order will be displayed in the window at the top left hand corner of the hand held computer. You will notice that one or more led`s have appeared underneath the equipment/order picture at the top of the hand held computer. The number of led`s present when the equipment button is selected will depend on how many equipment packs you are allowed to possess, the number will range from four to eight, the exact number is determined by the number of honor badges your commander currently possesses. The number of led`s present when the order button is selected will depend on how many orders you are allowed to possess, the number will range from one to four, the exact number is determined by your commanders current rank. Click on one or two of the single arrows below the equipment and order buttons to move through the available choices. A description of the equipment or order you are currently viewing will appear in the text window below the led`s if there is more text to follow then `more>>` will appear at the end of the text, click on the text window and any additional text will then appear. When you wish to select a piece of equipment or order simply click on the picture of it in the top left hand corner of the hand held computer. You will notice that one of the led`s has turned from red to green, this indicates that an order or equipment pack has been selected and will be present when you start your mission. Continue to do this until all of the led`s for both equipment and orders have turned green. If you change your mind and wish to discard an equipment pack or an order then click on the single arrows until the picture of the equipment or order appears in the top left hand window of the hand held computer. Then click on the picture to discard the equipment or order and the previously green l.e.d will now turn to red. Follow the above procedure to select another one. when you are happy with your selections click on the double arrow at the bottom right of the hand held computer to take you back to the chapter options screen. The double arrow button on the left hand side will take you back to the weapon select screen. If the marine player chooses a targeter as part of their equipment then a weapon with green arrows either side will appear in the text window. click on the arrows to move through the available weapons. When you wish to attach a targeter to a weapon simply click on the picture of the weapon and the targeter will be assigned to that weapon and `now selected` will appear underneath the weapon. If more>> is clicked on then a targeter symbol will appear next to the weapon to indicate that it is assigned to that particular weapon. If you wish to change your mind and assign the targeter to another weapon ensure that the targeter picture is in the top left hand window, a weapon should now appear in the text window. Click on the weapon and the targeter will no longer be assigned to that weapon. using the green arrows next to the weapon move through the available weapons until you find the one you want and follow the above procedure for re-selection. After a mission has been played, and as long as the computer has not been turned off, then the equipment, orders and weapons from the previous mission will already be set up for the next mission. remember you must always reselect a marine chapter by closing a blast door on the select chapter screen. If you are happy with your order, equipment and weapons, and do not want to load or save them then you need not click on the chapter emblem. If you wish to re-select any equipment, orders or weapons then you must click on the chapter emblem which will take you to the chapter options screen. LOAD/SAVE COMMANDER CLICK ON THIS ICON AND THREE NEW ICONS WILL APPEAR. LOAD COMMANDER, SAVE COMMANDER AND FORMAT DISK. LOAD COMMANDER To load a previously saved commander, click on the load icon and follow any on screen instructions. A screen with a list of load slots will appear, click on the slot you wish to load and follow any on screen instructions. If you do not wish to load, then click on the exit button at the bottom of the screen. When you have finished and returned to the load/save/format screen click on the double arrow button at the bottom right of the screen to return you to the chapter options screen. SAVE COMMANDER To save a commander, click on the save icon and follow any on screen instructions. If you have not saved previously then a screen with a list of empty unused save slots will appear, click on a slot, the name of your marine chapter and a number will appear, then follow any on screen instructions. On future saves ensure that you click on the slot you wish to update. If you do not wish to save, then click on the exit button, this will return you to the load/save/format screen. From here click on the double arrow button at the bottom right of the screen to return you to the chapter options screen. FORMAT DISK This will allow you to create a disk onto which you can save your marine commander. If you choose this option, simply follow the on screen instructions, taking care not to format your game disk. COMMANDER STATUS This screen shows the current status of a marine commander. This screen will show the commanders current rank, any honor badges he holds, the total number of kills for the last mission and the number of points for the last mission. If your commander has four honor badges then they will be flashing to indicate that they can be traded. A trade button will appear at the bottom of the screen, in place of one of the normal exit buttons, to allow you to trade the honor badges in for a promotion by one rank, unless your commander is already at the highest rank or the rank below (there will be no rank ceremony when increasing in rank from the status screen). If you click on the trade button, you will loose the four badges, and be promoted by one rank. the trade button will then disappear. If more>> appears at the bottom of the text window then click on it and the mission record will be shown. The mission record displays any previous missions and whether they have been successfully completed or not. This will be indicated by a tick or a cross next to the mission and its number. When you have finished on this screen then click on the exit button. Once the player has made all of the selections for their marine chapter then click on the double arrow in the bottom right hand corner of the chapter option screen, this will return them to the select chapter screen ready for the next player to choose a marine chapter. ORDER OF PLAY The blood angels will move first, followed by the imperial fists and then the ultra marines. PLAYING THE MISSION After all the selections for each of the marine chapters taking part in the forthcoming mission have been made and they have returned to the main options screen then the start mission icon should be selected, the mission will then begin. each marine chapter starts a mission from their own docking claw. The docking claw is also the place that the team should return to at the end of a mission in order to be safe. When marines return to the docking claw then they can not perform any actions. During a marine player`s turn they may move and/or fire/or hand-to-hand combat all of their marines. A player may move and fire each marine in turn. A marine may move first, then fire, or fire first and then move. A marine does not have to fire or move. However a marine may not move twice or fire twice unless the player possesses an order that allows them to do so. During a mission the pointer will appear as a commanders glove in the color of the current chapter. THE MAIN SCREEN The main screen is made up of the main view window, the small map window and the dynamic information window. underneath these is the control panel. 1.MAIN VIEW WINDOW This is where all of the action takes place. You may click on any of your marines in this window whilst in plan view in order to select them. Also clicking on a revealed alien and holding the fire button down will activate the alien i.d mode and will show the alien in 3-d isometric along with its name in the small map window. The main view window has arrows around the edges, clicking on any of these, or along the edges of the main view window will scroll the main view window in the chosen direction. Clicking down and holding the fire button on these arrows or the edges of the main view window will continue to scroll the main view window until either the fire button is released or until the end of the mission map is reached. When the 3-d button is active, clicking on the four arrows surrounding the main view window will display the four angles of the isometric view. 2.SMALL MAP WINDOW This window displays the mission map. Aliens and your marines are shown as dots and they can be seen moving around the map when ordered to do so, aliens and blips are shown as green dots, objects such as rubble are shown as blue dots and marines are shown as red. To aid in identification a graphic and name of an alien or an object can also be seen displayed in this window in 3-d isometric by clicking and holding down the fire button, left mouse button or space bar on the square they occupy whilst in plan view mode. Clicking anywhere on this map will take the main view window to that position. When the 3-d button is selected a 3-d isometric view of part of the map will be displayed in the main view window. Whilst the 3-d button is active, clicking anywhere on the small map will cause that part of the map to be displayed in 3-d. Clicking on the 3-d button again will cancel it. When the dice are being rolled this window will display the dice roll as digital read-outs, dice that are not active will be dehighlited. Heavy weapon dice are coloured red and are at the top, light weapon dice are coloured white and are at the bottom. A player may sometimes be given the option to re-roll some of the dice, you will be informed of this option in the dynamic information window, click on the particular dice you wish to re-roll or click cancel if you are happy with the dice roll and do not wish to re-roll. 3.DYNAMIC INFORMATION WINDOW This window at the top right hand corner of the screen shows information about the currently selected marine in the marine team currently taking its turn, or the aliens when it is their turn. when a marine team are taking their turn the marine`s chapter emblem will be displayed at the top of this window along with the name of the currently selected marine, the number of life points the marine holds, the weapon carried by that marine and also any targeter that may have been chosen as one of your equipment choices. If a marine has collected an object as part of the mission objective then this will also be displayed in this window to indicate which marine possesses it. When all of the marine teams have had their turn and have clicked on the next player icon, this window will then display the number of turns remaining and will prompt you to press the fire button. The number of turns will count down. Once the turn counter reaches one then your marine team will have one last turn to get all their marines back into the docking claw, otherwise they will all die. After the number of turns remaining have been displayed then it is the alien`s turn. Before the alien takes its turn an alien event will be played (see alien events) which may be beneficial or detrimental to the marines. The alien will then take its turn. You will see the alien emblem in this window and the control panel action icons will light up with a green surround when the aliens are taking their turn, this helps you see what actions the aliens are performing. If the alien attacks using hand-to-hand combat then the marine involved will automatically make a defensive dice roll. You will be prompted in this window to re-roll under certain circumstances, a chapter emblem will also appear in this window to indicate which chapter must choose re-roll or cancel. CONTROL PANEL The panel at the bottom of the screen is where you control your marines actions. Each icon has a particular function. Only the currently available actions will be highlighted. A marine must be selected before any of these icons become highlighted, with the exception of the order icon. CONTROL PANEL ACTION ICONS This is the main section of the panel, and appears under the main view window. Clicking on these icons will cause them to be surrounded by the color of your marine team to indicate that it has been selected. the coloured surround will stay active whilst the action is taking place. Once selected, an icon can be cancelled by clicking on it again, with the exception of the scanner, door and next player icons. THE ICONS ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: A.SCROLL ICON Click on this icon and move the joystick, mouse or keys to scroll around the mission map. click on this icon again to exit this mode. Pressing the s key will also activate this option, use the joystick, mouse or keyboard to move around the map. Pressing the s key again will de-activate this option. B.MOVE Click on this icon and the main view window will dehighlight all squares that can not be walked on. squares that the marine can move to will stay as normal. Marines with bolt pistols and commanders are able to move up to six squares. Marines with heavy weapons can only move up to four squares, unless they possess a piece of equipment that allows them to do so. When the main view window has dehighlighted the unavailable squares, click on a square and the marine will move to that square. If you have failed to scan then there may be an un-revealed alien blocking your marines path, your marine would then stop, and the alien would be revealed. C.FIRE When the fire icon in the control panel is clicked on, the main view window will display the squares that can be fired upon in yellow and `select target` will appear in the dynamic information window. Click on an alien to be fired at or, if the missile launcher or plasma gun are being used, click on any square either containing an alien or an empty square with aliens on adjacent squares. The digital dice roll will now appear in the small map window. if cancel appears underneath the dice then the player has the opportunity to get a re-roll. This is done by clicking on the actual dice. If the player does not wish to re-roll a dice then they should click on cancel. If the player`s dice roll has scored more than the alien`s armor value then the alien will be eliminated, with the exception of the dreadnought, who has three life points beyond his armor value. If you get a high dice roll score when using the assault cannon, and have beaten the alien`s armor value, the alien will be eliminated, your dice score will then decrease by the alien`s armor value, and you will be requested to select another alien to attack. This will continue until there are no more aliens to fire at in the vicinity, your dice roll has reached zero or your dice score is not sufficiently high enough to eliminate an alien, click on the fire icon to cancel when this is the case. D.HAND-TO-HAND When this icon is selected any aliens on adjacent squares to the currently selected marine can be attacked in hand-to-hand combat. Marines cannot use hand-to-hand combat diagonally unless they have equipment that allows then to do so. The aliens that are able to be attacked will be standing on a yellow square, all the other squares will stay as normal. Click on the square containing the alien you wish to attack. the dice will now roll for the marine`s attack score, followed by the defensive dice roll for the alien. whoever gets the highest dice roll will win, the loser will lose one life point for each point his opponent rolled above his own total. If it is a draw, then neither loses any life points. The icon will not be available for selection if a marine is not adjacent to an opponent or if they have already fired a weapon this turn. E.ORDERS This icon will only be active and highlighted at the start of the marine player`s turn before a marine has been selected. Once a marine has been selected the order will not be available for the rest of the turn. If the player has more than one order, only one can be used per turn. selecting this icon displays the current available orders as pictures in the small map window. If you possess more than the order, then click on the arrows either side of the order picture to view the others. To select and use an order, click on the order picture displayed in the small map window. Click on the order icon in the control panel again to cancel if you no longer wish to select and order. F.EQUIPMENT Clicking on this icon will display all the equipment you have previously chosen in the small map widow as pictures. Equipment which is used throughout a mission, for example the bionic eye, will not be shown here because it is always in use, and does not need to be selected at any particular point in the game. use the arrows either side of the equipment picture to view any other equipment you may possess. To select and use a particular equipment pack, click on the equipment picture in the small map window. Click on the equipment icon in the control panel again to cancel if you no longer wish to select any equipment. G.DOORS When a marine is standing next to a door he can open it by clicking on this icon. A door will open automatically when a marine or alien`s move allows then to travel past the door. A door can not be closed once it has been opened unless the master controls have been discovered. H.SCANNER The scanner can be used by any selected marine to reveal blips, but only once per turn (unless an alien event allows them to do so). A commanders scanner has a larger scan range than a normal marines scanner. The scanner icon will dehighlight when not available. I.NEXT PLAYER Clicking on this icon will finish your marine team`s turn and transfer to the next player`s marine team, or the alien, for them to take their turn. J I-V.MARINE TEAM ICONS This panel shows the faces of the marines in your team. A marine must be selected before move, fire, hand-to-hand combat, door, equipment or scan can be selected from the control panel. To select a marine, click on one of the marine face icons at the bottom of the screen, on a marine displayed in the main view window or press keys f1-f5 which correspond to the commander and the four marines. The control panel will now highlight the actions available to the selected marine. double clicking on a marine icon, or a marine displayed in the main view window or pressing one of the f1-f5 keys twice, will center the screen on the selected marine. when a marine is selected a red led will light up underneath his face. There are two smaller led`s above his face, the left one will turn from green to red when that marine has moved, the right one will turn from green to red when that marine has fired or used hand-to-hand combat. If any of your marines do not leave the docking claw during the first turn or have returned to the docking claw after the first turn, their faces will be dehighlighted to indicate that they cannot be selected. When a marine is eliminated a skull will appear in place of his face. Any orders should be played prior to selecting a marine. QUIT MISSION There may be times when you wish to quit the current mission and start again or your marines may be trapped somewhere because they are surrounded by a vacuum. Press the escape key to quit the mission. Your commander and marines will now all die. MISSION DE-BRIEF When all marine chapters have either returned to the docking claw, or have died, the mission is finished and your marine commander will get a mission de-brief from the imperium. you will be told whether you have won the mission. Each mission will have a minimum score that is required to win the mission. If playing a game with more than one marine team then the team with the most points wins the mission, but only if they have scored above the minimum number of points required to win that mission. The commander of the winning team will be promoted by one rank and will take part in an award ceremony. Completion or non-completion of the primary mission will also determine the type of de-briefing message you will be given. If `more>>` appears at the bottom of the text then this indicates that there is more text to follow, click on the text window and any additional text will appear. when you wish to leave this screen click on the exit button at the bottom of the screen. Once all the marine players taking part have had their mission de-brief they will then be taken to their chapter option screen where they can save or view the status of their commander. When a marine player has finished on the chapter option screen they should click on the double arrows in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. If more than one marine player was taking part then the next players chapter option screen will appear. When the last player has finished on their chapter option screen they should click on the double arrow in the bottom right hand corner, this will take the players to the main options screen ready to select a new mission. ALIEN EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.COMMUNICATIONS MALFUNCTION This is played on one player. That player may not use an order on their next turn. 2.SUICIDE ANDROID Any one android may self destruct after moving. Two heavy weapons dice are rolled. Each marine/alien adjacent to the android is attacked with the total of 2 dice. 3.ANDROID FAULT No androids or dreadnought may move or fire this turn. 4.LURE OF CHAOS A marine is randomly chosen (not a commander) and 1 heavy weapons dice is rolled. if a 3 is rolled, the marine is replaced with a chaos marine. 5.MASTER CONTROLS Marines may not open or close as many doors as they like. This stays active for the rest of the mission. The door icon will now be highlighted for the rest of the mission. click on the door icon and then on any door in the main view window you wish to open or close. 6.BOOBY TRAP A marine is randomly chosen (not a commander) and a missile launcher attack is made on that square. 7.OUT OF AMMO A marine with a heavy weapon is randomly chosen and has his heavy weapon replaced with a bolter. If no bolter is available then the marine will have no weapon and can only fight using hand-to-hand. 8.REPORT IN This is played on a player, that player`s commander may not move or attack on his next turn. 9. AUTO DEFENCE This shoots at any marine. One heavy weapons die is rolled. 10.MECH.ASSAULT All androids and dreadnoughts may move up to twice their normal move this turn as well as attack. 11.WEAPONS JAMMED This is played on one of the players. That player may not fire and heavy weapons or heavy bolter on their next turn. 12.PSYCHIC ATTACK No gretchin or orks may move this turn. 13.MOTHERSHIP COMMUNICATION The secondary mission is transmitted to the marine teams attempting a mission and is displayed in the main view window. 14.GRETCHIN BOMBER Any one gretchin may throw a frag grenade instead of firing. The frag grenade attacks in the same way as a missile launcher. 15.MOTHERSHIP SCAN Allows each marine chapter to scan twice for one turn only. 16.SOULSUCKER A soulsucker is placed next to a marine or commander. The soulsucker may move and attack as normal this turn. 17.EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION One equipment pack from a marine chapter is lost due to malfunction. 18.ALIEN ELITE Any one alien can use twice their normal actions this turn. 19.FRENZY Any one gretchin or ork may attack twice in hand-to-hand combat this turn. SPACE CRUSADE MISSIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/4-SECTOR 45. SEEK AND DESTROY. Seek and destroy dreadnought aboard alien vessel 653. The aliens have blocked some corridors with rubble. Clear rubble with weapon hit of one or above. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who destroys the dreadnought. 2.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/5-SECTOR 46. ELIMINATE AND SURVIVE. The empire has failed to destroy all aliens on board alien vessel 656 by using experimental germ warfare. Eliminate as many aliens as possible and also any marines from another chapter as there is only enough antidote available aboard the mother ship for one marine chapter. If only one marine chapter is deployed on this mission then eliminate all five infected chaos marines. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who eliminates the greatest number of rival marines. If any players eliminate the same number of marines it will be awarded to the player who has scored the most points. If one player only, then all chaos marines must be destroyed. 3.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/6-SECTOR 47. DISABLE ALIEN VESSEL. Disable alien vessel by destroying engineering control panel located in the engine room. Engineering control panel requires a hit of two or above to destroy it. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who destroys the engine control panel. 4.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/7-SECTOR 16. LOCATE AND RESCUE. Locate a container which is preserving the brain of the empires top scientist and return it to the docking claw. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who returns the container safely to the docking claw. 5.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/8-SECTOR 85. LOCATE AND RETRIEVE. Delta squad beta company have been wiped out whilst testing a secret experimental weapon. Locate the experimental weapon and return it to the docking claw. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who returns to the docking claw with the experimental weapon. 6.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/8-SECTOR 12. PURGE AND WITHDRAW. Intelligence reports that alien vessel has three outer hull doors. Open an outer hull door and withdraw from the vacuum that will spread to the rest of the ship. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who is the first to open an outer hull door and returns to the docking claw. 7.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/9-SECTOR 24. INTERCEPTION. Aliens have been detected aboard a drifting hulk in sector 24. as many aliens must be engaged and destroyed as possible. However intelligence reports that a radioactive source is aboard which is known to sometimes cause false scanner readings. If only one marine team is deployed then at least 15 aliens must be destroyed. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who eliminates the greatest number of aliens. If two players kill the same number of aliens then the primary mission is awarded to the player with the most points. If only one player, they must kill over 15 aliens. 8.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/10-SECTOR 16. EXTERMINATE. There are reports of a very dangerous breed of alien nick-named soulsuckers aboard alien vessel 93. Eliminate all soulsuckers that are encountered. If only one marine team is deployed then at least 10 soulsuckers must be destroyed. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who kills the greatest number of soulsuckers. If two players destroy the same number of soulsuckers then the player who scored the most points is awarded the primary mission. 9.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/11-SECTOR 53. LOCATE AND EXTERMINATE. Soulsucker eggs are reported to be hidden on board alien vessel 28. Locate egg hatchery room and send a marine into the room to destroy as many of the soulsucker eggs as possible. Eggs can only be destroyed with a weapon hit of one or above. If only one marine team deployed then all soulsucker eggs must be destroyed. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who destroyed the greatest number of soulsucker eggs. If a one player game then the primary mission will be awarded if all eggs are destroyed. 10.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/12-SECTOR 68. SABOTAGE AND WITHDRAW. Intelligence reports the discovery of a weak spot in the outer hull of alien vessel 331. Locate the weak spot, blow a hole in the outer hull, a weapon hit of three or above is required, and retreat to the docking claw from the vacuum that will spread throughout the ship. The primary mission will be awarded to the first player to blow a hole in the outer hull. 11.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/13-SECTOR 5. DESTROY ALIEN SHIP 17. Intelligence reports that the alien ship 17 has not had its self destruct mechanism disabled by the aliens. Activate ship self destruct by destroying control panel in control room with a weapon hit of two or above. The primary mission will be awarded to the player who activates the ship self destruct. 12.PRIMARY MISSION: MISSION 653/14-SECTOR 44. DESTROY CUBE OF CHAOS. Intelligence reports that the aliens are protecting `the cube of chaos`, a device that is close to completion. If this device is allowed to survive the aliens plan to use it to rip a hole in the fabric of space and time and allow the realm of chaos to enter through the warp. The cube requires a weapon hit of three or above. The primary mission is awarded to the player who destroys the cube of chaos.