Invisiclues

How do I turn off the alarm bell?

1. You'll have to go out to the Bridge (walk starboard from the Living Quarters).
2. Have you read the description of the mass detector?
3. Try pushing the red button. Or, tell the computer to turn it off.

How do I read the output of the mass detector?

1. This is the space chart that was supplied with your game.
2. The range is the distance from your ship (center of chart). Theta is the angle (in the plane of the chart) from your current course (the radiating lines are 15 [degrees] apart). Phi is the angle above or below the plane of the chart. (Remember that the chart is a two-dimensional representation of three dimensions.) Each phi value can be found under the object's designation code.

What is the significance of the ship's registration?

1. Have you read it?
2. It has no other significance.

How do I reply to the message from Ceres?

1. Have you tried COMPUTER, REPLY TO PREVIOUS MESSAGE?
2. What message from Ceres?

How do I use the ship's controls?

1. Have you examined them?
2. Have you tried touching them, turning them on, etc.?
3. "The computer must be used to set courses, as navigation is fully automated." (You can also get status reports from the computer at any time.)

How do I know which unidentified mass I should go to?

1. The mass detector did indicate the correct mass.
2. Have you looked at the screen on the mass detector?
3. Each time you start the game, one of the eight unidentified masses is randomly chosen as the goal, so it won't be the same every time you play.

How do I set a course for a particular object
(for instance, UM08)?

1. Only the computer can set course.
2. See your game manual for directions on talking to machines (and Aliens, etc.).
3. Have you tried COMPUTER, SET COURSE FOR UM08?
4. You must give the computer the range, theta, and phi values from your space chart.
5. For UM08: COMPUTER, R IS 150, THETA IS 210, PHI IS 017 or
       COMPUTER, R IS 150.
       COMPUTER, THETA IS 210.
       COMPUTER, PHI IS 17.
   Of course, the alternate way of speaking to the computer will work just as well (TELL COMPUTER "R IS 150..."). When the computer asks for confirmation, type COMPUTER, CONFIRM.

Is there a way to get the computer to shut up?

1. Yes.
2. Try turning it off.

What do I do with the tape library?

1. You can take it.
2. You can turn it on.
3. You can play tapes.
4. This is how space travelers alleviate boredom.

How can I leave the ship?

1. Have you tried opening the door?
2. Before you open the outer door, you should prepare for a space walk.
3. Put on the space suit and attach the safety line to the hook in the Airlock and to your suit.
4. You can now go out for a space walk.

How do I get back to the Starcross?

1. If you went for a space walk without a safety line, you would be very lucky to make it back alive.

What is the safety line for?

1. It is dangerous to leave the ship unless you have a safety line connecting you to the ship.

How do I land the Starcross on the unidentified mass?

1. Have you tried telling the computer to land?
2. It is spinning too rapidly to land on.
3. Wait for the Artifact to spin under you and inspect it before you attempt to land.

How fast is the Artifact spinning?

1. Assuming that the "gravity" being simulated at the outer level is 1G, it would have to rotate once every 30 seconds or so. This would mean that the rotational speed is about 360 kilometers per hour on the outer surface.

How do I maneuver the Starcross to the fore end of the unidentified mass?

1. Unfortunately, you cannot.
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