: (c) P. Langston & N. Howard %W% last mod %G% -- P.S.L. games " Just Imagine ... You are travelling as First Under-secretary to the Ambassador for the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne, (CDT). Your direct superior, Mr. Magnan, has managed to duck out of the action and leave you as sole assistant to his superior, Ambassador Pouncetrifle. (The Ambassador is a classic bungler and would, if left on his own, mess things up badly.) You have been sent to Aldebaran III where you are to avert an uprising against Terran nationals expected at the end of April. During your trip you were able to peruse the ship's meager library and make a few notes on the history, life-forms and society of Aldebaran III, but much of Aldebaran culture is still a mystery. It is the middle of the night; the ship on which you arrived has just departed from the small spaceport which you find to be windy and deserted." words (verbs) ask question 1 attack hit 1 beat 2 kick 3 kill 4 buy purchase 1 steal borrow 1 purloin 2 read examine 1 in enter 1 exit out 1 leave 2 push press 1 drop throw 1 words (objects) i me you official\ identity\ papers 0 -1 papers 1 notes 0 -1 credit\ card 0 1 card 1 electronic\ all-dialect\ dictionary dictionary 1 cigarette\ pack pack 1 cigarettes 2 drink beer 1 liquor 2 subwalk\ tokens tokens 1 half-empty\ wine\ bottle 0 101 bottle 1 shovel 0 12 pale\ xyller xyller 1 alabaster\ yangst yangst 1 green\ zwerf zwerf 1 keys 0 5 money peace directions information 1 drunken\ ruffians ruffians 1 transylvanian\ count vampire 1 count 2 pre actions * v+9.%7% ,,, * v=7.1 ,,, * v>8.27 v?9.24 m="Tensions seem at the breaking point as" ,,, * v?9.24 v=9.0 v+8.1 m="Another day passes..." ,,, take\ xyller o?xyller t?yangst ,,, m="\ The yangst seems to twitch and roll slightly in your grip." take\ yangst o?yangst t?zwerf ,,, m="\ The zwerf seems to twitch and soften in your hand for a moment." * o?yangst t~yangst o?zwerf t~zwerf ,,, o-zwerf m="\ As you watch, amazed, the yangst turns a muddy, opaque brown and starts to spin, rolling toward the zwerf which, in turn, melts into a green, viscous fluid and starts seeping into the ground! The yangst is now spinning madly and rolls over traces of the zwerf which seem to boil away on contact! After the last trace of the zwerf has been vaporized the spinning yangst slows to a stop and resumes its alabaster translucency. " * o?xyller t~xyller o?yangst t~yangst ,,, o-yangst m="\ Before your startled eyes the pale xyller turns a deep crimson and, emitting a piercing wail, slides toward the yangst! The yangst frantically tries to roll away but is overtaken, engulfed and consumed by the flushed xyller! The xyller burps once and returns to its previous pale color, its wail dying down to silence. You realize that you've been holding your breath the whole time. " * t?tokens v?2.0 t-tokens ,,, * o~tokens v>2.0 v=2.0 o+tokens@0 ,,, m="\ I understand that theft is not uncommon on Aldebaran III." * v?13.1 c?33 o?vampire@%PREV_LOC% v~PREV_LOC.42 ,,, o+vampire m="\ FLAP FLAP FLAP POOF!.... Suddenly, you are not alone." * v?13.1 c?33 v>9.19 o~vampire o+vampire@%PREV_LOC% ,,, m="\ You hear the flap of wings nearby ..." * v?13.1 c?50 v<9.6 o~vampire o+vampire@%PREV_LOC% ,,, m="\ You hear the flap of wings ..." * o?vampire v~CUR_LOC.42 v?13.1 v?9.6 o-vampire v=13.2 m=" At that moment, (6:00 A.S.T) the sun rises, and the embarassed Vampire crumbles into dust, (lucky you)." * v?13.1 v>9.6 v<9.19 o~vampire@42 ,,, o+vampire@42 * o?vampire v?13.1 c?33 ,,, m="\ The Count launches himself at you, but you dodge out of the way! " * o?vampire v?13.1 c?33 ,,, m="\ The Vampire makes a dive for your neck, but misses! " * o?vampire v?13.1 v>NUM_CARRY.1 c?33 ,,, c=drop\ all m="\ The Vampire make a sweeping grab for you which you frantically fend off, dropping everything in the process! " insert\ token t~tokens m="You don't have any tokens!" insert\ card o~card m="You don't have one!" dig o~shovel m="Digging without a shovel is quite ... impractical." translate t~dictionary m="You'd need a dictionary to do that!" note: m=Noted post actions brief v=BREVITY.-1 m="Long descriptions only once" superbrief v=BREVITY.0 m="No long description" verbose v=BREVITY.1 m="All long descriptions" date|time v?9.0 m="12:01 a.m., April %8%, 2148" date|time v<9.12 m="%9% a.m., April %8%, 2148" date|time v?9.12 m="Noon, April %8%, 2148" date|time v=10.%9% v-10.12 m="%10% p.m., April %8%, 2148" axolotyl|rub\ ring c?66 m="Nothing happens." axolotyl|rub\ ring m="Nothing happens, naturally." read\ bottle o?bottle o?dictionary m=" : : : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : : Bezel & Dung Fruit Blended Wine : : : : +-----------------------+ : : : : U | o | F : : : : N | o @ | O o | I : : : : C | \\ \\_|_/ / | N : : : : L |o \\/ w \\/ o| E : : : : E |oo { \\___/ } OO| S : : :=--..: |ooo {=======} OOO| T : : :=====: F |oooo \\_____/ oOOO| : : :=====: R |ooooo /// \\\\\\ OOOOO| W : : :=====: E + - - - - - - - - - - - + I :=--..: :=====: L -=[ OUR FOUNDER ]=- N :=====: :=====: K Bottled under his strict E :=====: :=====: ' supervisions at the North R :=====: :=====: S Groaci Bottling Company Y :=====: :=====:.................................:=====: :=============================================: :=============================================: " read\ bottle o?bottle m="\ : : : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : : Cgzgn & Fwuj Gtwky Cnguigi Xkug : : : : +-----------------------+ : : : : Y | o | G : : : : P | o @ | O o | O : : : D | \\ \\_|_/ / | P : : : : M |o \\/ w \\/ o| I : : : : I |oo { \\___/ } OO| T : : :=--..: |ooo {===:===} OOO| V : : :=====: G |oooo \\_____/ oOOO| : : :=====: S |ooooo /// \\\\\\ OOOOO| X : : :=====: I + - - - - - - - - - - - + O :=--..: :=====: M UYS GUYPFIS P :=====: :=====: L Cqyyngi wuigt okv vytkfy I :=====: :=====: ' vwrgtxkvkquv cy yog Pqtyo S :=====: :=====: T Htqcfk Cqyynkuj Dqprcub A :=====: :=====:.................................:=====: :=============================================: :=============================================: " read\ ring\ bottle o?ring o?bottle o?dictionary m="\ The tiny characters on the ring translate as follows: Handcrafted Entirely from Native Materials by the Magic Artisan's Collective Crystal City, A III inscription I. I. Surr materials M. X. Pensif process P. Dequeue engraving E. Wonts-Tunno rubies R. Redd idea I. M. Gonnapuke usage test U. Thant Dothatherenow message M. Ryeteer Friction activation guaranteed on clean, dry surface only " read\ ring\ bottle o?ring o?bottle m="\ The tiny characters on the ring are as follows: Gepfbtedyaf Apyotamx dtil Peyova Leyatoems cx yga Lehob Etyosep's Bimmabyova Btxsyem Boyx, E OOO opsbtoryoip O. O. Swtt leyatoems L. U. Rapsod rtibass R. Faqwawa aphtevoph A. Zipys-Ywppi twcoas T. Taff ofae O. L. Hipperwja wseha yasy W. Ygepy Fiygeygatapiz lasseha L. Txayaat Dtobyoip ebyoveyoip hwetepyaaf ip bmaep, ftx swtdeba ipmx " read\ ring o?ring m="\ Inside the band you find some writing in tiny letters, too small to read." read\ dictionary t?dictionary m=\ "The dictionary is not in itself readable like a book, it is a machine that allows you to read documents written in Aldebaranese dialects." read\ card v=10.%8% ... read\ card v+10.1 m="\ Galactic Credit Bureau Card #547596.6347501 Issued to: J. Retief -------------------------- Expires: 04-%10%-048 -------------------------- Current Balance: %6%.00 G.Credits -------------------- " smoke\ cigarette t?pack v?3.1 v=3.0 m=\ "That last butt always tastes so awful!" smoke\ cigarette t?pack v>3.1 v-3.1 m="\ Your head spins slightly as you light up." smoke\ cigarette m="You're all out of smokes." balance o?card v?6.1 m="Your account holds %6% credit." balance o?card m="Your account holds %6% credits." balance m="You need a card to find out your balance." count\ cigarettes t?pack m="You have %3%." count\ cigarettes m="You have no cigarettes." count\ tokens t?tokens m="You have %2%." count\ tokens m="You have no tokens." * o~tokens v>2.0 c?50 v=2.0 ,,, m="\ I understand that theft is not uncommon on Aldebaran III." help|info m="\ I will carry out any actions that you ask me to (assuming I understand what you ask). In general, you should type commands of one or two words; like `take card', `count cigarettes' or `quit'. To move around type the direction you want to go; e.g. `north', `up', etc. The following commands are handy: take, inventory, drop, quit, shell.\n" read\ notes o~notes m="I don't see any notes here ... " read\ notes v?17.6 v=17.0 ,,, m=\ "At this point the notes trail off into meaningless scribbles and, thinking back, you vaguely remember an interesting interlude with some rather illicit drugs and two stewardesses on the trip here ... Ahhh ... Anyway, going back to the beginning of the notes ... " read\ notes v?17.0 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% Aldebaran III is an eighty-four percent earth normal planet which revolves around a brilliant red star, (Aldebaran, or Alpha Tauri). A III has an atmosphere consisting of 52%% nitrogen, 26%% helium, 20%% oxygen and 2%% other gases, (by volume). The period of revo- lution of A III is 18.628 Earth Standard hours which is expressed in local time as 24 hours. The axis of A III tilts less than a degree with respect to the ecliptic, (47.6'), providinig virtually no variation in season and length of daylight, (sunrise is at 6:00 Aldebaran Standard Time, sunset at 7:00 p.m. A.S.T.). ... (the notes continue, but your interest wanes) " read\ notes v?17.1 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% The ruling species on Aldebaran III is a large, six \"legged\", (actually \"pseudopoded\"), mammal with a roughly Humanoid torso and a perfectly spherical \"brain-case\" containing, in most cases, a brain the size of a filbert. (In a few, exceptional cases the brain is believed to be quite large. This increased \"brain-power\" has no effect on intelligence but is believed to provide the ability to alter body appearance at will.) " read\ notes v?17.2 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% The natives of Aldebaran compensate for lack of intellect with sensitive organs for sight and smell located on five stalk-like extremities which radiate from the \"brain-case\". Aldebaranites are deeply religious. They display fierce devotion to causes which they espouse without apparent rhyme or reason and which they may suddenly disavow for no apparent reason. Much importance is said to be attached to symbolic acts and objects. " read\ notes v?17.3 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% Until the first Aldebaran-Terran trade treaty was negotiated in 2078 by Adm. Kurasawa Perry the concepts of private property and monetary currency were unknown. Since that time every sentient race in the galaxy has established trade with A III but, in compliance with the Galactic Accords of 2018, no military bases have been built on A III. The currency in use is the Galactic Credit but \"magic\" artifacts are still highly valued although very little is known about these artifacts. " read\ notes v?17.4 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% Government is a representative democracy with all laws being made by the elected governmental representative, (called \"the Rep\"), whose term of office is 3 years unless that would cause and election to be held in a year divisible by fourteen in which case the term of office is 6 years. Aldebaran law, being the manifestation of the Rep, is held in great reverence by the populace and the punishments for infractions are extremely severe. Because each new Rep must, during his first five months in office, repeal all laws enacted by the previous Rep and may not recreate any laws that a prior Rep had created no attempt will be made here to provide do's and dont's for A III. " read\ notes v?17.5 v+17.1 m="\ Page %17% The official diplomatic language on Aldebarran is Glottus but very few, (if any), natives are believed to speak it. Instead, approximately 213 varieties of local dialect are used. The dialectic differences between neighboring regions are small enough that most natives can under- stand the dialects of all neighboring regions but rarely the dialects of further regions. The single, underlying factor in understanding any dialect of Aldebaran ... " read\ papers t?papers m=\ "Your identity papers have a picture of you, (not flattering), and say: OFFICIAL IDENTITY PAPERS Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne NAME: Jaime Retief ------------------------------------- TITLE: 1st Under-Sec'y to the Amb. to the Aldebarran System ------------------------------------- CDT ID: # 5375865346a547 Affiliations: C.I.B., Hero's Guild, A.S.P.C.T., Unix User's Group, Est " drink o~bottle m="I suppose if you had a bottle you could drink" drink m="\ FAAAGHHH! That wine is AWFUL! It tastes like cardboard squeezings!" why? m="Because, (natch)" check\ pockets ,,, c=inventory m=Okay take\ vampire o?vampire c?50 m="Now that IS a stupid idea" take\ vampire o?vampire m="You have the strangest sex drive..." xyzzy|sesame|abracadabra m="\ Nice try, but that's an old worn-out magic word." take\ ash m="The ash slips through your fingers and scatters." * v=7.0 ,,, variables 1 0 temp variable (used for customs) 2 0 number of tokens 3 0 number of cigarettes 4 0 temp variable used for barkeep/map 5 0 temp for left/right hint 6 50 credits left 7 0 used to gauge activity on each command 8 1 day of the month, (April) 9 0 hour of the day 10 0 temp variable used for calculations 11 0 local variable; used in Rep's reception room & church 12 0 local variable; used in church 13 0 0: initial, 3: count, 1: vampire following you, 2: dead 17 0 the current page of notes MAX_CARRY 6 we can only carry 6 things at once