Aquarius - open the last secret of the legendary game ELITE!

<b>Aquarius</b> - open the last secret of the legendary game ELITE!

  The well-known game "ELITE" continues to amaze his fans 
plenty of puzzles and mysteries. But it seems that a mystery 
(the last?!) Already open.




 (C) Sergey Kuzmin (KSV), 1996.


            Hello, colleagues!


  I am writing this letter fully aware
how small the probability that it will publish.
But if you're reading it, it means ...


  In any case, apologized to readers
(If they exist) for brevity. Simply
If given the opportunity to attach
letter to the editor of a magazine that is relevant to the 
subject ZX, I will not be put off until next time. 


  Now the main thing.


  This letter is addressed to users ZX-compatible computers. In 
particular, fans of the "ELITE". What I tell concerns of 
licensed copies of the so-called "Novosibirsk" versions game.



  For other versions or pirated copies can not say anything, 
though, believe that the affected subject is much broader, and 
the letter should Read all players on all platforms.


  Ending with the entry, I want to say that
no further assumptions will be - just the facts!


  This story began several years ago. I
while still studying at the institute. I somehow, by
the case went to ZX Spectrum and I literally fell in love with 
this car. His favorite toy, of course, was the "ELITE". Then I 
changed my "Forty-eighth" in the Pentagon, but a favorite toy

remained the same, only now it was the "ELITE-3".


  Give advice on passing game in my plans
not included, I note only that I passed it
fair way (no editing pending
states). After finishing the war with the rank of Targon
Colonel, I went to the store, but the game does not quit,
and continued to search for a legendary planet "RAXXLA". Find 
anything - Vehicles generation, automated platform and God

knows what else.



  After a couple of years of searching,


  several thousand BIS

  tyh pirates and crazy


  crowd rescued refugees


  I reached the desired planet



  Writing the state to disk, I, for calm
nerves, played in the "COLOR LINES" and went to bed.


  I lay in my bed at home, but
woke up somewhere else!

  I woke up on the planet looks like a
Moon. Although I was not sure that can not sleep. You know, I 
rarely get up on other planets. But sooner or later have to put 
up with the facts. I heard a voice ... It turned out that I was 
invited to confidential conversation. I will not give it here 
verbatim, saying only something new, I managed to find out.



  First, "ELITE" is not quite a game, but rather
simulator training flight in space.

  Since the ZX is too weak for such ploys,
then the main program is located in the Grand
computer database. The fact that you load into their
Spectrum, just a program that supports
connection with this computer, that is peculiar
modem.

  As all this happens I do not presume to explain.
But I'm watching on the screen of a space battle, which took 
place on the Spectrum there somewhere ... y you ...



  Secondly, what happens in the game - very
close to real events in the galaxy. More precisely,
in several galaxies, including ours.

  Started this a few Uni zavarushku
centuries ago, and since then "Targon (real name is simply 
impossible to pronounce) is gradually pushed around" settlers 
"and all other inhabitants of a certain part of the universe.


  The fact that the "colonists" - an ancient
humanoid race. They are genetically quite
not able to fight with cunning and
aggressive enemy.


  Many of the century the population of trapped planets
destroyed, and all attempts to negotiate or to
have no effect. This lasted until
have not yet found a way to recruit earthlings
to fight the invaders.

  Using Spectrum and prevalence of interest in the game 
"ELITE", began to look desperate people familiar with the 
tactics of fighting in space. Under the guise of a new version 
of the game (I wonder as actually looks "GOLD"?) Country

sold out a special program.


  One of its functions is to provide a communication channel 
with a larger computer. To make sure my words, run "ELITE-2 (3) 
and bring to a computer on the radio. To make me bust, if you 
do not hear Sharply directed the transfer of your Spectrum.



  This is how and watched for my success. And when the time 
came, I threw here, where the voice was talking to me.



  At the end of the conversation I was invited to enter the
service. Of course, I could not refuse and I would
sent back. I would not even remember about this
accident, as I was warned.

  But they showed me a warship, which will be my home, showed a 
bottomless Cosmos, who will become my world ... 


  Do not judge. I think you understand me, waking up one day on 
the planet, smacks strongly on the moon ...