          *CLANK!*

You  awake  inside  a  strange
cell.   Everything  is  black.
Outside,  you can hear strange
noises. As you stagger to your
feet,  you remember  that your
craft was rammed  by a strange
ship, but before and past that
is a total blank.  You step on
something squishy. Plastic ex-
plosives!  You recognise  them
from history books you've read
in the past.  Everything comes
rushing  back.  Your  name  is
Jacko  Berr.  You  were  on  a
mission of peace to the Naquru
people on Ralnort Eight,  when
they  mistook  you for an  in-
vader and destroyed your ship.
even though  there wasn't  any
oxygen around for light years,
you,  for  some  odd  miracle,
survived long  enough for them
to capture you and put  you in
here for storage until you can
be  disposed of.  Looking  out
the window,  you see an  earth
station.  You've  been  out so
long that  the prison  has re-
turned  to your solar  system.
The  prison  must  have   been
going  at extreme  speeds,  by
the look of  the thing.  There
are  cracks  everywhere,   but
some force is keeping the  air
in. Well, no time to enjoy the
scenery. You've gotta blow the
bars  out  and make a  run for
it.  By the  looks of it,  the
other inmates have already es-
caped,  and don't look all too
friendly. They must never have
heard of  searching,  as  your
communicator and pocket  elec-
tronics kit  are still  there.
You hear the beeping, finally,
and  realize  that   someone's
been trying to contact you for
a long  time.  You flick  open
your  com.  and   report  that
you've done so.  For a second,
the screen is fuzzy,  but when
it clears,  you  see  the com-
mander.

 "Berr!  What  in  God's  name
have  you been  doing  for the
last six  hours?!  We just got
a report that the Naquru  have
declared  war on  earth!  What
the hell did you say to them?"

 "They mistook me for some at-
tacker,  I  suppose.  I  never
even got to land," you reply.

 "WELL,  YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR
ASS BACK  THERE AND STRAIGHTEN
THIS  THING  OUT,   OR  YOU'LL
NEVER SEE THe light of da..."

         *CLICK!*

Well,  now.  This  is  a fine
mess. They did have the fore-
thought of taking all of your
UC,  so  you can't  get there
very easily.  You need a ship
...  maybe there's one around
here...  and enough  power to
get  there.  I  guess  you'll
need to destroy  the ships of
Earth's  enemies,   or  some-
thing.  Well,  first  to  get
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