Elite

• Game Overview
• Software Security Codes
• Game Controls
• Cheat

Game Overview

The aim is simple: trade, amass money and progress from Harmless to Elite via Mostly Harmless, Poor, Average, Above Average, Competent, Dangerous and Deadly. During your voyages between planets you will encounter numerous pirates. The level of piracy surrounding a planet is closely linked with its political status. There are:

• Corporate states
• Democracies
• Confederacies
• Communist states
• Dictatorships
• Feudal worlds
• Anarchies

Generally speaking, piracy is lowest around corporate worlds. You start with little money and basic armaments. To become elite you must arm your ship to the hilt and complete 5 missions.

Your first game might proceed as follows:

• Select a local planet to trade with
• Fuel up
• Buy the appropriate cargo
• Leave the space station
• Go integalactic- G then H

On the other end of the intergalactic jump:

• Line up with the planet
• Increase your speed to maximum
• Use your jump drive- note this wont work near other ships
• Fight off any pirates
• Enter the space station- take care
• Sell your cargo, and buy some more

Software Security Codes

Originally, the game asked for a word taken from a specific place in the novella. The following table lists some of the commonly requested words, it shouldn't take more than a few attempts to start the game. Words are referenced by page number, paragraph number, paragraph line number and position within the line.

Game Controls

Cheat

This appeared in the October 1990 issue of ST Format. When asked for a word from the novella type SARA and continue. At any point in the game you can press '*' on the numeric keypad to enter 'Hacker v1'. You can now use the following codes: