Players Manual

ii • Player’s Manual Deadlock: Planetary Conquest Installing Deadlock 1 Part One: Starting Your Colony 2 Part Two: Managing Your Colony 6 Part Three: Resources 17 Part Four: Improving Your Colony 20 Part Five: Arming Your Colony 23 Part Six: Diplomatic Relations 28 Part Seven: The Black Market 29 Part Eight: Random Events 31 Part Nine: Multi-Player Games 32 Part Ten: If Your Game Won’t Run... 35 Credits 36 Deadlock: Planetary Conquest Player’s Manual • 1 End the deadlock, colony leader.... Beneath you floats magnificent, untamed Gallius IV, a terran world newly discovered in this dis- puted part of the galaxy. Your colony ship is ready, equipped with all the basics you need to set- tle this planet. The select group of colonists orbiting with you are prepared both to build a strong colony and defend it to the last stone. Other ships are also scanning the planet's surface, choosing a landing site for their colony. All past allegiances have been cast aside in the fever for this world. Seven vast armadas loom over the planet, ion weapons ready to blast each other apart. Only a hastily made treaty, the Compact of Gallius IV, prevents an escalating war. Capture this planet and peace may finally return to our part of the galaxy. There are two ways you can take the planet. You may win this frontier world either by building an agreed upon number of City Centers or by driving all your opponents off the planet. Either way Gallius IV can be yours. I have arranged this manual to accurately explain how to run your colony. Use all the resources, technologies, and your own special strategies to your utmost. Only then can you beat your ene- mies and end the fierce standoff growing in the skies. --Oolan, Gallius IV Observer INSTALLING DEADLOCK Close all open windows on your computer and insert the “Deadlock” CD-ROM into your comput- er’s CD-ROM drive. Double-click on the “Deadlock” CD-ROM icon on your computer desktop to open the CD-ROM window. Double-click on the “Deadlock Installer” icon to start the installation program. Follow the instructions on your computer screen. HOW TO PLAY RIGHT NOW! Select the Deadlock TUTORIAL from the Main Menu. This tutorial takes you through the first three turns of your beginning colony. I, Oolan, will show you how to start a colony step by step! There are also ADVICE buttons on most dialog boxes; these let me answer your questions directly. Command-clicking any area on the game will bring up some brief instructions. Lastly, you can see all my information by pressing your Help button on the toolbar. You may wish to use this man…