🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 31 May 2004 23:12:39 +1000, "ajc" <bah_meh@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Death" <look@my.reply-to.address> wrote in message
> news:DBFuc.20934$ff2.13725@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> > After the cutscene, recloak (you're not supposed to be able to do it,
> > but there's a bug in the game that resets the "one-time" counter for
> > the ground run, as the game treats it as a separate mission, not a
> > continuation of the space flight segment) and boogie over to the
> > target.  Either bring a book or use the autoslide AB-lock trick
> > (afterburn to top speed, hit the autoslide button [capslock], then
> > release the AB, and you'll keep going at AB speed while burning fuel
> > at non-AB rates), but do keep an eye on the mountains along the way.
> 
> Not the most exciting part of the final mission is it? Wish they'd made it a
> bit better - the rest of the game is just so awesome!

Well, you don't HAVE to cloak on the planet, and you can follow the
canyon closely to avoid the attention of the Ekapshis (as the game
designers intended, IIRC), but it's still a long haul, and with the
canyon you can't look away at all, or even fly at full non-AB speed.

SubCrid Death
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