🚀 go-pugleaf

----Original Message-----
From: Kelger Vlondett <Altar_...@metrassoc.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com
Date: 17 September 1998 22:51
Subject: Re: Interceptor - 2 questions



>>
>I believe the automatic recovery to be an unintentional mistake in the
>game, you are ment to have to use them but currently you dont I am
>hoping this will be patched up.
>My main use for the tractor beam was to ignore the warnings in the
>report and to challenge aliens to tug-of-war. I found this tactic to be
>very effective early on as you can use this to disable the wraths using
>it faster than you can destroy them using conventional weapons, and as
>your mass is larger than that of the small wraith you can get away with
>it with minimum damage which is repaied instantly upon arrival back at
>base anyway.
>
Never thought of using it as a weapon - that sounds like a pretty good
trick - especially as you can develope the tractor beam before you get the
tachyon pulsers. Next time I play I'll remeber that one

>
>As well as interceting messages you have to collect the componants the
>aliens are transporting when you have collected enough of these you
>scientists will make a guess or two and work out what the aliens are up
>to. Then and only then will they get down to the creation of the
>solution.
>
>
>Kelger Vlondett...
>
I've intercepted every component coming my way and now the stream of alien
convoys has dried up - I guess I just have to keep looking

Thanks

Richard