FILE: ZONE #992YB MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON [SOUTHERN SECTOR]

INFORMATION CLASSIFIED

AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY

PASSCODE ENTERED

VERIFYING

CONFIRMED - ZONE DATA FOLLOWS


MIXED PRISON, BASED IN AND AROUND GROUNDS OF HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED
PRIVATE HOSPITAL, NOW DISUSED.

INMATES:

AGE RANGE - 3 GREGORIAN CALENDAR MONTHS TO 85 GC YEARS.
OFFENDERS RANGE FROM JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TO MASS MURDERERS AND
RAPISTS.

4-LEVEL PRISON SPLIT INTO 2 SECTIONS - ONE HALF CONTAINS INMATES
OTHER IS PATROLLED AND OPERATED BY ROBOTIC GUARD DRONES WHO RUN
THE ZONE.
SOME EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT, ALL DANGEROUS.
PRISONERS ALLOWED TO ROAM FREELY AND DO ANYTHING THEY LIKE
THROUGHOUT THEIR SECTION WHICH IS, IN EFFECT, ONE OPEN CELL.
AS A RESULT CHAOS RULES SUPREME.

ONE PARTICULARLY INSANE AND IMAGINATIVE PRISONER IS A MURDEROUS
PRIVATE DOCTOR.
RECORDS SHOW THAT THE DERANGED GP BELIEVED HE WAS DOING HIS BIT
FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND BY FAILING TO ADMINISTER THE CORRECT
PRESCRIPTIONS TO SERIOUSLY ILL RACIAL MINORITY PATIENTS.
HE WAS THEN STRUCK OFF THE MEDICAL REGISTER.
FURIOUS WITH HIS TREATMENT BY THE LAW HE WANTED REVENGE AGAINST
MANKIND AND SET TO WORK ON A DEVICE SO POWERFUL AND SO TERRIFYINGLY
AWESOME IT COULD EASILY WIPE OUT AN ENTIRE RACE WITHIN DAYS.
CHRISTENED THE ADRENAL BOMB [SEE RELEVANT DATA] HE PLANNED TO HOLD
THE WORLD TO RANSOM, DEMANDING FREEDOM, A LARGE SUM IN UNICASH AND HIS
PRACTISE BACK.
HOWEVER, WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS IN A NETWORKED TELECAST,
HE WAS CONDEMNED TO THE ZONE.

UNFORTUNATELY THE BOMB [MORE DATA FOLLOWS] HAS ALREADY BEEN PRIMED
AND THE TIMER IS TICKING AWAY, WHILE THE DEFUSING INSTRUCTIONS EXIST
ONLY IN THE MAD DOCTOR'S WARPED MIND.
NO-ONE IS SURE WHERE THE DEVICE IS HIDDENBUT IT IS WIDELY SUSPECTED
THAT THE BOMB IS NOT IN THE PRISON - AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF THE ZONE
HAS SHOWN NOTHING.

ADRENAL BOMB :

 FULL DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS

The doctor,before his conviction, publicly revealed that the bomb,
when detonated, releases huge amounts of hormone cortisone in the
form of a gas.
When it reaches the liver it forces it to release more fatty acids
and sugar into the bloodstream.
This lethal cocktail surges around the body creating intense high
blood pressure, devastating everything in its path, causing arteries
to clog, vascular spasms, strokes, heart failure and damages blood
vessels beyond repair.
For the lucky few, death is instantaneous but for most the ordeal
can last for many agonising, tortuous hours, or even days.
Meteorological conditions then carry the hormone until every man
and every animal is affected.

INFORMATION TO HELP IN THE SAFETY OF ZONE VISITORS

1 IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT VISITORS SHOULD GO IN PAIRS AND NOT
  UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER THE OFFENDERS' QUARTERS.

2 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONFRONT THE ROBOTS THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR A
  DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT AND WILL REACT DEFENSIVELY IF PROVOKED.

3 FOR SAFETY IT IS ADVISED THAT ALL VISITORS SHOULD STAY FOR AS
  LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ZONE FOR IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN
  THE BOMB IS SET TO DETONATE.

4 KEEP MAINLY TO THE CORRIDORS. AVOID ENTERING ANY ROOMS.

ADDITIONAL PRISONER DATA FOLLOWS...

TWO FLOORS OF ORIGINAL BUILDING PLAN NOW MISSING TO ACCOMODATE
PRISONER 860258AJ: "DEEP SPACE RESEARCH SHIP".

CRIME: DROIDSLAUGHTER; BREACH OF SAFETY CONDUCT.

SENTENCED: UNTIL OTHERWISE INDICATED.

PUNISHMENT: DECAPITATION.

NATURE OF CRIME: SUPER INTELLIGENT DELIVERY ROBOT SPACE VEHICLE'S
                 RAMSCOOP GENERATOR, DERIVES POWER FROM LITERALLY
                 "SCOOPING" INTERSTELLAR HYDROGEN FROM ITS
                 ENVIRONMENT TO FUEL ITS FUSION MOTORS.
                 LATE FOR ITS DELIVERY, IT BROKE SAFETY REGULATION
                 IGSI279208 BY OPENING ITS HYDROGEN COLLECTION
                 ORIFICE MUCH WIDER THAN PERMITTED, ALLOWING MORE
                 HYDROGEN TO ITS MOTORS, BOOSTING THE POWER
                 AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO ALLOWING DUST AND SPACE
                 DEBRIS TO ENTER INTO ITS FUEL RESERVOIR.
                 IT ALSO INADVERTENTLY "SUCKED" IN AUTOMOBILISED
                 PATROL DROID Z9, A PRIVATE SECURITY UNIT,
                 TRANSPORTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF UNICASH TO TAU CETI.
                 IT WAS BURNT UP ALONG WITH THE HYDROGEN AND DEBRIS.
                 PRISONER'S DECAPITATED HEAD NOW RESIDES IN A LARGE
                 SECTION OF WHAT WAS THE PRISONER RECREATION ROOM
                 AND ADJOINING CELLS.
                 ALTHOUGH DECAPITATED, THE HEAD IS STILL FUNCTIONAL
                 ENOUGH TO COMPUTE, COMMUNICATE AND ACTIVATE RAMSCOOP
                 GENERATOR AT WILL.

                                *** DO NOT PROVOKE ***

                ACTIVATION CAUSES HIGH LEVELS OF MAGNETIC RADIATION
                TO BE PRODUCED CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

GERALD "THE TAX" MANN
AGE: 47

CONVICTION(S):
  Insurance fraud
  Arson
  Criminal malignancy of duties leading to manslaughter
  INCRIMINATED BY EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY C AVISON (MR)

SENTENCE:
  Currently on bail for UC300 000 paid by person(s) unknown,
  thought to be his accomplices.

                  ** DO NOT APPROACH **

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:

DO NOT TAKE ANY DEVICE SUSCEPTABLE TO MAGNETISM
ie. CHRONOMETERS, MONITOR SCREENS, NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT etc.
WHEN NEAR TO RESEARCH SHIP.

END OF FILE

"CORTIZONE" is written by Anthony Lees, Gareth Harrison and Tom 
Green using Incentive's STAC.
The ZoneFile was written by Tom Green and programmed by Gareth
Harrison using STOS.
Digitised graphics by Gareth.
Basic story [such that it is] by Tom.
Sampling produced with STOS Maestro.
Thoroughly playtested by Gareth, Graham Wheeler and lots of others 
who wish to remain anonymous.
Given the general once-over by John Wilson.

Thanks also to anyone else connected with this game, and to our
parents, who conceived us.

               COPYRIGHT 1990 HIGH VOLTAGE SOFTWARE
                   PUBLISHED BY ZENOBI SOFTWARE