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Manual History
Original 1996 manual, converted verbatim from the game's manual.doc.
On September 26, 2005 the human race finally achieved interstellar flight with the first successful implementation of the Clawson-Hyperdrive developed by Dr. Tanya Clawson.
Various governments immediately sent out scout ships to explore the nearby stars. No longer limited to one planet in one solar system, the human race would at last realize its destiny and expand to fill the galaxy.
The first scout ships found nothing but inhospitable planets. But the search continued until the exciting news was received: A habitable planet had been found. More stunning, however, was the discovery that it supported an advanced civilization that had also achieved interstellar flight. The euphoria of finding another race of sentient beings precluded any doubts.
But as the reports from the scout ships continued to arrive, the truth dawned: Intelligent life was not a rare occurrence. Every planet capable of sustaining life supported advanced life forms, many of which were fiercely competitive.
The early evolving races had already traveled outward and colonized unoccupied planets and the last habitable planet had been found over 20,000 years ago. There was nothing left for the human race.
But dreams die hard and there are always those fools who continue striving no matter how impossible the odds. And so, a handful of ships continued to explore looking for a planet to colonize.
And then it happened. A habitable planet with no intelligent life was discovered.
Earth hastily dispatched a fleet of ships to colonize the newly discovered planet. But when they arrived they were greeted by warships from various other races. An available planet was a unique treasure. No race was willing to relinquish the planet to any other and those who tried to run the blockade were annihilated. No single race had a chance against all of the others and there was nothing to offer in exchange for a rare planet.
Negotiations ensued and years later, a compromise is announced. Each race will send one colony ship of a predetermined mass down to the surface of the planet. You will lead the expedition for Earth.
Your orders are simple: Do whatever it takes to be the dominant race on the new planet. There is no second chance. This is the one opportunity to establish the human race on another planet and your leadership will determine the future of our colony.