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THE STORY OF THE METAMORPHIC BLOBBS
An urgent message had been passed which
called you to the professor Peetlebrot's earth
base and laboratory. Something was wrong, and the
message seemed to point out that he wanted you to
help.
It started about two weeks ago at the forty
megawatt Sunplant on the sixth moon of Jupiter.
The plant itself produced enough power from the
Uranium and Plutonium, extracted from within the
asteroids from the belt near by, to refuel the
many positive ion propelled spacecrafts that now
fill the solar system, and as well as the galaxy.
Professor Peetlebrot had been informed that
an accident had occured at the main generator in
the Sunplant. A workman had fallen into the hot
and radioactive furnace while refilling it with
Uranium. After this had happened, the furnace
coughed out a purple slime onto the walls of the
room.
Soon after the incident had occured and was
reported, two other workmen, were digested in a
grotesque manner by the strange slime, and so it
began to take on animal characteristics, such as
eyes, and a peculiar large mouth.
Quickly, the slime organisms advanced on the
rest of the crew which was remaining. The crew
tried to kill the purple 'balls' but nothing could
stop them. There was no hope, and finally the
strange blobbs killed them off while they tried to
send an S.O.S. message back to the professor's
Earth Base.
After having examined the visual evidence
and the strange circumstances, professor
Peetlebrot came to the conclusion that a similar
problem had occured on RT-5, a small planet
circling the Bermd star. He explained that the
purple slime could not easily be destroyed, for
when one would attempt to kill it, it would just
collect again and get even bigger.
He did not know exactly what would happen in
the case of the Sunplant though, because
everything was so similar about the organisms
there and of RT-5, except the fact that the ones
of the Sunplant had eaten and taken on animal, and
human features.
Since the professor knew of no way to kill
the creatures, he developed a small tote-a-long
transporter that would transport the purple slime,
( with a moderate level of radiation ),
randomly. Included in the design was an
Auto-fetch Remote Device, (ARD), where as by
pressing the remotes button, the transporter would
automatically transport itself to the holder. The
professor demonstrated it's usefullness by
imatating slime and chasing you around the room,
and trapping you without the transporter in your
hand. Pressing the button, you are surprised
with the presence of the transporter under your
arm, ready to be dropped and to transport the
blobbs.
Before he continues, he adds, "Becareful how
often you use that transporter, because the
possibility exsists that the Blobb may transport
randomly, right back on to you!"
Finally, he equiped you with an oxygen tank
and a regeneration unit (which gets its power from
Uranium mesons).
As you were walked to your ship by the
professor, he explained your mission more
thoroughly, "You must gather as many Uranium
crystals, (which are abundant on moon number six),
and reach the generator to throw them in. This
will cause a massive surge in the Mecktronic Pulse
Compressor, and make the entire generator over
load and explode, to destroy the infesting
creatures."
"The Uranium meson will be present when you
pick the crystals up, so the more crystals,
the more regenerations you will have to die
for!" he added with a dry chuckle.
He then said "In theory, the blobbs should
get bigger, faster, and more dangerous, so I must
say, it's a most difficult mission, and I hope you
return safely, and that time may be on your side."
You grinned a long grin and boarded your
ship. Then he yells to you, "And don't forget
to use that tote-a-long, you won't make it
otherwise!"
Your launch was successful, so you set
the course to Jupiter, and climed into the
FreezeSleeper, anticipating the difficult task
that you have been assigned...
When you arrived at your destination the
computer Heat-Waked you, (all you do is have slow
dreams in the FreezeSleeper), and prepared to land
on the Sunplant landing area. While landing you
reflected on the task that has been assigned to
you (which seemed just minutes before).
The Job has begun.
You see a 'Teleport Menu' panel infront of
you with what seems like about one hundred little
buttons. Under them, in fine print, it says,
TO AQUIRE THE CENTRAL GENERATOR ROOM,
ALL ABOVE BUTTONS MUST BE DEPRESSED
This common security precaution nauseates you
somewhat, since it complicates the matter
tremendously. A greater task has begun than ever
before realized.
You are now scanning the Teleport Menu,
looking to see which button should be the first to
be pressed, and to start your heroic effort of
destroying the incredibly dangerous purple
organism...
GOOD LUCK!
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