UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission

Mandroid, tor the heinous crimes against humanity of which you stand convicted I hereby
sentence you to twenty years' confinement in orbit.

Standing silent In the dock, Mandroid - history's most dangerous man and before his
capture the most wanted man in the whole of the solar system - had sworn to escape even
before the echoes of the Judge's words had ceased to ring around the courtroom.

Crime had always been a problem, and with the dawn of the 22nd century it had not
improved. The prison population soared, aa poverty rose following the final war, and
the military regimes on earth became ever more repressive. Prisons became more and more
difficult to control, as the criminals tried more and more often to escape. Finally the
solution was found. The authorities constructed a huge space platform, circling 100 miles
up above the surface of the earth. Escape was not possible from here for where was there
to escspe to.

Now Mandroid was to be sent there, joining Warmonger. Originally one of the leaders of
the fifth revolution, he had been one of the world's greatest soldiers, until he turned
mercenary and sold his genius to any terror organisation that would pay. Finally his time
ran out and he became the first prisoner in Block 26, the highest security block of the
orbiting prison. Now they were together. The two most dangerous most lethal men ever,
and their only thought was escape.


GAMEPLAY

You take the role of either Warmonger or Mandroid as you battle to escape from the space
prison.

The guards will appear and try to stop your escape at all times. Some of them carry
rocket launchers which can be picked up and turned on the captors if you manage to kill
the guard carrying It.

The Prison is constructed as a series of platforms. You are able to jump between them,
but some of the gaps are just too large, and there is a long way to tall before you land.

Eventually you will reach the supply shuttle - this is your only chance of returning home.
Your only object therefore is to reech the safety of the shuttle in one piece.


WARMONGER

The world's greatest combat soldier. Death is your business, gold your fee. You sre armed
with a pump action machine gun. This has s high rate of tire, but a limited range.


MANDROID

A grotesque synthesis of metal, electronics, flesh, blood and hate. You are armed with
a surgically implanted robotic laser in your right arm. This has a longer range than
the machine gun, but only fires at half the rate.

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