Fragile Allegiance(tm) Interactive Preview 
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(C) 1996 Gremlin Interactive, Ltd. All rights reserved. 
Fragile Allegiance and Interplay are trademarks of 
Interplay Productions.  All rights reserved.  Interplay 
is the sole publisher and distributor. Licensed from and 
developed by Gremlin Interactive, Ltd. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 


Welcome to the Fragile Allegiance Interactive Preview. This file 
contains basic installation instructions as well as an overview 
of your mission for this challenging glimpse at the epic experience 
that is Fragile Allegiance. 

1. We have provided shortcuts for installing and running the game
from within Windows 95. You may run the game by simply clicking on
the Fragile.exe file but the shortcuts provide protection from
accidentally hitting the wrong keys etc. One point to remember is
if you MOVE or COPY the shortcut from it's original folder you
will need to enter the path in the Properties of the shortcut.

2. Due to hardware conflicts, autodetecting for sound cards can be
risky process. If you know the brand, port address, IRQ, and DMA of
your sound card(s), it is recommended that you manually configure
these items. Lockups are also common when autodetection is used
when no sound cards are installed.

3. If you have a problem with video (black screens, strange blocks on
the screen etc.) you may have a VESA problem.
This is often caused by out-of-date video drivers. We
have included a program to help fix this problem. To run the
program make sure you are in DOS (don't run from Windows), then
move to the Fragile directory and at the prompt type VESAFIX. This
will run the program and fix the problem. If this doesn't cure the
problem you should contact your supplier for the latest version of
the drivers for your video card.

4. Although you can play Fragile Allegiance under Windows 95 if
your machine has 16Mb or more, for speed and general performance
we recommend that you play the game from DOS.

5. It is a good idea to turn off any screen savers you may have
running while you are playing Fragile Allegiance. You should do
this from the Properties of the shortcut: choose MISC, then alter
'Allow screen saver'.

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Your Mission for the Fragile Allegiance Interactive Preview.   
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While this Interactive Preview has limited access to features and
game play time (hey, we didn't want to give everything away in the
Preview!), it has been designed to show off some of the more
important and exciting aspects of Fragile Allegiance.
  You are given a pre-designed universe, with a basic colony already
set-up and several very specific goals to achieve. Here are the
essentials that you should be striving for:

1.  Check out your starting asteroid and colony. Familiarize yourself
with the game's menus, determine your colony's financial and mining
status (see the Financial, Geological Survey and Colony Summary 
Menus) and decide if further construction is needed. 
IMPORTANT NOTE: Pressing and holding the Ctrl key activates the 
game's On-Line Help function. Simply move the pointer over a button 
and you'll receive an on-screen description of that button's 
function.

2.  You are supplied with one Scout Ship to get you off-planet and
exploring quickly (you can build more if you like). From the Asteroid
Field View, you'll see one alien-occupied asteroid and one
uncolonized asteroid. Send a Scout Ship to Prospect each of these
asteroids... this will give you valuable information about an
asteroid's potential for mining or allow you to open communication
with alien cultures.

3.  In this demo, you are allowed to immediately request a Colony
Supervisor. This person allows you to delegate the day-to-day
operations of colony management should you desire to play the game
on a less micro-management level. See the Personnel Menu and place
your request for this person as soon as possible. They will arrive
with the next Federal Transporter and begin work immediately upon
receiving directions from you.

4.  Build and launch a Spy Satellite at the alien asteroid. This
will allow you to view the alien asteroid and keep an eye on your
neighbor's activities.

5.  Along with Spy Satellites, you can also build and launch a
variety of rather nasty missiles... If you have a Spy Satellite in
orbit around an alien asteroid you can take a front row seat as your
arsenal lays waste to your opponent's colony. Of course, most aliens
don't like their worlds being bombed into space dust so be prepared
to take some blows yourself should you decide to `walk tall and carry
a big missile'.

6.  Once your Scout Ship has returned from prospecting the
uncolonized asteroid, you can view the results of its geological
survey. If the asteroid looks promising, you can send your
Transporter to start a new colony on this unclaimed piece of rock.
The Transporter will start your new colony with the basic colonizing
structure, the C.P.U. After that, it's up to you to construct the
necessary buildings, power structures and mining equipment to keep
your new colony running prosperously. If you have received your new
Colony Supervisor, the job of managing construction for this new
colony can be delegated to them if you wish.

7.  Alien Communication, Negotiation and Trade are an integral part
of the Fragile Allegiance experience. Click on the Communications
button to see a small sample of this aspect of game play.

8.  Don't forget to check out the game's Tutorials, accessible from
the Main Menu. These tutorials will walk you through all aspects of
game play, giving you a step-by-step tour of the many features and
details that make Fragile Allegiance such an exciting and unique
gaming experience.

 
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This special interactive  preview  version of  Fragile Allegiance  
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