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CONTENTS SECTION
Puzzles and Answers.........................................1
Puzzles.............................................1a
Vague Hints.........................................1b
Specific Hints......................................1c
Answers.............................................1d
Scoring.....................................................2
Tips for Using Alternate Interfaces.........................3
Input Walkthrough...........................................4
SECTION 1 - PUZZLES AND ANSWERS
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This section contains a Puzzles listing which includes all the
puzzles in the game followed by specific questions on each, then
a set of Vague Hints, Specific Hints and finally Answers. To use
this section, first scan the Puzzles listing beginning on the
next page and look for the puzzle you are having difficulty with.
Then select your specific question and note the question number.
Look up the answer in one of the three help sections: Vague
Hints, Specific Hints or Answers.
For example, you may need help figuring out what to do in Mission
Control. This is question number 4. Item number 4 under Vague
Hints, Specific Hints and Answers will all correspond to this
puzzle and will give you increasing amounts of help.
SECTION 1A - PUZZLES
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Part 1: Earth
1. How can I get out of my condo before the bad guys get me?
2. Why do I keep dying in the Conference Room, and what can I
do about it?
3. How do I get the tuning fork?
4. What do I do in Mission Control?
5. How do I launch the Aquila?
6. How do I stop the terrorists from killing me before the ship
takes off?
7. How do I disable the tram system?
8. The Aquila countdown has stopped. How can I get it started
again?
Part 2: The Artifact
The Aft Section of the Artifact
9. What is wrong with Diana?
10. How do I cure Diana?
11. How do I get by the spider robot in the central corridor?
12. How do I work the equipment in the Terminal room?
13. How do I get past the bulkhead with the keypad in the
northeast corridor?
14. How can I get past the portal in the obelisk room?
The First Zoo
15. How can I get past the blob in the first zoo?
16. How can I get past the spiny thicket?
17. How do I escape the ravenous dinosaurs?
18. How do I get the crystal rod back from the lizard?
19. How do I get one of the red crystal eggs?
The Second Zoo
20. How do I get past Oogah & Boogah, the two ape men?
21. How do I get past the ape man chief?
22. What do I do after the chief has thrown his dust in the
fire?
23. How do I win the spear-throwing contest?
24. How do I go further into the cavern now that it is no longer
guarded by the ape men and their chief?
The Third Zoo
25. How do I get past the nasty stinging creatures?
26. If I can't get by the stinging creatures, how do I get
through this zoo?
27. How can I collect some insect creatures?
28. I've got the nasty creatures and I'm in the lab. What's
with this machine?
29. I don't understand how to operate the Genetic Inducer. How
about giving me a guide to the interface?
30. I've got a cage full of lovable harmless creatures. Now
what?
The Forward Section of the Artifact
31. How do I kill the robot in the equipment bay?
32. I can't get at the gun. It's protected by some kind of
force field.
33. I've got the gun, but I'm only doing partial damage to the
robot. I wanna WASTE this sucka!
34. The Oldest One is sucking the air out of the ship. What do
I do?
35. The Oldest One has started a countdown to an explosion that
will destroy the ship. How can I stop it?
36. The Oldest One has killed Miki and resumed the countdown.
Is this the end?
37. The Oldest One is finally dead and the Artifact is secured.
How can I turn this baby around and head for home?
38. How can I figure out the course code for Earth?
Part 3: The Ice Planet
The Kord Village
39. I'm wandering around this frozen planet and can't find
anything interesting. What do I do?
40. What do I do with the old kord?
41. What do I do with the artist kord?
42. What are the kords doing down in that fissure?
43. What is the meaning of the movie in the fissure?
44. What is the meaning of the movie the old Kord shows?
45. What is the meaning of the movie about the kords in the red
crystal cave?
The Glacier
46. How can I find my way through the glacier maze?
47. How can I get some water from the spring to the glacier?
48. How do I open the hatch of the ship in the ice pit?
49. How do I get out of the pit?
The Monster in the Spring and Beyond
50. Do I need to go into all the ice caves?
51. How can I separate the dead kord from the red crystal wall?
52. How can I get past the monster in the pool?
53. How can I break through the ice on the cliff wall?
54. How do I get inside the dome in the Mountain Hollow?
The Rescue Station
55. I found a control module in the machine room. What does it
do?
56. How can I turn on the rescue station's power?
57. How do I turn on the machine in the secret room?
58. How can I get into the access tunnel that leads north from
the hangar?
59. How can I clear the lampreys out of the hangar?
60. I've got the lampreys out of the hangar, but I still can't
make the ship take off. What gives?
61. How do I figure out what color is being displayed in the
machine room, when I'm in the cockpit of the spaceship?
Part 4: Heechee Homeworld
The Lectures
62. What are the first things I should do when I get to the
Heechee Homeworld?
63. I've given my first lecture. Now what?
64. How can I get away from my Heechee "escort" to go off to
secret meetings?
65. How do I get under the Temple of Sterigma?
Fixing My Ship
66. How do I get the black box off the column at the dig site?
67. Where can I find a gravity lens?
68. How can I get across the river of sludge?
69. How do I get the gravity lens?
70. Where can I find a nav data chip?
71. How can I get into the command center in the hangar at the
Administration Center?
72. How do I get the nav data chip?
Getting the Transwarp Drive
73. So Exegesis is really Convergence. What do I do now?
74. How can I get through the metal door into the secret
building to the west of the quad?
75. How can I get Astatine's datastore off the wall?
76. How can I get the prototype?
77. So Raphide's a jerk and Astatine is dead. Now what do I do?
78. How do I get down the southeast corridor in the
Administration Center?
79. I'm at the vault entrance, but I can't get at the index.
What do I do?
80. Help! I've typed in Solifluction, and the index says it
doesn't have that name.
81. I've got Solifluction's datafan, but now I can't get it past
the vault entrance.
82. I've got Solifluction in my datastore. Now what?
Part 5: Endgame
83. Oh joy, I'm back on the Artifact. Now what?
84. How can I get past the guards?
85. How can I get a look inside that safe?
86. Now that the terrorist is gone, I still can't open the safe.
87. OK, so it's a voice-activated safe. How do I get it open?
88. I've finally opened the safe. Now what?
SECTION 1B - VAGUE HINTS
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This section contains vague hints for the numbered puzzles.
1. Forget the elevator. That's how the bad guys are coming.
2. You're dying for the same reason as the rats.
3. You'll need to disable that arm somehow.
4. Well, let's see. The Ambassador is dead, so you're the
logical guy to take his place. And of course, you're under
attack from a bunch of terrorists. What you need to do is
to start the launch countdown and then hustle your butt onto
the ship.
5. You're going to need a spec code to get into the system, and
then an authentication code to launch the ship.
6. Listen to their radio transmissions on Frequency One.
7. You need something that will make a really big explosion.
8. The countdown was stopped because of a shortage of liquid
oxygen in the fuel tanks.
9. Diana seems to be suffering from multiple wounds and what
look like small bites.
10. Put the autodoc on Diana and look at it. Then give her the
medicine that will address her symptoms.
11. Attacking it doesn't seem to do any good.
12. Open the access panel and take a look at what's inside.
13. Perhaps someone who has been on the ship longer than you
have can help you out.
14. You'll need an object that you found somewhere else on the
ship.
15. The blob doesn't want to hurt you.
16. You'll never be able to hack your way through there unaided.
17. First you need to buy a little time by climbing up that
tree.
18. He seems to like red crystalline things.
19. The problem here seems to be that the tentacles are faster
than you are. Perhaps you can find a way to slow them down.
20. You are a stranger to them, you have to make yourself more
like them.
21. The cavern is a sacred place to him, because just beyond it
is a place of mystery.
22. He is showing you the magic whereby he is empowered to be
chief.
23. You'll never win unless you cheat.
24. It sure is dark in there.
25. There are too many of them to kill.
26. You need the help of a device that you have passed along the
way.
27. There is a specimen box in the lab.
28. The machine is a Genetic Inducer. Manipulating the controls
will change the physical characteristics of one of the
animals in the cage.
29. The button in the upper left hand corner turns the machine
on and off.
30. You only changed the genetic structure of one creature, yet
they all seemed to change very quickly.
31. Spit at it?
32. The gun is being held down by a clamp. What you must do is
release the clamp.
33. The robot keeps heading for the door every time you start to
shoot him.
34. You need to disable the matrix in which the Oldest One
lives.
35. Miki says that the Oldest One is now occupying the backup
matrices of the Engineering systems.
36. The Oldest One is now occupying the last available matrix on
the ship - the one that Miki was in.
37. You need to find the steering mechanism for the ship
38. You have seen the course code for Earth written down
somewhere in the ship, although you may not have recognized
it for what it was.
39. The ice planet is a big place. You may need to map it to
properly explore it.
40. Go square dancing?
41. The artist is adept at making copies of things that he sees.
42. The fissure is the communal gathering place of the kords.
43. The white dust is the only food that the kords can eat.
44. It's his personal interpretation of the Birth of a Nation.
45. It is the Kord's version of "Gone With The Wind."
46. The slope in the floor always leads towards the center,
which is where the ship lies.
47. You'll need to find something to carry it in.
48. The hatch code is written on the side of the ship. The
problem is that it is no longer visible.
49. First, you need to open the access panel.
50. No. There is only one cave that is of interest.
51. You're going to need a tool.
52. The monster is genetically very similar to the kords.
53. You can't do it with your hands.
54. Take a look at that depression in the wall.
55. Press a few buttons and see what happens.
56. There is a hidden door in the machine room.
57. There is a handprint on the machine.
58. The tunnel is too small for you to fit into.
59. There is someplace in the facility that the lampreys are
staying away from.
60. Look at the control panel. Have you seen that symbol
anywhere else?
61. E.S.P.?
62. Read the message on the communicator in your quarters.
63. Why don't you just explore for a while.
64. He's pretty alert - it'll be hard to sneak out on him.
65. Macropterous told you that entry was based on the second
verse of Sterigma's prophecies. The second verse is
available from the prophet on the street corner.
66. If you press the red button, the column is going to want to
collapse.
67. Looked at any good stars lately?
68. You will not be able to cross the River until after you have
seen some very ancient ruins.
69. The lens is under the metal disk at the bottom of the shaft
under the Place of Seeing.
70. Those kinds of things are generally found on ships.
71. You won't be able to get in until after you've seen some
very ancient ruins.
72. The only available Nav Data Chips are in the probe ships on
the Administrative Planet.
73. Well, first of all don't forget to go give a lecture so you
can get back in touch with Raphide.
74. You shouldn't try to solve this puzzle until after you have
met a Heechee named Exegesis.
75. First, you'll need to talk to Astatine.
76. Go ahead, try to take it.
77. You still need to escape from the black hole.
78. The lenses seem to be shooting out deadly rays of invisible
light.
79. The index is covered by a shield.
80. Fogram didn't identify Solifluction under his proper name in
the index.
81. Datafans can't get past the entrance.
82. He's the only one who knows about this TransWarp drive.
83. Try exploring a little, but be careful...
84. They're pretty alert - they'll see most anything that comes
their way.
85. You're not going to have much luck while that terrorist is
around.
86. Pay attention to how the terrorist locked the safe.
87. You'll have to get the terrorist to issue the right command.
88. Your goal is to stop the Artifact from reaching the
Kugelblitz. The best way to do that is to destroy the
Artifact.
SECTION 1C - SPECIFIC HINTS
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This section contains specific hints for the the numbered
puzzles.
1. The stairs look like they could be good in an emergency.
There's even a sign on the stairwell door that says so.
2. You're being poisoned by gas.
3. Perhaps you could cut off its source of power.
4. Look at the console.
5. There's a dead specialist right in front of you.
6. The only way they can get to the Aquila before it takes off
is to use the tram system.
7. You also need to time the explosion correctly.
8. The problem is a faulty sensor on the blue pipe in the
Mechanical Room below the launch pad.
9. There is a diagnostic tool in the medicine kit in your cabin
that will help you here.
10. A high white blood cell count is usually an indication of a
bacterial infection. A high level of toxins suggests that
there is poison present.
11. You don't have a weapon powerful enough to kill it.
12. Diana gave you something that will be of use here.
13. To solve this puzzle, you need to have activated the
equipment in the terminal room.
14. If you talk to Diana, she will tell you how to get through
the portal.
15. All the blob really wants is something to eat.
16. Perhaps the blob can help you.
17. Now that you're settled in the tree, you need some weapons.
18. Perhaps if you gave him a substitute, he would give you back
the rod.
19. You've encountered something in this zoo environment already
that should help you here.
20. They are wearing animal pelts. Perhaps you should do the
same.
21. Try going north.
22. To get past him, you will have to show that your magic is
more powerful than his.
23. You'll have to use some modern technology
24. Perhaps if you found something to light your way.
25. You'll never get by them while they're biting and stinging
you like that.
26. The machine in the lab down the hall is just the thing.
27. Open the box and take it into the zoo. The creatures will
crawl inside.
28. What you need to do is to change one of the nasty creatures
into something less threatening.
29. The button in the lower left hand corner will be lit if any
of the changes you have explored will affect the genetic
structure of the creatures. Pressing that button will put
those changes into effect.
30. Perhaps the same changes could take place on a larger scale.
31. Make faces at it?
32. You need to find the key to the clamp.
33. OK, so you knew that. What you have to do is slow him down
long enough for you to really nail him.
34. Miki told you that the Oldest One's matrix is similar to the
one that she is in.
35. You need to identify which of the cores controls the
Engineering matrices.
36. You need to deactivate the matrix that the Oldest One is in.
37. The steering mechanism is on the console on the bridge.
38. Each of the zoos is a replica of real-life environments on
planets that the Artifact found while exploring the
universe.
39. Someone saw your ship land. Perhaps you can enlist a native
as your guide, at least for a while.
40. Use his crystal structure to tune in Radio Free Luxembourg?
41. He will make copies of some of the things that you show him,
and show you movies about things that he is interested in.
42. They have come together to do that which they cannot do
separately.
43. They can only gather the white dust in small quantities.
44. He is showing you something that happened a long time ago.
45. It is the story of a mishap that happened long ago.
46. You need to find something that will tell you which way the
floor is sloping.
47. There's a nice bowl in the sculpture garden.
48. The hatch code was visible at one time.
49. Push the button on the clamp, and then remove it from the
drive mechanism. It is one of the two items you need to use
to get out of the pit.
50. The cave that the two kords went into in the movie had a
distinguishing feature.
51. You need a cutter like the one that the artist in the
sculpture garden is using.
52. By now, you've probably seen something, other than the
monster and the lampreys, that can kill kords.
53. You need to use a tool.
54. You need something that will fit inside that depression.
55. Press the button that looks like the bulkhead door on the
Artifact.
56. You can't open the hidden door.
57. You have a hand.
58. You need to get something else to go into the tunnel for
you.
59. The lampreys don't like the whining noise coming from the
broken machine in the machine room. Perhaps you can break
the machine in the hangar so it makes the same noise.
60. The symbol on the control panel is the same as the one under
the screen in the machine room.
61. Remote TV camera?
62. Look around for other things of interest in your quarters.
63. When you're done looking around, go back to your quarters.
64. Perhaps you can make him less alert. Something you find in
your quarters might help you here.
65. Match the symbols in the disks on the floor with the
elements they are paired with in Sterigma's prophecies.
66. You need to find something to hold up the column so you can
take the Cohesion Field Generator.
67. The guidething at the Place of Seeing mentioned that they
used a Gravity Lens as a safety device.
68. The river of sludge isn't solid enough to support your
weight, but perhaps something lighter wouldn't sink right
away.
69. You don't have a tool to open the disk.
70. Every ship that navigates in and out of a Black Hole needs
one.
71. The sensor on the door is looking for something.
72. You can't get into the probes while they're in the hangar.
73. Once you've talked with Raphide, why don't you see if you
can locate Astatine?
74. The name of the secret project that is being carried out
behind this door is Aesthemis. You should have seen this
name somewhere else on the Homeworld.
75. Don't take Astatine until you have got the prototype.
76. You won't be able to get the prototype until after you have
talked with Raphide on the communicator in your quarters.
77. Things look pretty bleak. You probably should go talk to
someone about it.
78. You can't solve this puzzle until you have taken something
from the secret lab on the campus.
79. The cable housing is covered by a shield too, but only
sometimes.
80. Fogram used another name.
81. Datastores can get by with no problem.
82. You need to take him somewhere where his knowledge can do
you some good.
83. Try to find Diana.
84. Of course, they can't see what they can't see.
85. You're going to have to get the terrorist to leave.
86. The terrorist locked the safe with a voice command.
87. You'll also have to arrange for some way for the safe to
hear the terrorist's command.
88. The last time you were on this ship, you narrowly averted
its destruction by a crazed computer.
SECTION 1D - ANSWERS
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This section contains the answers to the numbered puzzles.
1. You need to make the building believe that there is an
emergency. Either set something on fire, or for neater
messages, break the SmartBuilding Control Unit.
2. Take the terrorist's gas mask and wear it.
3. Unplug the cable.
4. What you need to do here is to launch the Aquila.
5. Read the specialist's badge. Then look at the console,
enter his badge number (A552), and select the Aquila Mission
from the menu. Initiate the launch using the authentication
code (AERIE) which Marie wrote on the slip of paper before
she died.
6. You've got to disable the tram system.
7. After you have started the Aquila autolaunch, go to the
Launch Pad. Pull the pin on the grenade and leave it in the
tram station under the launch pad, or put it on the tram as
it is making its rounds, or throw it onto the guideway from
up on the gantry.
8. Remove the faulty sensor from the blue pipe, replace it with
one of the good sensors from the red or yellow pipe, and
then pull the lever. The refuelling will soon be complete
and you will be ready to go.
9. Get the autodoc from the medicine kit in your cabin and put
it on Diana.
10. Set the green dial to 4 (dosage of .40cc). Set the blue
dial to 3 (Antibiotic). Prime the hypo by pushing the
toggle. Inject Diana twice. Then, set the blue dial to 4
(Antitoxin) and inject her twice again. Wait a few minutes,
and she will be fine.
11. If you can't kill it and you can't get by it, you will have
to bypass it. From the cargo bay, go down the northeast
corridor and then work you way towards the front of the ship
through the zoos on the starboard side.
12. Plug the green cube into the jack in the access panel.
13. Go talk to Miki. She will give you the combination.
14. Hit the red sphere with the crystal rod, or put the rod in
the portal. The sphere and the portal will change color, and you will
be able to pass through.
15. Either jump over the ooze or simply go north.
16. Grab one of the spiny plants and jump back over the ooze.
The blob will flow onto you in order to get at the plant.
Jump back over the ooze, and the creature will be in blob
heaven. Just stand back and watch him eat his way through
the thicket, creating a nice hole for you.
17. Take a fruit pod. Throw the pod at a dinosaur. Repeat as
necessary until all the beasts are unconscious.
18. Give him one of the red crystal eggs.
19. Use the metal bowl from the storage closet to collect some
of the ooze. Pour it onto the tentacles. This will gum
them up enough that you can take one of the crystal eggs.
20. Wear the pelt of the dead animal in the meadow. Then smear
yourself with mud to kill your foreign scent.
21. Show the crystal rod to the chief.
22. Throw the vial of rubbing alcohol into the fire.
23. Set the hypo to deliver a maximum dosage of sedative. If
you have either the thong or the bandage, then you can tie
the hypo to the spear, and then throw the spear at the
tiger.
24. Take the wood branch from the forest and put it in the fire.
It will turn into a nice torch that will light your way
through the cavern.
25. There isn't enough antitoxin in the hypo to get you through
this zoo alive. You can't get by the stinging creatures.
26. You need to collect a few of the creatures and perform some
experiments on them.
27. You've got to keep the creatures alive long enough to be
useful. Take some green goo and put it in the box for them
to eat. Then close up the box and go back to the lab. (And
don't forget to give yourself a shot of antitoxin.)
28. Concentrate on those mandibles and stingers. Get rid of
them and you're home free.
29. See the separate section on the Genetic Inducer for more
details.
30. Take the creatures back to their native environment and open
up the box. The changes will soon spread through the rest
of the population.
31. Nope. You're gonna have to use that gun.
32. The key is right on the clamp. Turn it.
33. Shoot the sensor first. That will blind the robot. then
you can shoot him to your heart's content.
34. Go to each of the four computer rooms and pull all the green
cores. This will disable the matrix that the Oldest One
lives in.
35. Pull the blue cores in three of the four computer rooms.
This will eliminate the redundant Engineering matrices,
leaving the Oldest One no room to hide.
36. Return to the aft section of the ship and pull out the green
cube in the Terminal Room.
37. You need to enter the course code for Earth onto the ship's
navigational console.
38. On the obelisk outside each of the zoos is written the
course code that identifies the location of each of these
planets. The course code for Earth is written on the
obelisk outside the zoo that contained the proto-human ape
men. Examine the slip of paper that you have been carrying,
and you will see the course codes written on it.
39. The kord who saw you land will lead you to the village.
After that, you're on your own. (Or you can use the map
found elsewhere in this hintbook.)
40. The only thing you can do with him is show him things and
watch his movies.
41. Show him the ice carving of the cutter tool and the bowl.
Also show him the carving of the gem.
42. They have gathered here to eat. To learn more, try taking
some of the dust.
43. Each time they go to gather the precious dust, one of their
number must sacrifice himself to the monster that lives in
the spring so that the others might get by.
44. Long ago, another Heechee escape ship landed on the planet,
but it was not as fortunate as yours. The fuel tank
exploded, and the ship slammed into the ice, forming a huge
crater. Over time, the crater was covered by a glacier, but
then a series of cracks appeared in the glacier that allowed
the kords to travel through a maze to the center, where the
ship was buried. Once there, they could not get inside the
ship, but they did make a faithful replica of it, which you
can find in the sculpture garden.
45. It is the story of two kords exploring a cave. They
happened on a red crystal life form that seems to grow by
sucking the life out of other crystalline creatures, such as
the kords.
46. Get some water from the spring and pour it on the floor.
The way the water runs is the way you want to go. (You may
also refer to the map found elsewhere in this hintbook, but
if you don't use the water method, you won't get all the
points in the game.)
47. The ice bowl will melt in the hot water. You need to show
the bowl to the artist kord. He'll make a durable crystal
copy for you, and that's what you can use to carry the
water.
48. When the ship first landed, the hatch code was visible. The
person who carved the replica of the ship, included the code
in the carving. Get the carving from the sculpture garden
and look at it. Then enter those numbers on the keypad.
49. Put one of the clamps on the ground and make sure that it is
still humming. Put the other clamp, not humming, on top of
it. Step on the clamp, then push the button. The fields of
similar polarity will repel each other, and propel you up
and out of the pit.
50. Go into the cave with the large ice spikes out front.
51. Take the ice carving of the cutter from the sculpture
garden. Show it to the artist, and he will make you a
hardened copy of it. Use this new cutter to cut the dead
kord loose from the wall.
52. If you go into the right cave, you will find a kord whose
body has been taken over by a red crystal life form. If you
take that red kord and throw it into the pool, the same
thing that killed the kord will kill the monster.
53. Use the cutter.
54. Put the pod that you found in the Heechee ship into the
depression.
55. The control module is a remote control for a robot. The
upper symbol is the "open door" symbol. The lower symbol is
the "do something" symbol. The four arrows are directional
arrows for moving the robot around.
56. You need to activate the robot and use it to open the hidden
door.
57. Press the handprint.
58. Find the control module for the robot and steer him into the
access tunnel. When it gets to the end, press the trident
symbol (but only after you have turned on the power to the
rest of the station).
59. Hit the tuning fork against the squat black machine in the
hangar. The tone will crack the crystal inside the shield,
and the machine will start making the same noises as the
machine in the other room, driving the lampreys away.
60. You need to press the button on the control panel that
matches the color that is currently displayed on the screen
in the machine room.
61. Leave the remotely controlled robot in the machine room,
activate the module while you are in the ship, and use
either the unique designs or the length of the meter to
determine what color is on the screen.
62. Get in the tram that goes to the Place of Learning and give
a lecture.
63. Return to your quarters and read your messages.
64. In the cabinet in your quarters is a pouch of sleeping
powder. Pour it into the guard's thermos when he isn't
looking.
65. Turn the wings to air, the knife to the fire, the plant to
the water, and the hammer to the stone.
66. Dig up some ironweed seeds from the garden in the city.
Plant them at the dig site and they will grow up around the
column.
67. There is a Gravity Lens at the bottom of the shaft
underneath the Place of Seeing.
68. Get the Cohesion Field Generator from the Archaeological Dig
Site. Put it on the sludge and then press the red button.
69. Jump from anywhere in the shaft and the sensors will detect
an object falling at an unsafe speed. This will cause the
disk to open and the lens to operate, breaking your fall and
making it possible for you to take the lens.
70. Each of the probes in the Hangar at the Administrative
Center has a nav data chip in it.
71. The sensor on the door is looking for a Science Badge. Wear
the one you got when you solved the puzzle at the
Archaeological Dig Site.
72. You'll have to send a probe somewhere where you can
disassemble it in private. Try the Archaeological Dig Site,
or the Temple landing site. (If you can't launch the probe,
then see the hints on getting into the command center.)
73. Astatine is in the secret building to the west of the quad.
74. Aesthemis is the name of one of the constellations you can
see in the Place of Seeing. If you create the outline of
the constellation on the keypad, the door will open.
* . . . .
. . . * .
. * . . .
* . * . .
. . . . *
75. Once you have received the code to activate the prototype
demonstration, you can safely remove Astatine's datastore
from the wall.
76. Once you have spoken with Astatine, ask him to show you the
demonstration of the prototype. He will give you a code to
enter on the keypad. Take the visor that's hanging on the
wall and then put it on. Enter the code, and when the beam
of light is straight, take the prototype.
77. Go back to the Temple and talk to Exegesis.
78. Wear the prototype and push the stud. It will bend the
beams of invisible light around you and you will be able to
walk down the corridor.
79. Wait until the sparks from the loose cable scar the housing
and the workthing comes out to remove the shield. Grab one
end of the cable, then touch it to the index. This will
scar the shield in the same way, and the robot workthing
will dutifully come along to replace it. While he has taken
away the defective screen, you will have a few moments to
work with the index before it comes back.
80. Fogram used the name, "Traitor"
81. Put the datafan on top of the datastore, and then press the
"Download" switch. Then remove the fan and you'll be able
to get out of there.
82. Take the datastore to Convergence.
83. Go to the cargo bay, and then up into the storage room where
you first met Diana.
84. Wear the prototype and push the stud. This will make you
invisible and give you the run of the aft portion of the
Artifact.
85. Go to the dream room, lie down on the couch, and select the
option that tells the terrorist to go to the bridge.
86. The safe can only be opened by a voice command from the
terrorist.
87. Get the radio from the Aquila. Put it down next to the safe.
Then go to the dream room, and select the command that
includes the words, "Safe. Open." The terrorist will utter
these words into the radio, and the safe will pop open.
88. Put the green cube back on the connector. The Oldest One
will come back to life, and you'll have just enough time to
hop in your ship and skedaddle.
SECTION 2 - SCORING
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For those of you who won't rest until you have completely
unraveled our game code, this section will show you how to plumb
the depths of our game writer's brains and gain the highest
possible score.
________________________________________________________________
Number
of Points Achievement
________________________________________________________________
Earth
10 Creating an emergency in your condo, either by setting it on
fire or by breaking the SmartBuilding Unit.
10 Getting up to the roof
5 Getting the grenade
5 Getting the gas mask
5 Getting the radio
5 Getting the slip of paper
10 Unplugging the rogue robot arm in the lab
5 Getting the tuning fork
5 Reading the dead specialist's white badge
25 Initiating the autolaunch
10 Putting a good sensor on the blue pipe
25 Finish the fueling of the ship by pushing the lever
15 Blowing up the tram
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135
The Aft Section of the Artifact
5 Getting the vial
5 Getting the hypo
5 Opening the blue box
5 Getting the metal bowl
5 Getting the red crystal rod
15 Lowering Diana's temperature or toxin levels
15 Getting the green crystal cube
5 Opening the access panel in the terminal room
15 Plugging the green crystal cube into the jack in the
terminal room
15 Getting the keypad code for the bulkhead in the northeast
corridor
20 Opening the bulkhead in the northeast corridor
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110
The First Zoo
15 Getting into the first zoo
10 Taking the twig
10 Jumping over the ooze with the blob
10 Taking some of the ooze with the metal bowl
10 Climbing the tree
5 Getting a fruit pod
10 Knocking out the first dinosaur
10 Knocking out the second dinosaur
10 Knocking out the third dinosaur
20 Pouring the ooze on the tentacles
5 Getting a crystal egg
15 Getting the rod back from the lizard
---
130
The Second Zoo
5 Getting the branch
5 Taking the animal skin
5 Wearing the animal skin
10 Covering yourself with mud
10 Getting past the ape men
10 Exploding the vial of alcohol with fire
10 Tying the hypo to the spear
20 Knocking out the tiger
10 Lighting the branch to make a torch
---
85
The Third Zoo
5 Taking the specimen cage
5 Opening the specimen cage
5 Getting some goo
10 Getting some of the nasty creatures into the cage
10 Closing the cage with some of the nasty creatures inside
20 Getting past the transformed creatures
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55
The Forward Section of the Artifact
10 Turning the key to free the clamp in the equipment room
10 Getting the gun in the equipment room
20 Shooting the sensor in the equipment room
25 Killing the spider robot
15 Pulling the green core to stop the Oldest One from sucking
out air
15 Pulling the blue core to disable the Engineering sections
25 Unplugging the green cube to stop the countdown.
40 Entering the course code for Earth to fly home
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160
The Kord Village
5 Getting the magnetic clamp
5 Getting the compass
10 Entering the home of the ancient kord
10 Seeing the kord movie about collecting the white dust
5 Examining the ice ship to get the hatch entry code
10 Getting a kord to make you a crystal bowl
10 Getting the artist to make you a crystal cutter
10 Seeing the kord movie of the two kords in the crystal cave
---
65
The Glacier
20 Pouring water in order to find your way through the maze
10 Getting to the center of the glacier
5 Entering the pit
5 Getting the corroded clamp
10 Unlocking the ship's hatch
10 Taking the pod from the Heechee
20 Getting out of the pit
---
80
The Monster in the Spring and Beyond
10 Getting into the crystal cave
10 Cutting the red crystal kord free from the wall
5 Picking up the dead kord
20 Killing the monster in the spring
---
45
The Rescue Station
10 Scraping the ice off the cliff wall
10 Getting into the rescue station
5 Getting the robot control module
10 Turning on the power by pressing the handprint
10 Using the robot to open the roof
25 Cracking the crystal with the tuning fork
50 Pressing the correctly colored button to launch the ship
---
120
The Lectures
5 Getting the pouch
10 Drugging the Heechee escort
10 Meeting Macropterous
10 Putting the temple course card into the ship's computer
15 Entering the secret temple
---
50
Fixing Your Ship
10 Putting the dig site's course card into the ship's computer
15 Addressing Raphide during a lecture
5 Uncovering the Ironweed seeds
5 Getting the Ironweed seeds
15 Planting the Ironweed seeds at the Archaeological site
5 Getting the Cohesion Field Generator
5 Getting the science badge
15 Freezing the sewage
20 Jumping in the shaft to activate the gravity lens
10 Getting the gravity lens
10 Entering the command center in the administrative center
10 Firing a probe off to either the Temple or the
Archaeological site
---
125
Getting the Transwarp Drive
15 Getting inside the secret laboratory
10 Taking Astatine's datastore
15 Getting the light-bending prototype
10 Having Raphide kill Astatine
15 Passing the lasers to enter the datavaults
10 Grabbing the frayed wire
10 Scorching the shield on the index case
25 Entering "Traitor" into the index
10 Getting the Solifluction datafan from the workthing
15 Downloading Solifluction's datafan into your datastore
50 Delivering Solifluction to Convergence
---
185
Endgame
15 Meeting Diana again
20 Getting past the guard into the dream room
20 Getting the leader to leave the terminal room
10 Getting the radio
30 Putting the radio next to the safe
40 Opening the safe with the terrorist's voice command
20 Taking the green crystal from the safe
100 Putting in the green cube to reactivate the Oldest One
---
255
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1600 GRAND TOTAL
Note: In the "OK, We Admit it, We're Not Perfect" category, if
you inject Diana with the antibiotic before the antitoxin, you
will be able to finish the game with 1615 points. No you won't
get a prize.
SECTION 3 - TIPS FOR USING ALTERNATE INTERFACES
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Genetic Inducer, Temple of Sterigma, Robot remote Control
Although most of the interfaces in this game are intuitive, some
require experimentation to operate them efficiently. We think
that part of the fun is to try and figure out this alien
technology, but if you are just plain frustrated, this section
will give you the background information and specific operating
instructions you need.
GENETIC INDUCER
On Heechee Heaven, between the second and third zoos, you will
discover a strange machine known as a Genetic Inducer. This
machine allows you to analyze the molecular structure of stinging
creatures in the third zoo and modify their body structure.
After you specify how you wish to alter the creature, the Inducer
will build a virus that will change the DNA that controls the
targeted body part. The virus will be communicable through the
air, so it will readily infect any other creatures within a
limited range. Fortunately, the virus will have no effect on you
or your DNA. For the Inducer to work, the creature you are
modifying must be in the container on the platform.
The Genetic Inducer has eight buttons. To turn on the machine,
press the on/off button in the upper left corner of the screen.
After the unit powers up, it will analyze the contents of the
container on the platform. If the container is empty (or isn't
on the platform) the Inducer will display a warning message (in
Heechee of course), and then perform an auto-shutdown. If live
creatures from the third zoo are in the container on the
platform, then the Inducer will display their current structure.
To manipulate the creature's molecular structure, you may choose
to work on either the Creature Level or the Gene Level. The
visual or Creature Level allows you to see the changes you could
potentially make in this life form. On the Gene Level, you see a
close-up view of the gene changes which are taking place.
Creature Level
The Genetic Inducer initially operates in this level with the
bright red cursor indicating the body part selected for
manipulation. To move the cursor around the creature's body,
press the second set of up and down arrow keys. When you have
selected a body part, press the left and right arrow keys to
display a picture of how the creature will look. If you decide
to implement this change, press the "implement change" button at
the lower left corner of the screen.
Gene Level
Pressing the buttons immediately below the on/off button allows
you to zoom in and out of the Gene Level. At this level you will
see a display of the genes selected for modification. Use the two
pairs of buttons below the zoom buttons to select a gene (body
part) for modification and to select a change. Use the up and
down arrows to move the green gene selection box. Press the left
and right buttons to move the genome selection box. Each change
has a varying number of permutations. Unfortunately, all the
labels are in Heechee, so they aren't very informative.
The changes displayed will have no effect until the final button
is pressed. If you have specified a change to the creature's
genetic structure, the button in the bottom left corner will be
surrounded by a red highlight. Pressing this button will
generate a virus and immediately infect the creatures in the box.
Once you have implemented a change, you can zoom out to see how
the change has affected the creature. If you wish to exit
without making any changes, simply press the on/off button in the
upper left hand corner.
Be careful, the creatures may become more dangerous than they
were when you started.
TEMPLE OF STERIGMA
The Temple of Sterigma is located on the Heechee's ancestral
homeworld. It was created long before the Heechee fled into the
Black Hole, when they still had a healthy interest in religion.
They worshipped the elements: stone, air, fire, and water. The
temple was built to pay homage to these gods, as well as to
conceal a meeting place for the religious order.
The temple featured one altar for each element. The northern
altar was dedicated to air, the eastern altar to fire, the
southern altar to water, and the western altar to stone.
In the center of the temple are moveable stone disks. Each is
graven with an icon: a plant, a hammer, a dagger, and a set of
wings. If you touch the icons, an overhead view of the temple
will appear. You will see the altars around the perimeter as
well as the four stone disks in the center. Clicking on a disk
will turn it clockwise ninety degrees and point it to a new
element. When you match the correct symbols with the correct
elements, the temple will open.
ROBOT REMOTE CONTROL
In the rescue station's machine room on the Ice Planet, you will
discover a discarded remote control module. When you examine the
control, a new interface will appear. The remote control is
linked to a robot locked inside a supply room. With it, you can
move the robot around the station, see what it sees, and have it
perform certain tasks for you.
The screen at the top displays what is currently in front of the
robot. Along with the visual information, the robot is relaying
other facts about the area. Unfortunately, all this data is
printed in Heechee, which you don't understand.
Under the screen, you'll see six buttons. Four of them are set
up like arrows. Each of these buttons represents a cardinal
direction: north, south, east, or west. Pressing them will cause
the robot to attempt to move in that direction. If movement is
impossible, the robot will sit still.
The other two buttons have special functions. The one with the
bulkhead symbol will open any doors in the immediate area. If
you press this button while the robot is still in the supply
room, a door will open or close, depending on the door's current
state. The other button with the trident symbol will extend the
robot's retractable arm which may allow it to operate some of the
controls in the station.
SECTION 4 - INPUT WALKTHROUGH
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Whether you are interested in a quick tour of Gateway II:
HOMEWORLD, or you are really, really, really lost, this input
list will help you out. By no means the only path through the
game, this section takes you on an efficient path through the
game and allows you to score a winning number of points.
Part 1: Earth
Beginnings
Southwest
Take matchbook
Take fax
Read fax
Out
Wait [Gateway Exec message]
Wait [FBI agent message]
Burn Trash
Southeast
South
Open Door
Up
The Conference Room
Take radio
Take paper
Take mask
Take Hand Grenade
Wear mask
Read paper
Out
Unplug cable
Take fork
Down
Wait [until tram arrives]
Get in tram
Wait [until next stop]
Out
Up
Mission Control
Examine specialist
Examine badge
Read badge
Examine console:
A552
Select Aquila Mission
Authorization: AERIE
Down
Wait [until tram arrives]
Get in tram
Wait [until next stop]
Out
Launch Pad
Pull pin
Drop Grenade
Up
Take red sensor
Take blue sensor
Put red sensor on blue pipe
Pull lever
Up
In
In
Sit in command chair
Wait [Until ship takes off]
Part 2: The Artifact
On your ship
Out
Open medikit
Take hypo unit
Take autodoc
Take vial
Open door
Out
Open door
North
North
Up
In the Storage Room
Open box
Take bowl
Take rod
Put autodoc on diana
Turn blue dial to 4
Turn green dial to 4
Push toggle
Inject Diana
Inject Diana
Turn blue dial to 3
Inject Diana
Inject Diana
Wait [Until Diana recovers]
Talk to Diana
Down
East
East
In the Terminal Room
Open panel
Put cube in receptor
Push button:
Talk to Miki
Get the bulkhead code
West
West
Northeast
Northeast
Examine keypad:
Enter bulkhead code
Northeast
Northeast
Examine Obelisk
Hit door with rod
North
The First Zoo
North
Take twig
South
North
Take ooze with bowl
Northeast
Climb Tree
Take pod
Throw it at dino
Take pod
Throw it at dino
Take pod
Throw it at dino
Wait
Wait
Wait
Northwest
Empty bowl on tentacles
Take egg
West
Give egg to lizard
Take rod
East
Hit door with rod
North
The Second Zoo
North
North
Examine Obelisk
Hit door with rod
North
Up
Northwest
Take branch
Southeast
Take skin
Wear skin
Take mud
Northeast
North
Northeast
Take thong
North
Show rod to chief
Throw vial in fire
Tie hypo to spear
Turn blue dial to 6
Turn green dial to 5
Throw spear at tiger
Southeast
Northeast
Put branch in fire
North
Northwest
Northwest
Hit door with rod
North
The Third Zoo
North
North
Take cage
Open cage
North
North
Examine obelisk
Hit door with rod
North
North
Take goo with cage
Close cage
South
Hit door with rod
South
South
South
Put cage on platform
Examine screen:
Use Inducer to change mandibles & stingers
Take cage
North
North
Hit door with rod
North
North
Open cage
Wait [until creatures all change]
Turn blue dial to 4
Turn green dial to 4
Inject me
Inject me
North
North
Hit door with rod
North
The Spider Robot
Northwest
Open door
West
Turn key
Take gun
Shoot sensor
Shoot robot
North
Open panel
The Oldest One
Pull green core
Northwest
Open panel
Pull green core
Northeast
Open panel
Pull green core
Southeast
Open Panel
Pull green core
Pull blue core
Southwest
Pull blue core
Northwest
Pull blue core
Southeast
South (6 times)
East
East
Pull cube
Flying Home
West
West
North (6 times)
Northeast
Northwest
North
Examine console:
Select the course code that matches the pattern on the
obelisk outside the second zoo.
Part 3: The Ice Planet
The Landing Site
Take clamp
Take compass
Wait
East
North
East
South
North
East
Examine dust
West
Souteast
Take lamprey carving
Take worm carving
Take ship carving
Take gem carving
Take bowl carving
Take cutter carving
South
Show lamprey to artist
Show gem to artist
Show bowl to artist
Show cutter to artist
North
Northwest
West
West
North
North
Put water in bowl
South
South
West
West
The Glacier
West
Pour water
Northwest
Pour water
South
Pour water
Southeast
Pour water
North
Down
Examine ship carving
Examine keypad:
Enter code from carving
Open hatch
Take pod
Open panel
Push blue button
Take clamp
drop corroded clamp
Put clean clamp on corroded clamp
Step on clamp
Push red button
Out
East
East
North
North
The Monster and Beyond
East
East
East
North (8 times)
Take kord with cutter
Take kord
South
West
West
West
Throw kord at monster
Wait [until monster dies]
North
North
North
Scrape ice with cutter
Wait [until diggle makes hole]
North
North
Put pyramid in impression
The Rescue station
East
Take control module
Examine module:
In interface, push "bulkhead" button, and then the right
arrow button three times, then the "bulkhead" button again.
East
Put hand in handprint
West
West
North
Hit fork
Up
Examine module:
In interface, push left arrow button once, then up arrow
button three times, then the "trident" button, then down
arrow three times, then right arrow button once.
Push [color] button:
The color to push is the one that is being displayed in the
machine room, as displayed by the robot. You can tell which
color is on the screen by the length of the bar underneath.
Part 4: Heechee Homeworld
Your Quarters
Examine communicator
Take pod
Open Cabinet
Take Pouch
Wear pod
Out
West
South
Wait [until escort looks away]
Open pouch
Put powder in thermos
Wait [until green light comes on]
West
Out
East
North
Examine communicator
Out
West
Wait until 2:55
Northeast
Wait [Until Macropterous arrives]
The White Hand
Out
East
Southeast
Wait [Until prophet repeats himself]
East
South
Move Dirt
Take seed
North
North
North
In
Examine Panel:
Choose unmarked code
Out
North
Turn disks:
Turn wings to sky
Turn knife to fire
Turn plant to water
Turn hammer to stone
This will bring you down to talk to Exegesis
The Field Generator
Out
South
In
Examine panel:
Choose unmarked code
Out
North
Plant seeds
Push red button
Take generator
The Gravity Lens
Take badge
Examine badge
Out
In
Examine panel:
Choose city hangar
Out
South
South
East
North
Put generator on sewage
Push button
North
North
Jump
Take lens
Open pod
Put all in pod
Up (4 times)
Out
Out
Push button
Take generator
The Nav Data Chip
Out
West
North
North
In
Examine panel:
Choose Administration Center
Out
North
Examine console:
Punch in a code that matches the Temple code on your own
ship control panel
Out
Wait
In
Examine panel:
Choose Temple code
Out
North
Down
In conversation with Exegesis, he will tell you about the
TransWarp Drive.
The TransWarp Drive
Out
South
In
Examine Panel:
Choose City code
Out
South
Wait [until Place of Seeing opens]
East
Wait [until telescope is in place]
Look through telescope:
Make note of shape of Aesthemis Constellation
Wait [until you are back at ground level]
West (4 times)
South
Wait until 8:00
West
Out
East
North
Examine Communicator
Out
West
West
Press the buttons in the shape of the Aesthemis
Constellation
Take visor
Wear visor
Take prototype
In conversation, learn demo code from Astatine and convince
him to free his datastore lock.
Take Astatine
Examine keypad
Enter code Astatine gave you
Wait [until light beams are straight]
Take prototype
Out
East
North
Examine communicator
Out
East
East
North
In
Examine Panel:
Choose Temple Code
Out
North
Down
Exegesis will tell you about Datavaults
The Datavaults
Out
South
In
Examine panel:
Choose administration center code
Out
East
Southeast
Wear prototype
Push stud
East
Wait [until robot removes shield]
Take cable
Touch cable to index
Wait [until robot removes shield]
Examine index:
Enter "traitor", which will give you a datafan code number
East
Examine keypad:
Enter datafan code number
Put datafan on datastore
Push download switch
Remove fan
Drop fan
West
Wait [until prototype is recharged]
Press stud
West
Northwest
West
In
Examine panel:
Choose temple code
Out
North
Down
Part 5: The Endgame
Back on the Artifact
Out
Open door
Northeast
Northeast
[Talk to Diana]
Push stud
West
West
Lie on couch
[Choose dialogue that sends the leader to the bridge of the
ship]
East
East
South
South
South
Take radio
Turn dial to 1
North
North
North
East
East
Drop radio
West
West
Wait [until belt recharges]
Push stud
West
West
Lie on couch
Choose dialogue that contains the instructions, "Safe.
Open..."
East (4 times)
Take cube
Put cube in matrix
Congratulations! You have saved the world!
