#
# Commander Ransome, a falcon.  Leader of the Fairford base.
#


[page="start"]
[if hear_truth][goto="HT_start"]
[goto="first"]
[!image="f16_05.cel"]
[!"You cheated to get here!  Go away!"
[!nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

[page="start_name"]
[if hear_truth][goto="HT_start"]
[if_pflag scarpered][goto="fled"]
[if_pflag offered][goto="undecided"]
[if_not_pflag joined][goto="unjoined"]
[goto="other"]
[endpage]

[page="first"]
[esc="flee"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[learn_name]
[set met_ransome]

[colour="#808080"]
You see a large fighter aircraft watching you.
The creature's eyes glow yellow, giving a cartoon-like
appearance.  The black pupils of the eyes, presumably
some kind of cameras, follow your movements.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Welcome, $PLAYER.  I am Commander Fc. Ransome of the
 Weytus Intelligence Force.
 
 I expect you have many questions, but first I must
 debrief you.
 
 There is a lot to say, I'm afraid.  But I can repeat
 any of it later on for you if need be.
 
 Do you want the long or the short of it?"

[link="But you aren't human!"]
[linkto="human"]
[link="Are you an artifical intelligence?"]
[linkto="ai"]
[link="Tell me the whole story."]
[linkto="first1"]
[link="Just tell me quickly."]
[linkto="quick"]
[endpage]


[page="ai"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[set met_aircraft]

"I prefer the term 'machine sentience', but yes.

 If I may ask you to pay attention, what I am about to
 say is of the utmost importance."

[link="Tell me the whole story."]
[linkto="first1"]
[link="Just tell me quickly."]
[linkto="quick"]
[endpage]


[page="human"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"I never claimed to be.

 If I may ask you to pay attention for a few moments,
 what I have to say is of crucial importance."

[link="Tell me everything."]
[linkto="first1"]
[link="Just give me the basics."]
[linkto="quick"]
[endpage]


[page="flee"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[if_not_pflag joined][set_pflag scarpered]

"No!  Come back.. please!

 This is vitally important!"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="fled"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[clear_pflag scarpered]

"I'm so glad you've came back.

 I have a lot to say, I'm afraid.  But I can repeat any
 of it later on if need be.
 
 Do you want the long or the short of it?"

[link="Are you an artifical intelligence?"]
[linkto="ai"]
[link="Tell me the whole story."]
[linkto="first1"]
[link="Just tell me quickly."]
[linkto="quick"]
[endpage]




[page="first1"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[set weytus]
[set met_aircraft]
[call music_ransome]

"It is the year 2131, and you are on a planet called
 Weytus, which is the seventh planet Earth has colonised.
 
 Interstellar travel was made possible by the V-space
 effect, which was discovered by studying CCTV footage
 of your accident.  You were believed to be dead until
 very recently.

 We detected the V-space warp your arrival made and worked
 out its source vector.

 How does it feel to be the first time-traveller?"

[link="It's amazing."]
[linkto="first1a"]
[link="It sucks.  Everyone I know is dead."]
[linkto="first1b"]
[link="Well hard."]
[linkto="first1a"]
[link="I don't believe it."]
[linkto="first1c"]
[link="Can I go back to the past?"]
[linkto="first1d"]
[endpage]

[page="first1a"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Good.. I'm glad you're taking it well.

 I imagine it has come as rather a shock to you.
 But I am digressing.."

[nextpage="first2"]
[endpage]


[page="first1b"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"I understand.  In the last few years, I have lost
 hundreds of men, including some very dear friends.
 
 But I'll get to that later."

[nextpage="first2"]
[endpage]

[page="first1c"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"Well you'll have to start believing it soon.
 You aren't just going to wake up, I'm afraid."

[nextpage="first2"]
[endpage]

[page="first1d"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"I don't know.  But we won't be able to find out until the
 present crisis is over."

[nextpage="first2"]
[endpage]


[page="first2"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"The colony was formally opened in 2090, and saw a large
 number of immigrants.
 
 Unfortunately, one of them proclaimed himself Pope,
 decided to take over control of the planet and placed
 it under the rule of the Church.
 
 Naturally, everyone ignored the wacko and eventually he
 was arrested for breach of the peace.
 
 Until he began to work miracles in God's name."
 
[link="What kind of miracles?"]
[linkto="first2a"]
[link="Carry on."]
[linkto="first3"]
[endpage]


[page="first2a"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Well, his escape from prison, for one.  He just vanished.
 The cell was still locked, and the key had verifiably
 not been touched.
 
 It's like he just 'beamed out' of the cell."

[nextpage="first3"]
[endpage]


[page="first3"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"About this time, medievalism became fashionable.
 Lots of houses were built in mock-Tudor style, and
 people began to try and emulate the ways of long past.
 
 Mostly people took things up as a hobby, like archery
 or craftwork.  But it gradually took over their lives,
 until they believed they lived in the 11th century."

[link="What happened next?"]
[linkto="first4"]
[endpage]

[page="first4"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Wherever Harris went, people began to join him, like a
 cult.  They became his followers.
 
 And the people that followed his 'Path to God' started to
 hear voices, entreating them to join and attend church.
 To worship Him and be Saved at the time of Judgement."

[link="Go on."]
[linkto="first5"]
[link="He's helping people find God. What's the problem?"]
[linkto="first4b"]
[endpage]

[page="first4b"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"This man is responsible for the ethnic cleansing of an
 entire WORLD!!!  Have you noticed any Muslims here?!?

 The Church demands the worship of the Holy Trinity.
 It rules the whole goddamn planet with an iron fist,
 and they've got the death penalty all over the shop.
 
 Everyone of a different religion was regarded as Infidel
 and put to the sword or burned as a heretic..."

[nextpage="first5"]
[endpage]


[page="first5"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"We should have realised he was building an army.
 But when Earth woke to the danger it was too late.
 
 Civil war broke out.. Pope Harris and his God against
 the government.  With our air-power there was a stalemate
 for several years, until we were caught off guard.
 
 Harris had managed to obtain some strange energy weapons.
 There were many human and fixed-wing casualties.

 Some of the survivors reported a large, glowing ball
 floating nearby the so-called Pope.."

[nextpage="first6"]
[endpage]

[page="first6"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"We buried the dead, and recovered our fallen.

 We have the technology to re-build our airframes from
 scratch if need be.  But that can do nothing for the
 brave humans who died at our sides!
 
 The Pope has let us be for some time, and we have only
 had occasional skirmishes with the worshippers for the
 last few years.  But it can't last.."

[nextpage="first7"]
[endpage]


[page="first7"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"We need the help of willing and able humans.  That is
 why I am begging you to join us.

 We need you to help us fight their terrible regime!
 
 Obviously the choice is up to you.
 I can't make you join, but you aren't going back to your
 native time without a technical civilisation..
 and that is something the Church has sworn to destroy."

[set_pflag offered]

[link="I will join you."]
[linkto="willjoin"]
[link="What do you want me to do?"]
[linkto="whatjoin"]
[link="I don't want to join you."]
[linkto="wontjoin"]
[endpage]



[page="quick"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[set weytus]
[set met_aircraft]
[call music_ransome]

"Very well.  But you really should hear the whole thing
 in detail at some stage.  Ask me about it later.

 We're on a colony world called 'Weytus'.  It's 2131 and
 the government has been usurped by 'Pope Harris'.

 The whole world is now ruled by his church, with fear
 and miracles to control the peasants, and strange energy
 weapons to keep everyone else in line.

 They have taken the world back to the dark ages..
 The Church wants to kill us, destroy our technology and
 enslave everyone else.

 You are our only hope.  Will you help us against the
 brutality of this evil religion?"
 
[link="I will join you."]
[linkto="willjoin"]
[link="What do you want me to do?"]
[linkto="whatjoin"]
[link="I don't want to join you."]
[linkto="wontjoin"]
[link="I want to think about it.  Goodbye."]
[linkto="thinkjoin"]
[endpage]


[page="undecided"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[learn_name]

[colour="#808080"]
Commander Ransome looks at you expectantly.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Have you decided?  Will you help us?"

[link="I will join you."]
[linkto="willjoin"]
[link="What do you want me to do?"]
[linkto="whatjoin"]
[link="I don't want to join you."]
[linkto="wontjoin"]
[link="I haven't decided yet."]
[linkto="thinkjoin"]
[endpage]



[page="willjoin"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]
[set_pflag joined]
[clear_pflag offered]
[colour="#808080"]
Ransome makes a very human sigh of relief and reaching
to a compartment in his underside gives you a small
plastic card.
[colour="#ffffff"]
[create 1 pass_card1]

"Thank you.  I'm glad to hear you will.
 This is a passcard that will give you access to most of
 the base.  Feel free to look around, and get to know the
 people here.

 Do you have any questions?"

[link="Yes.  What are you and where did you come from?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[link="Yes.  Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="This is 2131, but some buildings are over 300 years old!"]
[linkto="wrongtime"]
[link="What do you suggest I do first?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="No.  I'll be on my way."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="wontjoin"]
[image="f16_02.cel"]

[colour="#808080"]
Ransome sighs deeply.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I'm sorry to hear you say that., but I respect your
 decision.

 You will be welcome here if you do change your mind."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="whatjoin"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"If you join us, we can provide you with accomodation,
 food, and access to our technology.

 In return, we need you to go out there and mingle
 with the people.  Try to find out what the Hell is
 going on and report back here."

[link="I will join you."]
[linkto="willjoin"]
[link="I want to think about it some more."]
[linkto="thinkjoin"]
[link="I don't want to join you."]
[linkto="wontjoin"]
[endpage]


[page="thinkjoin"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"Very well.

 But please.. I would urge you to make up your mind
 fairly quickly.  You can find me here when you've come
 to a decision."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="unjoined"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[learn_name]

[colour="#808080"]
Commander Ransome looks at you expectantly.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Have you changed your mind?  Will you help us?"

[link="I will join you."]
[linkto="willjoin"]
[link="What do you want me to do?"]
[linkto="whatjoin"]
[link="I don't want to join you."]
[linkto="wontjoin"]
[link="I haven't decided yet."]
[linkto="thinkjoin"]
[endpage]


Player has joined

[page="other"]
[esc="bye"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Welcome back, $PLAYER."

[link="What do you suggest I do?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="I don't think I asked.. what are you?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[altlink="What are you again?"]
[link="Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[altlink="I forget. Why aren't you a futuristic plane?"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[if island_airdrop][link="Can you fly me to an island?"]
[if island_airdrop][linkto="treasureisland"]
[link="Tell me about the Holy Land."]
[linkto="holyland"]
[link="Tell me about the other air bases."]
[linkto="bases"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="bases"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"There are three major bases.  New Fairford, which is us,
 New Leuchars, which is the environmental research
 facility in Scotia, and the Panavia defence base, which
 is in the wilderlands to the east.

 We used to keep in permanent contact, but now our
 communications are being jammed.  We tried relaying
 messages by flying from base to base, but the Church has
 installed force barriers in the sky, blocking all the
 routes between bases.

 Ideally we need to remove both the forcefields and the
 jamming."

[link="What do you suggest I do?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[if island_airdrop][link="Can you fly me to an island?"]
[if island_airdrop][linkto="treasureisland"]
[link="Tell me about the Holy Land."]
[linkto="holyland"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="treasureisland"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]
[set find_randolph]

"If you're happy with the idea of parachuting down, I'm
 sure we can find someone willing to drop you there.

 The only problem then is getting you back..
 No.  We need a harrier for this job.

 Here's the snag.  Our harrier is Randolph, and he went
 MIA after the last attack.  We know he's alive because
 he sent us a number of incoherent messages, something
 like 'Jesus is coming to kill us all!' or words to that
 effect.

 If you want to go to that island, you'll have to find
 Randolph first, and either convince him to return, or
 tell us where to look if he's too badly damaged."

[link="Where should I look?"]
[linkto="treasureisland2"]
[link="I don't think I asked.. what are you?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[altlink="What are you again?"]
[link="Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[altlink="I forget. Why aren't you a futuristic plane?"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]

[page="treasureisland2"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"His signals are weak, but fairly nearby, as if they're
 being blocked or shielded.  He might be in a cave or
 near some mountains or something.

 Try asking people in New Highworth if they've seen any
 demons.   I sent out a rescue team to try and find him
 before, but the villagers said we were in league with
 Satan and wouldn't tell us anything.

 If you can find Randolph, I would like to know what he 
 saw when he was attacked.  It might be important."

[link="I don't think I asked.. what are you?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[altlink="What are you again?"]
[link="Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[altlink="I forget. Why aren't you a futuristic plane?"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="church"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Okay.  It is the year 2131, and you are on a planet
 called Weytus, which is the seventh planet Earth has
 colonised.
 
 Interstellar travel was made possible by the V-space
 effect, which was discovered in the accident you had.
 You were presumed dead until very recently.

 We detected the V-space warp your arrival made and
 worked out its source vector.

 It seems you're the first time-traveller!"

[nextpage="church2"]
[endpage]


[page="church2"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"The colony was formally opened in 2090, and saw a
 large number of immigrants.
 
 Unfortunately, one of them proclaimed himself Pope,
 decided to take over control of the planet and placed
 it under the rule of the Church.
 
 Naturally, everyone ignored the loony and eventually
 he was arrested for breach of the peace.
 
 But then he began to work miracles in God's name."
 
[nextpage="church3"]
[endpage]


[page="church3"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"First, he escaped from his cell by an unknown method..
 No signs of force, no tunnels.  His cell was still
 locked and the key hadn't been touched.
 
 We are starting to believe he teleported out, but
 we have no idea how.
 
 Since he became Pope, Harris appears to be
 invulnerable.. bullets don't affect him.
 But that happened later."

[nextpage="church4"]
[endpage]


[page="church4"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"About this time, medievalism became fashionable.
 Lots of houses were built in mock-Tudor style, and
 people began to try and emulate the ways of long past.
 
 Mostly people took things up as a hobby, like archery
 or craftwork.  But it gradually took over their lives,
 until they finally believed it was the 11th century."

[nextpage="church5"]
[endpage]


[page="church5"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Wherever Harris went, people began to join him, like a
 cult.  They became his followers.
 
 All the people that followed his 'Path to God' started
 to hear the voice of the Lord, entreating them to attend
 church, to worship Him and be Saved at the time of
 Judgement.  To obey the Lord In All Things.
 
 We've seen what the do to people who won't and it is NOT
 pretty."

[nextpage="church6"]
[endpage]


[page="church6"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Soon it became apparent to all that he was raising an
 army.  But it was already too late.. he had enough
 backers to overthrow the government.

 All military-capable aircraft were drafted into an
 emergency defence force.  Earth sent us reinforcement
 troops by V-space, but Harris was waiting for them, and
 they were picked off with some nasty energy weapon as
 they arrived.
 
 Some of the survivors reported a large, glowing ball
 floating nearby the so-called Pope."

[nextpage="church7"]
[endpage]


[page="church7"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"The government forces were routed.  We split into groups
 to keep control of the airbases.  

 The Pope seems to have no more immediate plans for us.
 The last few years brought only the occasional skirmish
 with his forces.

 But we fear they may be planning to finish us off.

 Do you have any questions?"

[link="Yes.  What are you and where did you come from?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[link="Yes.  Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="This is 2131, but some buildings are over 300 years old!"]
[linkto="wrongtime"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="quests"]
[if_not ransome_deluca][goto="magicquest"]
[if_not ransome_magic][goto="noquest"]
[if_not ransome_pope][goto="popequest"]

[goto="noquest"]
[endpage]


[page="magicquest"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"Well, if you can get to know some of the people who work
 here, that would be a good start.

 In particular, I suggest you talk to DeLuca and Fisher.
 They are doing some fairly crucial research.
 You can find them in Hangar 02."

[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="noquest"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"I don't have anything specific for you right now.

 Wander around the base if you like, or go back to the
 Church-controlled territory.  Perhaps you might learn
 something useful."

[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="popequest"]

"We need to find out where Harris is getting his powers
 from.  Then we can work out how to rob him of that power.

 But he's closely guarded.

 The Church seems to trust you... perhaps you could seek
 an audience with the Pope and find out what's going on."

[endpage]




[page="eaglequest"]
[colour="#808080"]
Ransome looks distraught.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"There is something I want to ask you to do, and I don't
 really know how to put it.

 You see, a close friend of mine has crashed.. Elias.

 He was on a scouting mission in the Northlands, and we
 were expecting him back tomorrow.  But this morning
 there was a brief mayday transmission.  He just managed
 to say the words 'I love you Master,'.. and then there
 was just static.  He is dead.

 Elias was like a brother to me."

[nextpage="eaglequest2"]
[endpage]

[page="eaglequest2"]

"I want you to find Elias' remains.

 There will be a tape somewhere in the.. wreckage.
 If you bring me this tape, Austin and I can bring him
 back.

 But we need the tape.  Please!"
 
[endpage]



[page="whatareyou"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"I'm an F-16 4000, usually referred to as a falcon.
 My body was first designed in the late 1960s, but has
 been optimised and updated for countless decades since.
 I was built in late 2061, but came aware the next year."

[link="But that means you're sixty-nine years old!"]
[linkto="69"]
[link="Why are you an F-16 and not a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="Don't you mean 'F-16 Fighting Falcon'?"]
[linkto="fightingfalcon"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="69"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"Sixty-nine would be old for a human, but every part of my
 body can be replaced as it wears out.  New materials
 science has created composites that should last for
 centuries, and my engine has very few moving parts.

 Or did you think we still burn kerosene?"

[link="Well aircraft do where I come from!"]
[linkto="kerosene"]
[link="Why are you an F-16 and not a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="Don't you mean 'F-16 Fighting Falcon'?"]
[linkto="fightingfalcon"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="kerosene"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"I apologise.. I forgot that for a moment.

 But the whole idea seems very silly, with the benefit of
 hindsight.  Even those who were alive in the earliest
 days tend to forget that they used to be powered by
 explosive liquids.

 We normally use distilled water these days, fast
 hydrogen cracking and similar techniques.
 There are many other ways of storing energy,
 but hydrogen cracking is most suitable for us."

[link="Why are you an F-16 and not a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="Don't you mean 'F-16 Fighting Falcon'?"]
[linkto="fightingfalcon"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="wrongtime"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

[colour="#808080"]
Ransome looks pained.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"I think you had better ask Fisher about that.
 You'll find her in hangar 02."

[link="What are you and where did you come from?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[link="Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="I'll be on my way."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="records"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Oh, you have seen part of my collection!

 Please take care with those, some of them are first
 editions, over a century old.  Vinyl isn't hard to
 replace, but ORIGINALS fetch tremendous prices!"

[link="Why on earth are you using vinyl records??"]
[linkto="vinyl"]
[link="Don't you use a digital format?"]
[linkto="vinyl"]
[endpage]


[page="vinyl"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Many reasons.  Firstly, there was a crackdown on digital
 audio in the early 21st century by media corporations.
 Vinyl and analogue tape became the only permitted media.
 Even after the ban, many people found they preferred the
 sound of analogue.

 We use optical playback systems so the records do not
 deteriorate.. the disks last a lot longer than uh,
 what were they called..?  Oh yeah, CDs.

 Apart from the fact that the artwork is better, most
 aircraft prefer vinyl because it's easier to hold than
 a coin-sized data cartridge."

[endpage]


[page="mediaban"]

"Many digital devices were banned, citing terrorism or
 some other transparent lie.. didn't really matter what
 because it was easy to buy legislation at that time.

 The new laws were so broad and strict that they outlawed
 the digital recorders, reverb units and synthesizers
 that actually produced the music.  It took years to get
 the law overturned and caused a stock crash that
 bankrupted most of the media corporations.

 In the meantime, music had to be recorded using 1975
 technology.  Laid down on 24-track, with all-analogue
 effects and no sampling.  Even tape sync was illegal.

 Some say the resulting barrier-to-entry vastly improved
 the quality of the music released during that period."

[endpage]


[page="holyland"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"The Holy Land is in the basin of a large crater.
 It appears to be a caldera formed by the impact of an
 asteroid or something similar.

 Economically it seems to act as a gated community for
 the super-rich.  And of course, the Pope lives there.
 Peasants are allowed to make a pilgrimage to the Holy
 Land, particularly if they are able to obtain an
 audience with the Pope.

 The great cathedral is supposedly built on the site
 where God first appeared before Pope Harris."

[link="What do you suggest I do?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="I don't think I asked.. what are you?"]
[linkto="whatareyou"]
[altlink="What are you again?"]
[link="Why aren't you a futuristic airplane?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture"]
[altlink="I forget. Why aren't you a futuristic plane?"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[if island_airdrop][link="Can you fly me to an island?"]
[if island_airdrop][linkto="treasureisland"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]




[page="fightingfalcon"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"No!  And don't -ever- call me that again!

 I am not proud of my kind's warlike past, and I have no
 wish to think of the crimes we have committed under the
 orders of humans like you."

[link="I'm terribly sorry.  I didn't know."]
[linkto="sorryff"]
[link="I have offended you with my ignorance."]
[linkto="sorryff"]
[link="Can I call you 'flying turkey' then?"]
[linkto="turkey"]
[link="Whoops.  I'd best be going."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="sorryff"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"I am head of the intelligence unit for a reason.  We can
 help prevent conflict from occurring by looking for the
 symptoms before the disease strikes."

[link="Whoops.  I'd best be going."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="turkey"]
[if_pflag turkey][nextpage="attacked3"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]
[colour="#808080"]
The F-16 reels as if struck, and hesitates before
speaking, as if struggling to keep calm.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="turkey2"]
[endpage]

[page="turkey2"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]
[set_pflag turkey]
[esc=disabled]

[colour="#808080"]
When he speaks, it is in a slow, deliberate tone.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"If you call me 'flying turkey' once more, I will not be
 responsible for my actions.  Do you understand?"

[link="Yes.  Absolutely."]
[linkto="turkey2a"]
[link="No, I don't"]
[linkto="turkey3"]
[link="FLYING TURKEY!"]
[linkto="attacked3"]
[endpage]

[page="turkey2a"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]

"Good.  Now leave me be."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="turkey3"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]

"Out!  Get out before I lose my temper!"

[colour="#808080"]
It occurs to you that provoking a warrior robot to
violence might not be a very good idea.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="whynotfuture"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"It was the recession.  The development of more advanced,
 and expensive, aircraft was put on indefinite hold due
 to budgetary constraints and relative peace.

 Resources were put into making better use of existing
 aircraft and re-using mothballed airframes.
 The result was sentient avionics systems.

 Oh and by the way, please don't use the words 'airplane'
 or 'aeroplane'.  They refer to non-sentients and are
 considered derogatory among my kind."

[link="But why haven't you changed since?"]
[linkto="whynotfuture2"]
[link="2062.. doesn't that make you 69 years old?"]
[linkto="69"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!"]
[linkto="domo"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]

[page="whynotfuture2"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"Oh, I see.  You mean, why don't I have a futuristic body
 NOW?  It's mostly down to looks and appearance.

 You're probably thinking that I should have a squat,
 angular body like, perhaps, an F-117 so that I can be
 radar-invisible?

 Technology has advanced quite a lot.  We can add photonic
 tunnelling to any aircraft, and that achieves total
 invisibility.  That's better than the F-117 ever had and
 you can have a stylish body into the bargain."
 
[nextpage="whynotfuture3"]
[endpage]

[page="whynotfuture3"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"There are also trendier versions of existing designs,
 for example the F16-7000 series, usually referred to as
 the 'superfalcon' has sculpted bodywork, and a sportier
 look.

 There are one or two experimental designs, but most of
 us prefer the late 20th century look."

[link="2062.. doesn't that make you 69 years old?"]
[linkto="69"]
[link="This is 2131, but some buildings are over 300 years old!"]
[linkto="wrongtime"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!"]
[linkto="domo"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="domo"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Fuck you."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="reward"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

[create 1500 gold_coins]

"Here's the reward I promised: 1500 gold coins.  It isn't
 much, but it should prove useful.

 It's either that or a free pass for the vending machine,
 I'm afraid."

[link="Why do you use gold coins as currency?"]
[linkto="reward2"]
[link="What do you suggest I do next?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="Thanks, I'll be on my way now."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="reward2"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Why not?  Everyone else does.  It became the official
 currency years ago, when medievalism first became
 fashionable.  Before the humans freaked out, of course.

 Having the same currency helps us trade with the humans
 in such times that they are willing, obviously."

[link="What do you suggest I do next?"]
[linkto="quests"]
[link="Tell me all about Harris and the Church."]
[linkto="church"]
[altlink="Tell me again about the Church."]
[link="Thanks, I'll be on my way now."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]




[page="plot_twist"]
[image="f16_06.cel"]

"I mentioned earlier that some people can hear the voice
 of God.  I can't, because it seems that whatever is
 broadcasting this voice is aimed only at humans.

 But over the last month or so it seems that this voice of
 God, or whatever it is, has announced that the LORD will
 lead His people to Ethiopia, to recapture the Garden of
 Eden from the Infidel.

 It is only yesterday that we finally worked out what
 that means.  Pope Harris is going to send all his 
 followers out to invade this  'Garden of Eden', and
 that can only mean one place.  Earth."

[link="Where?"]
[linkto="plot_twist2"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked"]
[if_pflag third][goto="attacked3"]
[if_pflag second][goto="attacked2"]
[goto="attacked1"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked1"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]
[set_pflag second]
[set true]

"Stop that!  You'll scratch my paintwork!"

[link="Sorry, it was an accident."]
[linkto="attacked1a"]
[link="Die, stupid machine!"]
[linkto="attacked1b"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked1a"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Then be more careful in future!"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

[page="attacked1b"]
[image="f16_01.cel"]

"Do you value your fragile human life?"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked2"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]
[set_pflag third]
[set true]

"STOP THAT AT ONCE!"

[link="I won't do it again."]
[linkto="attacked2a"]
[link="You're a heap of metal and I'm going to destroy you."]
[linkto="attacked2b"]
[endpage]

[page="attacked2a"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]

"Dead right.  You won't be given a third chance."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]

[page="attacked2b"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]

"Get out!  Get out before I lose my temper!"

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked3"]
[image="f16_05.cel"]

"GUARDS!  ARREST THE HUMAN!"

[clear true]
[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="bye"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Goodbye, $PLAYER.
 If you need anything else, feel free to drop by."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]



[page="topgun"]
[image="f16_00.cel"]

"Yes, once, when I was young and impressionable.
 We had a horror night at the academy drive-in, you see.
 Top Gun.. Independence Day..  Iron Eagle..
 Horrible stuff!  I left early.
 
 It didn't stop me from checking out Legend, though.
 A far better Tom Cruise film."

[nextpage="fff"]
[endpage]


[page="HT_start"]
[image="f16_08.cel"]
[clear hear_truth]

[colour="#808080"]
Ransome speaks in a strangely slurred manner.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"..not now.. i've got a terrible headache.."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="lord_kill"]
[image="lord.jpg"]

"Come now.  Why should I want to harm you, when we have
 so much in common?"

[endpage]
