General Questions

1. You always get points at given places in the story, but there are elements of randomness.
2. For one thing, you don't always get the same number of points each time you reach the same point in the story. For example, for reaching the prison cell on Phobos, you will get somewhere between 1 and 8 points.
3. Another element of randomness: when you use the STATUS command, you are told the total points that your score is "out of." This number starts at 9309, but decreases randomly each time you get points.
4. Your points increase and your "out of" number decreases, until they finally meet on the final turn of the story.
5. This is all designed to confuse you, of course.