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From: co@nvg.unit.no (Chris Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair
Subject: Shadowfire - the solution
Date: 27 Oct 1995 19:48:01 GMT
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 [from Crash, June 1986]


                          SHADOWFIRE - The solution
                          -------------------------

 Before setting off on your mission make sure you equip your characters 
properly - the booklet gives a lot of hints on how to do this. Now beam 
down to the fighter bay (red) and take all members except Sevrina. Syylk 
and Maul. Move the characters that you have beamed down S twice, then SE 
and E. At about this point you should be attacked by two to three aliens. 
Once they have been destroyed get Manto to beam down Sevrina. Go to Sevrina's
object screen and get her to pick the lock which is to the south.

 Once the lock is picked, using Manto beam Sevrina back to the ship. Now 
move your three characters S twice, which will take them to a junction with 
exits leading E, W, N and SW. Take the E route. You should now be attacked by 
a trooper from NE. Kill him and move NE twice.

 Moving E from here should take you to just outside a locked door which has a
trooper behind - here Sevrina's talents are needed so beam her down to pick 
the lock. When this is done beam down the other members of the Enigma team to
fight the trooper. Once all your characters are beyond the door you will be 
attacked by two more enemies and these have to be massacred before advancing
E.

 Advance three of the characters that still have a good amount of strength E 
to attack a Marshal. Send another reasonably fit character W then N once. 
This will take him into the Robot Armoury. From here take the Rocket launcher
- if it is too heavy then wait a while for your character's strength to build
up.

 By now the Marshal should be dead, if he isn't then attack him with a few 
more characters until he's really dead. By now all your team should be 
standing outside a locked door which leads SE. Give the rocket launcher to 
Maul. If he is too weak then drop it by him. Wait for 5 to 10 minutes for 
your characters' strength to build up, or for however long you think 
appropriate. Get Sevrina to pick the lock and advance every character through
the door making sure they are all well-armed. In this room you will be 
heavily attacked so before entering, make sure your strength is up.

 If you survive the onslaught you will realise you are in a room called 'Zoff
Security' which has four exits. Get Sevrina to unlock them all. Using Zark, 
go through the SE exit. You are now in a room that contains General Zoff, 
Ambassador Kryxix and the self-destruct card. Zoff will try to flee so you 
must be quick to capture him. Go to Kryxix with Zark and you should get the 
report that you've found Kryxix and that he follows Zark. Kryxix will only 
follow Zark because Zark is the translator. Get Kryxix onto the same location
as Manto and beam him aboard Enigma - you have now rescued Kryxix. 

 Also in the Fighter Bay is Zoff's second in command, Sky Fortress Captain 
Churl, he is located in his quarters near the bridge. A time delay device can
be found near Churl and if used properly can help capture Zoff. The reason 
for not beaming all the characters down at the beginning of the game is it 
is quicker to move the three characters with more agility than to bother 
moving all six when some of them are really only any use in a fight.

 To capture General Zoff position Manto outside his quarters and drop the 
transporter beamer. Pick the lock and send someone into Zoff's quarters. Move
a character into the same location as Zoff. Zoff will then try to escape. As 
soon as he moves onto the same location as Manto, beam him aboard the Enigma. 
A similar method can be used to capture the enemy soldiers - this saves energy.

 The other half of the destruct code can be found on the Bridge but it is 
unlikely that you will need it because to complete the game you must capture 
the Zoff 5. This can be done by capturing or killing everyone on board. With 
a bit of practice at these strategies it shouldn't take long to complete the 
game.

 General tips are:

 * Always rest after a good bout of fighting. 

 * Only beam down Maul when you are in a tricky situation because he is too
  slow to keep up with the others. 

 * Throughout the game you will constantly be arming and rearming because 
  your strength goes down. My strategy for this is to go into battle with a 
  heavy weapon and switch to a lighter one as soon as the character shows 
  signs of flagging. It is best to use some games just for mapping and 
  exploring levels (or you can use the Shadowfire Tuner if you own a copy) 
  because many rooms seem to serve no specific purpose.

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