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Basque Terrorists Loose in Dartford (Basque_Terrorists_in_Dartford_John_Wilson.txt)

BASQUE TERRORISTS IN DARTFORD
Written by Jon Wilson (Infected Software)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)
(Thanks to Donald Hay for information regarding the Secret Message)


Scenario
One day when your conscience got the better of you, you decided to visit your granny, but all you
found was a strange ransom note from a complete stranger.

Note 
The coupon is a secret message, which is written in code.
"^ ^^ ^^^^^   ^ ^^ ^  ^ ^ ^^^  ^^"
 |_|| |||||_ _| ||_| _| |_||| _||

Note that the groups of arrows/dashes are exactly the same as the words in the message in the car.
Taking the letters in the message which correspond to the dashes in the code gives:

                 O        T T    O  M   A    N
	
So now you have the word 'OTTOMAN'.

Walk Through
(Start in your hallway - note you are naked), GET NOTE, EXAMINE NOTE (it's the ransom note),
DROP NOTE, S (kitchen), GET CLOTHES, EXAMINE CLOTHES, WEAR CLOTHES, N, E (front garden), S (back
road), E, NE, S (Lion Street where you see a car with its doors open), EXAMINE CAR (find a gun and a
piece of strange paper in the glove compartment), GET GUN, EXAMINE GUN, GET PAPER, EXAMINE PAPER
(the message reads "Don't forget to drop my water now"), S, E, E, S, W (newsagents),
GET  MAGAZINE. EXAMINE MAGAZINE (something falls out), LOOK (see a mail order coupon), GET COUPON,
EXAMINE COUPON (it's actually a secret message written in code - see note above).

E, N, W, W, W, W, W, W (corner of Maine and Gregory Streets), S, E (arcade), GET JACKET (leather),
EXAMINE JACKET (find some cash in the pockets), GET CASH, EXAMINE CASH (fifty pounds), DROP JACKET,
W, N, E, E, S (boutique), BUY BASQUE (for twenty pounds - note it is a clothing item), WEAR BASQUE,
N, W, W, S, S, S, S (castle drive), E, E, E, E (warehouses), S, E (small room), EXAMINE CABINET
(filing), OPEN CABINET (only the bottom one will open), LOOK (see a crowbar and a pair of
sunglasses), GET CROWBAR, GET SUNGLASSES, W, N, N, EXAMINE CRATES, OPEN CRATE (using crowbar - you
find a disguise), GET DISGUISE, S. 

W, W (Elm Street), S, S, W (mill), S (office which contains a large safe), DIAL OTTOMAN (inside is a
knife and an ID), GET KNIFE, GET ID, EXAMINE ID (see a picture of a man wearing a basque and a pair
of sunglasses, he also has a moustache), WEAR SUNGLASSES, WEAR DISGUISE (moustache - you should now
match the ID), N, E, N, N, W, W (Castle Drive), N, N, N, SW (alley), W (The Place is north), N
(inside place - note you must be carrying the ID, wearing basque, sunglasses and moustache), TALK TO
LADIES (one says ""Beware of the sun, it may be the death of you.....Oh and by the way, N,
W. W. S, S, E, S, S, S, W, N, W"), S, E, NE.

S, S, S (Castle Drive), W (outside airport), S (airport), S, E (ticket office), BUY TICKET, GET
TICKET, W, N, N, W (runway where people are boarding a plane), BOARD PLANE (after an uneventful
flight you land), S (dirt track with open desert to the west), W (desert - remember the directions
given to you by the lady), N, W. W. S, S, E, S, S, S, W, N, W (you make it through the desert to an
oasis... a man emerges from a building with a gun - note you must be wearing the sunglasses or your
will be blinded by the sun), SHOOT MAN, N (building where you see granny who is tied-up), CUT ROPES
(using knife - you set granny free and she flings her arms around you and kisses you passionately).

You have completed your quest.
Well done.

Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/

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