Mission 9.........Veridian 3



Upon beam down, there is no initial sign of Soran.  If you move up and around the path, he
will come into view, standing on a tall tower.  A force field will block you and prevent your
phaser from hitting him.  As you helplessly stand there, Soran launches the missile, and the
Veridian star is destroyed.  Both Picard and Soran are swept into the Nexus.  If you have
Picard set his phaser into the red zone prior to entering the Nexus, Kirk's will be 
pre-adjusted to the same setting when he exits the Nexus to confront Soran--a recommended
strategy.

Kirk

As you beam out of the Nexus, you will see Soran.  Either shoot him with you phaser or begin
to punch him rapidly, and you can get him to drop his hand-held cloaking control device when
he beams away.  Pick this up and add it to your inventory.  

Proceed across the bridge, and you will come to two cave openings.

One opening appears to be a long and winding cavern, the other appears to be just a hole in
the ground.  Enter the simple hole in the ground opening.  Bearing to the right, you will
encounter a group of Klingons standing around several crates.  If you run from the Klingons,
you can escape.  If you attack them, you can recover useful disruptors from them.  There is
an additional disruptor sitting on top of the crates.

Continue through the caves, and eventually, it will lead out to an open area of hot springs.
There are three Klingons patrolling this area.  It is best to locate them on the tricorder
and disable them before trying to successfully get out of this area.

>From your entrance point to this area, jump straight ahead to the column with a small 
platform on the right side.  Turn left and jump to the column to the far left.  You will
need a running start to successfully complete these jumps.

If you check your tricorder, you will see that there is a hidden passage straight ahead of
you.  You must crouch to enter this cave.  Follow the small cave until you emerge from it.

Once you exit, jump to the left.  You will see a large land mass with a ledge, which is your
next destination.  Jump to it.  After you land, turn to the left and you will see a patch of
area with a different texture.  You will need to jump to this area.  Once you land, use your
fists to break the area down.  This will open up the cave on the other side.

Continue forward, and you will emerge on a platform overlooking the hot springs.  Jump to
the largest pool and enter it.  Drop down to see an underwater cave.  Swim through the cave
and emerge on the other side.  You can use your jump key to rise up in the water.

On the surface, you will look down and see a Klingon standing on a spot o dirt (not rock
surface).  Jump to that location and deal with the Klingon as only James T. Kirk can!

Follow the path to the second cavern.  Be wary, it is filled with Klingon Warriors that you
can either fight of evade.  Asend the winding staircase.  This will lead to a short passage
that opens to an area filled with Soran's henchmen.  They're armed with sonic blaster 
helmets.  Fire at them from your maximum range, since the potency of their sonic weapons
decreases greatly with distance.  You will come to a bridge.  This is where you should use
the cloaking controls.  You may have to make several attempts.  All the while, Soran will be
firing at you.  Concentrate on using the cloaking control.  When crossing the bridge, make
sure to keep pressing the decloaking control, even when the bridge explodes and crashes to
the canyon below.  You must get to the end of the bridge, almost on top of the explosion,
before you are within range of the missile.  No matter how well you do, Kirk will die during
this encounter.

Picard

There is only one way up the gantry, and that is starting where the bridgework opens at the
lowest level.  Proceed to the entrance of the gantry, which is located almost directly in
front of you when you appear as Captain Picard.  Speed (running) is critical, since "time is
the fire in which we burn", so to speak.  

Once Captain Picard reaches the missile, its controls will appear in your auxiliary screen.
Click on the "Locking Clamps" button, and then get off of the gantry as quickly as possible.
The missile will explode.

You can move back down to the canyon floor, where Kirk's body and the remains of the bridge
have fallen.  Meanwhile, the Enterprise tells you that Doctor Soran has beamed aboard your
ship.