NAME

       is - Ironseed

SYNOPSIS

       is [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Ironseed  is  a  2D  inter-galatic  adventure game.  Gameplay is real-time, featuring
       trading, diplomacy, and strategy, and somewhat resembles Star Control 2 / Ur-Quan masters.

STORY

       It is the thirty-eighth century. The fall of Earth  is  but  a  legend  and  humanity  has
       migrated  to  a terraformed Mars. The Pentateuch, a group of five preists, rules the newly
       risen technocracy with an iron fist.  In a bold attempt to eliminate  the  last  of  their
       political  opponents,  the  five  began  the purgation trials. With guerilla tactics their
       followers went about convicting those who would oppose them.

       To counter them an underground movement was initiated and an elaborate plan was conceived.
       A  virus  was  spread  throughout  the circuit matrix. A thousand days from inception, the
       virus was scheduled to delete all personality files.  The  Ironseed  movement  as  it  was
       called,  hoped  that  by  stealing a ship they could escape, leaving behind Mars - and the
       Pentateuch. Their intent was to return after the fall of the technocracy, but  a  computer
       malfunction turned a thousand days into a thousand years.

       As the captain, you are awakened along with the crew by an alien attack...

OPTIONS

       Valid command line options:

       /done  Skip the intro on game startup.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables are supported:

       NOSOUND=1
              Stops game from trying to initializing audio.

       DEBUG=1
              Shows game initialization info.

AUTHOR

       The    Ironseed    is    SDL    port    of    1994   DOS   game   by   Channel   7.    See
       /usr/share/doc/ironseed/copyright for a complete list of authors.

SEE ALSO

       Game manual /usr/share/doc/ironseed/ironseed-manual.txt.gz

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