Space Cruiser Orion
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	Urgent message from Space Patrol Dispatch:

	Lost contact with our 5 outposts near Sirius Sector.
	Hostile activity has been detected.
	We can only spare one ship: the SPV Orion.
	Your mission:
	- re-establish communications in the area;
	- hunt down any Mechanoid raiders.
	Good luck, Captain.

Space Cruiser Orion is a text-based strategy inspired by a classic game from the mainframe and later 8-bit era. It's a fun way to spend a coffee break, and with its unified navigation and combat mechanic it can also teach the use of polar coordinates. Fly among the stars, fight invading aliens, rescue science!

The title is a reference to a cult classic TV series. Bonus points if you know!

If you're not familiar with the original, it may not be clear how to play. See the player's guide included in the package.

As of November 2019, this edition is largely complete. Bugs might still exist though. E-mail <felix@plesoianu.ro> for support. If you like this game, please send a tip to <https://paypal.me/notimetoplay>. Thank you.

System requirements
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- 64-bit Linux PC;
- ANSI terminal emulator;
- or build it yourself (see below).

You can play the entire game with just a numpad.

This edition is written in BaCon, a.k.a. The Basic Converter (available from basic-converter.org). You can build it anywhere BaCon itself runs, which is in theory any Unix-like platform with a C compiler and modern shell (preferably Bash), with default options.

Credits
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Space Cruiser Orion is a 2019 production by No Time To Play <https://notimetoplay.org/>. Available under the MIT License (see other file).

Special thanks to the BaCon community for interest and encouragement.
