(set: $violent = 0)(set: $likesPlanet = 0)(set: $inTouch = 0)(set: $observant = 0)(set: $soFar = "''Orbit''\nA faint transmission has brought me to this remote planet. My capsule ")(display: "SoFar")
(set: $a1 = "streaks towards a marbled purple-green surface. Thick clouds gather around the equator, obscuring my intended landing spot near the transmission's source.\n")(link: $a1)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a1)(set: $observant = $observant + 1)(go-to:"Landing")]
(set: $a2 = "races towards the source of the transmission.\n")(link: $a2)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a2)(go-to:"Landing")]
(set: $a3 = "begins its descent towards the target area.\n")(link: $a3)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a3)(set: $violent = $violent + 1)(go-to:"Landing")]
(set: $a4 = "tumbles towards the alien world.\n")(link: $a4)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a4)(set: $likesPlanet = $likesPlanet - 1)(go-to:"Landing")](set: $soFar = $soFar + "\n''Landing''\nThe capsule touches down in a jungle clearing. Outside, the jungle ")(display: "SoFar")
(set: $a1 = "awaits, with its unknown beauties and horrors.\n")(link: $a1)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a1)(set: $inTouch = $inTouch - 1)(go-to:"Creature")]
(set: $a2 = "lurks, impenetrable and alien.\n")(link: $a2)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a2)(set: $observant = $observant - 1)(go-to:"Creature")]
(set: $a3 = "awaits, and my objective within it.\n")(link: $a3)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a3)(set: $inTouch = $inTouch + 1)(go-to:"Creature")](set: $soFar = $soFar + "\n''Creature''\nIt bursts out of the underbrush, snarling. ")(display: "SoFar")
(set: $a1 = "I take it down before it can do me any harm.\n")(link: $a1)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a1)(set: $violent = $violent + 1)(go-to:"Message")]
(set: $a2 = "Its scales glint in the sunlight as I take aim and shoot.\n")(link: $a2)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a2)(set: $violent = $violent + 1)(set: $observant = $observant + 1)(set: $likesPlanet = $likesPlanet + 1)(go-to:"Message")]
(set: $a3 = "In a panic, I gun down the alien monster.\n")(link: $a3)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a3)(set: $violent = $violent - 1)(set: $likesPlanet = $likesPlanet - 1)(go-to:"Message")](set: $soFar = $soFar + "\n''Message''\nMy commpad comes to life and displays a message containing urgent instructions. ")(display: "SoFar")
(set: $a1 = "Not that it matters much now. I'm too far in to stop.\n")(link: $a1)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a1)(set: $inTouch = $inTouch - 1)(go-to:"There, in the distance")]
(set: $a2 = "The instructions are nothing new, but they remind me of why I'm here, instead of at home.\n")(link: $a2)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a2)(set: $likesPlanet = $likesPlanet - 1)(go-to:"There, in the distance")]
(set: $a3 = "I re-read them carefully. I must not fail.\n")(link: $a3)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a3)(set: $inTouch = $inTouch + 1)(go-to:"There, in the distance")](set: $soFar = $soFar + "\n''There, in the distance''\nI can just see it between the tree-tops, and a quick scan confirms it. The source of the signal is just ahead. ")(display: "SoFar")
(set: $a1 = "Am I going to be in time?\n")(link: $a1)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a1)(set: $violence = $violence - 1)(go-to:"The Transmission")]
(set: $a2 = "I ready myself.\n")(link: $a2)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a2)(set: $violence = $violence + 1)(go-to:"The Transmission")]
(set: $a3 = "I can hardly contain my excitement.\n")(link: $a3)[(set: $soFar = $soFar + $a3)(set: $likesPlanet = $likesPlanet + 2)(go-to:"The Transmission")](display: "SoFar")
''The Transmission''
(if: $best is $assassin)[There, in a clearing - the rebels! I ready my rifle and take my shots. Soon, they lie dead. The Empire is safe again.
](else-if: $best is $rebel)[There, in a clearing - the rebels! I approach them cautiously, hands raised. They see my uniform but recognize my gesture of peace. They welcome me as one of their own.
](else-if: $best is $scientist)[There, in a clearing - a small spacecraft, clearly alien in origin! The source of the mysterious transmission. A new sentient species?
](else-if: $best is $rescuer)[There, in a clearing - the wreckage of a passenger ship. I spring into action, searching for survivors, readying my med-pack. Most of them have perished, but a few survive. It's all been worth it.
](else:)[There, in a clearing - the wreckage of a passenger ship. Everyone is long dead, of course, but many valuables might remain. It's all been worth it.
]
[[Again?->Orbit]](set: $assassin = ($violent - $likesPlanet) + $inTouch)(set: $rebel = ($violent - $likesPlanet) - $inTouch + $observant)(set: $scientist = ($likesPlanet - $violent) + $inTouch + $observant)(set: $rescuer = ($inTouch - $likesPlanet) - $violent)(set: $salvager = $likesPlanet)(set: $best = (max: $assassin, $rebel, $scientist, $rescuer, $salvager))(print: $soFar)<center>
<h1>The Transmission</h1>
[[Orbit]]
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