posted 09-28-99 04:48 AM ET        

BACKGROUND:
The AlterWars Series is designed for a fast wargame. Assault, sabotage
and frontline diplomatic are the essentials of these scenarios. Due to
the small maps and an environment that is easy to survey AlterWars is
ideal for multiplayer games. Scores are not relevant.

STORY:
Trade Outpost CROOKED CROSS (Outer Colony Ring)
In the year 2077 Morgan Industries established a Trade Outpost on this
small world.
Rich resources and the vicinity to profitable merchant routes made it
possible to become an important part of the industrial empire of Morgan.

Three years later the fast growth of Crooked Cross attracted lots of
urban refugees to settle on this wealthy planet.
Zion Hydroponics Inc. founded a fertile collective of religious farmers
and ranchers.
Short time after Crooked Cross evolved to a market that delivers
minerals and food to the whole Outer Colony Ring.
But one day the Spartan Liberation Army (SLA), an interstellar gang of
mercenaries, claimed land on Crooked Cross. They revealed a dubious
contract with FarOutExploration (FOE), the company that discovered
Crooked Cross in the year 2067.
The contract implied that the SLA bought a quarter of the landmass of
Crooked Cross from FOE. And the FLA had good lawyers, so the United
Nations Colony Administration (UNCA) had to hand out the land. Due to
this unique legal decision, the UNCA demanded a constant presence to
protect the rights of the colonists. The Colony Courts decided to allow
an armed police force on Crooked Cross.
Until now the planetary peace is stable. But tensions between the
factions are growing...