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Washington's Prince
Robert Novak has penned an American classic for all political seasons.
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The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington
By Robert D. Novak
(Crown Forum, 662 pages, $29.95)
"I am not a person who is easy for a lot of people to like," Bob Novak writes early in this not-massive-enough memoir. But how can anyone ever dislike someone who never fails to make an impression, and always with an economy of words and never by shooting his mouth off?
I remember the first time I met him. It was early June 1983, in a conference room at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, where my magazine was hosting a dozen or so visiting British and European journalists and such eminences as Novak, Chris Matthews, and Robert Kaiser of the Washington Post had kindly come by to brief them on U.S. politics. One problem: the visitors were nowhere to be found. "I'm getting angry, I'm getting angry," Novak soon enough let on, drumming his fingers on the table in front of his chair and giving me a look that could kill. The session was to have begun promptly at 1 p.m. Our visitors didn't stagger in from their three-beer lunches until about 10-15 minutes later, oblivious to the insult they'd caused. Fortunately, the storm clouds lifted, Novak gave an expert presentation (certainly better than Matthews's hammering away at "the gender gap"), answered questions, and soon was off to his next designation.
One thing was immediately clear. This was a no-nonsense professional, someone who works very hard, can't afford to waste time, yet is also generous with it, as I've had occasion to observe many times since. Whenever I come across Michael Kinsley's famous slam at Novak, "Underneath the ass---- is a nice guy, but underneath the nice guy is another ass----," I cringe, not just for Kinsley's sake, who for all we know was projecting, but for Novak's, who has probably suffered more abuse than any journalist in Washington history, the recent Plame nonsense being merely the latest example. Typically, though, in a memoir that has some wonderfully blunt things to say about numerous Washington personages, Novak never responds to Kinsley in kind. Not even close. Underneath it all is a well-mannered gentleman.
And a gentleman reporter keeps most everything tight to the vest (his first came with the three-piece suit he purchased in frigid Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1960). It's been like that for five decades and counting. Consider a small recent dinner for Fred Thompson attended by Novak and George Will, among others. The discussion was political, cordial if cool. If not for this memoir, one would not have known that Thompson was a source of his during Watergate -- they'd first met at a Washington watering hole -- or that the fiercely competitive Novak has been a longtime admirer of Will, and in 1972 had unsuccessfully recommended Will to succeed David Lawrence at the Publishers-Hall syndicate. Rejecting Will's sample columns, Novak's contact at the syndicate told him, "The words are too long, the sentences are too long, the paragraphs are too long, the whole damn columns are too long. Bob, it's not a newspaper column."
Novak knew better, of course. Already by 1972 he'd been in the newspaper business for more than 20 years, including a senior year at the University of Illinois spent working for the Champaign-Urbana Courier (which almost cost him his senior year -- but that's another story). A temporary AP gig in Omaha led to full-time political reporting in Lincoln and then in Indianapolis, a transfer to Washington in 1957 and a year later a move to the Wall Street Journal, whose presence in Washington grew exponentially once it had Novak to cover the Senate and the 1960 presidential campaign. In 1961 Vermont Royster offered him a leading editorial position in New York that in 1963 would go to Robert Bartley. By then he had accepted Rowland Evans's offer to join him as his partner in a double-bylined syndicated column for the New York Herald-Tribune. An instant hit, initially it ran six mornings a week (among book and other writing projects, and soon enough, television, thanks above all to the pioneering work of Ed Turner). Even today, almost 15 years after Evans's retirement, Novak files three columns a week.
INSIDER WASHINGTON REPORTING has not seen anything like it, providing new information in every offering and requiring its authors to be no less politically savvy than its subjects and cultivating sources relentlessly. I lost track of the individuals Novak mentions as important sources -- at times he comes across as a director of central intelligence continually tapping into many networks of informants, knowing all the while that some might be more self-serving or devious than others. Some would arrange drops. Others would meet only in dank restaurants. And once in a while one of them would get Novak into trouble.
In one such instance, a good friend of his passed along a long memorandum from an off-the-record lunch in New York with Washington Post-Newsweek executives at which Secretary of State Dean Rusk heatedly denounced "pseudo-intellectual" critics of the Vietnam War. It was too juicy not to use, even though Novak had to lie to protect his source-who happened to be a Washington Post reporter-and even though Katharine Graham, president of the Washington Post Company, had attended the lunch. Imagine her surprise when in her own newspaper on the morning of October 13, 1967, she read about Rusk's off-the-record remarks to "a select group of New York executives." First thing that day, Novak received a frosty call from her. "She told me that I had caused her personal humiliation," and said to him "our personal relationship is now at an end." That was no skin off Novak's nose -- he had met her for the first time only several weeks earlier when, at LBJ's request, she had called Evans and Novak in to ask them to be nicer to him. Novak just didn't want to see their professional relationship come to an end. A profuse, 500-word letter of apology from Novak helped save his neck. The Washington Post was and remains the Novak column's most important outlet.
Other sources Novak liked he later learned were snakes -- David Stockman, for instance, who it turned out was alternating Saturday breakfasts with Novak and William Greider, author of the notorious Atlantic article in which Stockman mocked the supply-side policies he was supposedly championing. "You must think I'm Judas," Stockman said to Novak, in the last conversation they ever had. At least they had one. Bill Kristol, a source and friend for 17 years, Novak writes, never returned a call as promised after Novak's patriotism was questioned in National Review on the outbreak of the Iraq war, and when asked about Novak on C-Span during the Plame hysteria, replied, "Novak is a friend -- [pause] -- an acquaintance." One can sense this washing of hands hurt Novak more than all the physical pain he's withstood in his long career -- since 1981 alone he has survived spinal meningitis, two cancer operations, and two broken hips. He's a very tough guy, but even tough guys have real feelings.
You won't be able to put this book down.
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Pride Transport recently announced driver pay increases and performance bonuses in addition to implementing Omnitracs Analytics to improve driver retention.
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March 3, 2015 - Industry News
C.R. England is offering bonuses to all company and independent contractor driver trainers for apprentices who are successfully trained and upgraded. A pay increase was also announced for a large percentage of drivers in C.R. England's regional fleets.
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January 28, 2015 - Industry News
Driver turnover rose slightly for large carriers in the third quarter, but LTL and smaller fleet numbers showed some surprises.
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January 8, 2015 - Product News
American Trucking Associations has released its 2014 Driver Compensation Study. Due to competition for drivers, it found, as much as 50% of truckload carriers are now offering sign-on bonuses as a way to attract new drivers.
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January 6, 2015 - Industry News
A shortage of experienced drivers means carriers are hesitant to increase capacity, despite rising carrier costs and rates, according to the quarterly Transport Capital Partners Survey. Expect increases in driver wages this year as a result.
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December 17, 2014 - Industry News
Dart announced increases in pay to drivers throughout the company's network. Drivers will see anywhere from 2 cents to 10 cents per mile increases with the average increase being 5 cents per mile.
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December 15, 2014 - Industry News
Median pay for truck drivers is on par with the national median for U.S. households, while the trucking industry offers drivers "competitive" benefits, according to a new study from the American Trucking Associations.
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The Dupre Logistics Energy Distribution Services group announced that it would be giving its drivers a 5% to 9% pay increase to help it keep qualified drivers in a competitive market.
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December 1, 2014 - Industry News
The trucking companies Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking announced a pay increase for their company national over the road drivers starting the first of next year.
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November 19, 2014 - Industry News
The Arkansas-based operation will increase it three cents per mile on Dec. 2 for all company drivers. All company drivers will also be eligible for a bonus.
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November 17, 2014 - Industry News
Nussbaum Transportation announced that it would be giving its over-the-road drivers a 6% pay increase beginning in January 2015. The pay will be increased from 42 cents to 52 cents per mile based on the length of haul, with a minimum pay guarantee of $1,050.
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Forward Air Corp's. motor carrier subsidiary, FAF Inc., is raising owner-operator pay effective Jan 4. The contractual base rate will increase by 10 cents per mile for team less-than-truckload and truckload express service, while rates for solo truckload express drivers will increase by 6 cents per mile.
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FTR's Trucking Conditions Index increased to 9.10 in August, an upward trend that reflects a tight capacity situation for the freight market.
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Schneider increased compensation for van truckload company drivers, the company announced. The new pay rates are 8% - 13% higher per mile and drivers have the opportunity to earn bonus pay.
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September 30, 2014 - Industry News
LTL carrier Con-way Freight is enhancing its compensation package for drivers, increasing current pay rates and reducing the time it takes for drivers to reach the top pay scale.
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September 29, 2014 - Industry News
Swift Transportation has affirmed earlier expectations for a third-quarter performance of 33 cents to 37 cents adjusted earnings per share, saying its driver wage increase is having desired results.
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September 24, 2014 - Industry News
Operating costs for trucking companies are on the rise again after falling slightly in 2012, according to a new study by ATRI, lead by significant increases in equipment and labor costs.
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September 23, 2014 - Industry News
For truckload carriers, the number one problem is the driver shortage – but the reasons go beyond pay, said Stifel's John Larkin at TMW Systems' annual user conference in Nashville Monday.
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September 17, 2014 - Industry News
CEVA Ground announced increased rates for its owner-operator independent drivers operating in the U.S.
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September 4, 2014 - Industry News
Trucking holding company Covenant Transportation Group announced this week it was hit with a sizeable judgement regarding a 2008 cargo claim while it is raising driver pay for one one of its operations.
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August 29, 2014 - Industry News
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has begun a study of the relationship between safety and driver pay. The agency is asking for comments on a plan to see if there is a connection between industry pay practices and safe driving.
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August 28, 2014 - Industry News
Boyd Bros. Transportation announced a new pay increase for its drivers.
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A new survey asked thousands of truck drivers nationwide what makes them choose one job over another, and pay came out as the top reason, followed by the amount of time they get at home and then benefits.
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August 15, 2014 - Industry News
Melton Truck Lines, a flatbed carrier based in Tulsa, Okla., announced a driver pay increase; all company drivers will receive at least 2 cents per mile increase.
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August 13, 2014 - Industry News
Transport America announced a pay increase for all current and potential drivers working for the company.
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As the volume of data carried around the world via optical fibers continues to increase, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have found a way to increase data throughput capacity by ten times. Because it is based on changing the shape of light pulses to reduce the space between, the breakthrough would work on existing optical fiber infrastructure.
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Lobby condemns raid at Angola's weekly Folha 8 By CPJ | Tuesday, March 13 2012 at 15:16
The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned Monday's Angolan police raid at the independent weekly Folha 8.
The raid came as the weekly was under investigations over a satirical photo montage.
Officers confiscated all of Folha 8's computers, effectively crippling the operations of one of the country's two remaining independent publications.
About 15 officers of the Angolan National Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrived at the Luanda offices of Folha 8 at around 1pm (local time), the paper's editor-in-chief, Mr Fernando Baxi, told CPJ
The officials took away about 20 computers from the newsroom, Mr António Setas, the paper's deputy director, said.
Officials also forced Mr Baxi to remove the battery of his cell phone during the seizure to prevent him from communicating with anyone, Mr Setas said.
In an interview with the Portugal-based news agency Lusa Tuesday, Folha 8 editor William Tonet said the raid was connected to a public prosecutor's December 2011 criminal investigation into the paper's re-publication of an Internet photo montage ,lampooning President José Eduardo dos Santos, Vice-President Fernando Piedade Dias dos Santos, and Gen Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Júnior Kopelipa, the military adviser to the President.
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No formal charges in the investigation have been filed, but the newspaper's computers could be used as evidence against them in the case, local journalists told CPJ.
CPJ obtained a copy of the search and seizure warrant signed by Public Prosecutor João Vemba Coca, which called on Angolan police to seize all computers and tools used to commit "acts that constitute the crime of outrage against the state, the person of the President, and the organs of the executive".
Folha 8 has reported on government corruption and has also covered the recent anti-government protests challenging President dos Santos' 32 years of rule, according to CPJ research.
Angolan police spokesman Carmo Neto did not immediately return CPJ's calls for comment.
"The seizure of Folha 8'scomputers is a crude act of censorship meant to silence one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Angola," said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita.
"Satire is not an outrage against the state-it's an important part of robust debate in a free society. We call on authorities to return Folha 8'sequipment at once and put an end to this politically motivated investigation."
Journalists at Folha 8 have been targeted before.
In October 2010, authorities handed Mr Tonet a one-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of $105,000 (10 million kwanzas), which he was still appealing.
The journalist had written stories alleging corruption and abuse of power by five senior officials close to President dos Santos, according to local journalists.
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Slippery Rock University's popular four-program Performing Arts Series has been being expanded to include two optional Pittsburgh events and a murder mystery dinner as part of the 2009-10 season.
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Danette DiMarco, Slippery Rock University professor of English and recipient of the University's 2009 Presidents Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement, has been appointed coordinator of the University's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Education Technology.
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. � - Slippery Rock University's new $1.25-million Art Sculpture Building will be completed in October, giving students a larger and more efficient facility for creating works in clay, metal, wood and other materials. The educational benefits will be many, including high-tech Internet connections, lecture hall and new computers with three-dimensional applications.
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.- Slippery Rock University has received a $549,534 grant to expand its AmeriCorps program to the Northside of Pittsburgh and Beaver and Venango counties. More than 100 students and community residents will be placed with 28 service agencies, with work focusing on meeting the needs of families in economic distress.
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Slippery Rock University President Robert Smith today told the Council of Trustees that the number one issue facing the University was budget planning for 2009-10. "The only thing we know for certain at this point is that we will have a deficit, we just don't know the total scope of the problem," Smith said during his report at the trustees' quarterly meeting.
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Good News: 4/13/09: Messer records 750th win
Jeff Messer, Slippery Rock University head baseball coach, recorded his 750th career victory last Saturday when The Rock defeated Mercyhurst College, 13-9 in Jack Critchfield Park.
Good News: 5/14/09: Magazine names Croes an Ashe finalist
Shardea Croes, a junior exercise science major from San Nicolas, Aruba, has been named a finalist for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine. She has also been named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Good News: 5/21/09: Papa, Labor earn top coach honors
NEW ORLEANS - John Papa, Slippery Rock University's head track and field coach, was named Tuesday as the Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year and assistant coach Dave Labor was named the Assistant Coach of the Year, by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
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Christina L. Moyer, a 1993 political science graduate of Slippery Rock University, has been named director of career services at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville.
Good News: 2/5/09: SRU graduate leads Bedford County Emergency Services
David Cubbison, a 1985 Slippery Rock University recreation and communication major, was in the news recently when the Altoona Mirror featured his work as director of the Bedford County Emergency Services in its local news section.
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Good News: June 26, 2009: Black Enterprise Magazine names SRU graduate's business toTop 100
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Johnson City and Washington County emergency workers were called to a wooded area off Rock Garden Road around 6:30 Wednesday Evening.
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One Stylish Battery Case for HTC ONE M7 Is Released by Esorun
Esorun has released its stylish battery case for the HTC ONE M7 which will double battery life. Esorun is the professional supplier of battery cases for iPhone, Galaxy, Nokia Lumia 920, Sony, Blackberry and HTC One.
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Smartphone users are always having to deal with battery life – they never seem to last as long as consumers want them to. For this reason, Esorun has released a stylish battery case for the HTC one. The external battery case is expected to be a big hit in 2013 and years to come.
HTC one has gained a large amount of popularity in the consumer market. Currently, there are only a couple of suppliers who are providing a battery case for this mobile device.
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=============================================================================== ALIEN STORM (SMS) FAQ/Walkthrough (C) 2014 Mike Penance (firstname.lastname@example.com) V E R S I O N 1.0.1 Last Updated: January 20, 2014 15:32 =============================================================================== The Latest Version of this document can ALWAYS be found at.... GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com NeoSeeker http://www.neoseeker.com If this document is posted on an unlisted website - please let me know, so I can dispense my own brand of over-stylised justice (clue: it involves angry ferrets and their pants). --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you liked this guide, then please feel free to show appreciation and hit the rate/recommend button at the top of this page. 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The author of this guide cannot be held responsible for anything occurring from the misuse of this document. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.....Introduction [01.00] 2.....Walkthrough [02.00] - Mission I - Mission II - Mission III - Mission IV 3.....Frequently Asked Questions [04.00] 4.....Credits and Outro [05.00] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this update: Corrected some spelling/grammar errors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Introduction 01.00 ============================================================================== Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of an Alien Storm. A somewhat lacklustre port of a pretty great game, if truth be known. If you're a fan of the original version of Alien Storm, you may well want to check it out, as it's almost completely removed from the version you've played. Go on, you might find something you like. ============================================================================== Walkthrough 02.00 ============================================================================== While the moves at your disposal are very limited, they're also massively important. Button 2 will cause your chosen character to break into a short roll. While rolling, you're immune to damage and will pass through enemies. While rolling, pressing Button 1 will perform a quick-roll. The quick-roll, while granting the same level of protection as the regular roll, will send you much further, allowing you to pass through larger enemies or through groups of enemies unscathed. Pressing both buttons together will activate a special, consuming a portion of your energy gauge, and killing every non-boss enemy on the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission I 02.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === Stage 1 === The pizza-like enemies you see before you can only harm you by virtue of touching you. They don't move particularly fast or well, and you can kill them with one hit. Actually, you can kill most enemies in one hit. The Slugs that follow are at least twice as quick and have a projectile attack. If you see one shoot at you, roll through the projectile and smack them before they get a second chance. When a Slug dies, it will often leave behind a smaller, winged enemy. They pose no threat, and when defeated, will drop either an E (energy) or an L (health). Between here and the end of the area, you'll encounter a lot of Trash Snails mixed in with the Slugs. Trash Snails are essentially Slugs with a trash can shell and an inability to shoot projectiles. They're slightly quicker, too. === Stage 2 === Keep the reticule in the bottom-middle portion of the screen. The grey aliens that appear from the aisles in the centre of the screen throw tiny mouths at you, which are just a bit annoying to hit when you have two of the things shooting at you. The green Claws can take the back-seat in your attention car, as the orange ones are much deadlier. Orange Claws will appear from either the bottom-left or bottom-right side of the screen, slashing at you (left first, then right), and they're damn quick at it. Occasionally, the green Claws will spit at you, but you don't need great reaction time to be able to shoot their projectiles down. When the screen stops scrolling for the first time, you can find two L by shooting the top-left aisle. The large alien that appears at the end doesn't really do anything, but once you've killed it, the stage will end. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission II 02.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === Stage 1 === After the first wave of pizza-like aliens, you'll get to meet the Claws up close. The first one is actually disguised as the civilian that runs past you. Claws only have one attack, and that's to hop into you. Rather sickeningly, it's actually surprisingly effective. When a Claw leaps, you can step back a bit and hit them. If there's more than one near you, quick-roll away. It also helps if you put yourself on another plane, as that forces them to walk, rather than hop, into range. You won't encounter them in groups larger than three here, but they'll be mingling with the usual suspects from now on, which is why you really need to drop them first. If you feel like using your specials, there are worse places to use them than when a pack of Claws show up. When you reach the subway, that's when you know you're at the end of the area. === Stage 2 === Your first running section of the game doesn't offer a great challenge. Actually, it doesn't offer any challenge. You can emerge from it unscathed simply by tapping the fire button. Any alien here that's fond of darting about (primarily the grey ones) will happily do it right into your line-of-fire. === Stage 3 === Claws are, well, everywhere here. Case in point, as soon as the stage starts, you'll be jumped by three of them. As you approach the electronics store, you'll face ten of them back-to-back, some of which are purple. Oh, the horror of purple. Purple Claws, while behaving no differently to their green brethren, do more damage. After the wave of Trash Snails, you'll have to face down five or so more before the stage ends. === Stage 4 === Like last time, your best bet is to keep the reticule at the bottom and in the middle of the screen, as that's the only way you can intercept the orange Claws when they appear. They only appear four times, so once they're gone, you can focus on the green ones, the green ones that have gotten a little too projectile-happy for their own good. They're still not as annoying as the little grey aliens that spit the faces, though, so give more attention to those. There's more than one of the large 'boss' aliens in this stage, three to be exact. They still do nothing, and the stage will end once the last one has been killed or has left the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission III 02.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === Stage 1 === This stage throws two new enemies at you: Worms and Jelly-Men. Worms are small, well, worm-like creatures that essentially act as Claws lite. When they get close, they'll leap at you, but they cover slightly less distance than a Claw, making them far less annoying. Jelly-Men are the ugly-looking purple things with tentacles. Their only attack is to whip at you with said tentacles, but their range is shorter than yours and they're pretty slow. Both Worms and Jelly-Men may not pose much threat, but they offer maximum reward, as more often than not, they'll drop an item container. With the exception of the first one that turns into a Claw, every changeling will turn into a Jelly-Man. Once you see the first one change into a Jelly- Man, expect the next batch to arrive in the next wave. And speaking of Claws, they still form the brunt of the enemy force, sadly. Once you've reached warehouse 06, you'll be confronted by, not a word of a lie, an actual boss. ____ /BOSS\_________________________________________________________________________ Other than being really ugly and rather large, it has no active form of attack, making it really quite easy to beat. You can either drop three specials on it for a quick kill, or you can attack it as it approaches, then roll right through it. Just a regular roll, mind you, as a quick-roll will put you too far away from it. If you find yourself in a corner, that's when you'll need to quick-roll. _______________________________________________________________________________ === Stage 2 === As a departure from the previous shooting stages, the top of the screen is where you need to keep the reticule. The Spiky Worms will drop down two or three at a time, bounce once, then spring towards you. By keeping the reticule at the top, you can just sweep across and quickly dispatch them just after the bounce. The little grey aliens that spit faces at you are still present, but they're the lesser of two evils. Blobs will appear periodically across the top of the screen, but they don't really do anything. === Stage 3 === This running section plays out exactly like the last one. You don't need to move or jump or do anything that requires more effort than mashing the fire button. Nothing will hurt you, nothing will ever come close. === Stage 4 === This boss is more boss-like than the last one, thankfully. Wait for it to approach you and fire its lightning once. After which, get as close as you can to it and roll. Normally, you'd come up short and take a hit, but the boss is constantly moving forward, so you'll emerge unscathed. It won't turn around immediately, as it prefers to fire a bolt of lightning in the wrong direction first. This gives you time to land a couple of hits and get ready for when it does turn around. It's simply a case of repeating that until it gets bored and dies. Once it's dead, five item containers will fly onto the screen and give you something nice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mission IV 02.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === Stage 1 === The part before the bridge plays out like the other running stages: keep firing and don't move. After the bridge, the alien mothership will come into view. To end the stage, just keep shooting it. You still don't need to move at all, but you will have to jump the caltrops it leaves behind. === Stage 2 === Before you can get inside the ship, you'll have to deal with the waves of enemies that come spilling out. There are five waves. Between each wave, you'll be asked to scroll the screen slightly to start the next one. The first wave consists of two Slugs and three Claws, the next two waves of two Slugs and three purple Claws, and the fourth wave of six Jelly-Men and three purple Claws. The fifth wave pits you against the boss from 3-1, the fight being identical to the one previous. === Stage 3 === Welcome to the hardest stage in the game. Here, you'll encounter just about every enemy you've previously faced, including out-of-place Trash Snails. On top of that, there's one new hazard, and two new and very nasty enemies to contend with. After the first set of Trash Snails, you'll encounter the new hazard - floor spikes. Floor spikes will appear from the holes in the floor, dealing reasonable damage should they hit you. After a few cycles, the spikes will permanently retract, limiting their threat massively, as you can just wait for them to stop. After the Claw/Jelly-Man team-up, you'll be introduced to the first of the enemies I mentioned - the Hopper. Hoppers are kangaroo-like creature, moving about the stage quickly and erratically. On top of the high damage they do from touching you, they back it up with a projectile attack. At close-range, you'll have time to change planes to avoid it, then head back up to smack it about. Dealing with them one-on-one would be nice, because despite their speed, they're still pretty easy to keep your distance from with the roll. However, you're faced with a good fifteen in short order, and they're at least twice as durable as every other enemy you've faced. Don't be afraid to use your specials. While it may not make you feel massively better, they will occasionally drop health. With the green ones out of the way, yeah you saw it coming, you'll be attacked by purple ones. Following the whole purple theme, they're the same as the green ones but they do more damage. There are nine of them, and if you can save at least one special, it would help greatly. Either conserve your energy for the purple ones or conserve your life while fighting the green ones, your choice. Personally, I find the latter to be the better plan. Once they're gone, you'll be given the choice of two doorways, each leading to a different boss. The door on the left will take you to Stage 4, while the door on the right will take you to Stage 5. === Stage 4 === When you see the boss stop, that means it's going to attack with the fist awkwardly situated in its stomach. Your maximum range just exceeds the range of the fist, but once you see the boss stop, it'll already be too late for you to take a step back. If you pre-empt it, you can get some free damage, but it's far better to roll through the boss and shoot it in the back while it's stationary. === Stage 5 === The boss floats backwards and forwards rather slowly, periodically creating small explosions at either side of it. It has to stop when it does this, which is what provides you with your opening. Hang back just outside of your maximum range and wait for the second explosion on your side to finish, then move in and land a couple of hits. If it pins you in the corner, you'll have to quick-roll through it, but until then, just settle for rolling away from it. === Stage 6 === The final boss is sitting in the background, and it doesn't really do anything. Providing you shoot it enough, it's possible for the stage to end as soon as the fourth large alien is dealt with. If you can't do that, the stage will just loop until you have. Unlike your previous escapades in shooting things, the orange Claws will always appear on the right side of the screen, which yes, necessitates that you keep the reticule at the bottom of the screen. There's an infinite amount of them, so respite is out of the question. Green Claws again make up the majority of the enemies on the screen, but this time they're joined by purple Hoppers. Both the Claws and Hoppers will fire off an opening salvo at you in the first few seconds of the stage, but after that, they'll generally behave. Hoppers are more inclined to shoot at you if you find yourself having to continue. If you should suffer too much, one L can be found inside the bottom-left console, while two can be found in the bottom- right console. ============================================================================== Frequently Asked Questions 03.00 ============================================================================== === General Questions === Q: What's the difference between this and other versions? A: Firstly and least importantly, depending on the version and localisation, the names of the main characters are different. We have Gordon and Slammer in this version, but they're also known as Garth and Scooter in some versions. Absent from the roster is Karen (also known as Karla), who would have used the Fire Blazer instead of Gordon. In terms of gameplay, characters can't sprint by double-tapping a direction, nor can they jump. This results in the removal of a dash attack and a running flip attack. Rolls only have invincibility frames in the Master System version, but the other versions have a hit-box on the quick- roll, allowing you to knock enemies down. Attacking in the Master System version won't decrease your energy bar like it does in every other version. The arcade version supports three characters on-screen at once, while the Mega Drive/Genesis version supports two, and the Master System only one. The number of available enemies have been cut down, and most of those that have survived have been quite badly altered (for example, Trash Snails look different in other versions and have a throw attack), and the levels are essentially completely different (though some can't help but be similar, such as the one outside of the downed ship). The Master System version has the same number of levels as the arcade version, but two less than the Mega Drive/Genesis version. Q: What's the difference between characters? A: Other than appearance, nothing. They both have different specials, though, but they have an identical effect on gameplay. Gordon has the Ballistic Missile, while Scooter has the Self-Destruct. === Questions About This Guide === Q: Can I use your guide on my site? A: As of this moment, no you cannot host my guide. Why? Because I believe that the number of sites that I'm allowing to host this guide is enough, enough to keep track of and enough to provide adequate distribution to you, the wonderful FAQ-reading public. Q: I have this guide, would it be okay if I used a part of yours? A: *Chokes* part of mine? What would be the point of that? You can use my guide as reference for all the things that I can't own (i.e. facts), but you can't go lifting entire paragraphs, even if you credit me for it. Just read the copyright notice at the top of this guide, and then think twice before 'borrowing' anything from me. Q: If I've found something that you were too stupid to include, or something that you've missed, what should I do? A: You could take it, turn it sideways and shove it... *ahem* just drop me a line and tell me in exact detail as to what it was that I screwed up on or missed out. If you can help me to make this guide more accurate, youll win a cookie, a kudos cookie (great on calories, lousy on taste). ============================================================================== Credits and Outro 04.00 ============================================================================== The Alien Storm has been reduced to a minor drizzle, and the world has been saved. On the down side, it's now littered with a million alien corpses, and you've perpetrated enough collateral damage to destroy the economy. Well, anyway, the time is upon us again, so please, if you're the last one to leave, remember to turn off the lights. === Special Mentions and Thanks === The layout of this guide is based upon the layout used by Dalez in his Breath of Fire IV guide [http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/2741.html]. If for some strange reason, you would actually like to thank me, feel free to pay me a visit and leave a comment [http://mikepenance.tumblr.com] and pledge to serve as my vassal - too far? Well, just sign it and leave out the "serving me for all eternity" bit (if you like). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, Mr. President, they have no idea of my true identity. Yes, Mr. President, it all went according to plan. Shall I continue with the second phase of the operation? Yes, sir, understood. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Alien Storm (C) 1991 SEGA Enterprises Ltd. Alien Storm - FAQ/Walkthrough (C) 2014 Mike Penance ===============================================================================