Starship Volant: Stowaway

This article is about the ADRIFT game by C. Henshaw. For other games called Stowaway, see Stowaway (disambiguation).

Science Fiction Outer space Spring Thing 2007 3rd of 4

Starship Volant: Stowaway
Author(s)	Christy Henshaw
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	02-Apr-2007
Authoring system	ADRIFT 4
Platform(s)	ADRIFT 4
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

First menu, type one of: New game / Restore / Credits / Help / Skip Beginning / Important information.

Second, choose an identity: 1. Captain / 2. Pilot / 3. Security Officer / 4. Ship's Doctor / 5. Chief Engineer

Prologue. On the planet Bambeecha, a reptilian Prehipsonite evades a Techthon search party, then follows a pair of humans to their starship, waiting for his chance to stowaway on board.

Intro. In this part of the game, you may explore the starship from different viewpoints:

• Jacquiline Sun, Captain, in The Bridge.
• Danny McPhee, Pilot, in The Bridge.
• Aldos, Security Officer, in Security Officer's Quarters.
• Fornkan Helb, Doctor, in Morgue.
• Penelope Haley, Chief Engineer, in Engine Room.

Type new to switch characters. When you're done exploring, type skip to begin the game proper.

Versions

Competition version

• Starship Volant: Stowaway (Christy Henshaw as C. Henshaw; 02-Apr-2007; ADRIFT 4).
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  • Beta-testing by David Parish as "thatguy", David Whyld, Viberunner and Tech.
  • Spring Thing 2007: 3rd place of 4 entries.
  • Download volant.zip from the IF Archive
  • Or download volant.zip from springthing.net
  • Or download volant.zip from springthing.net's mirror.

The zipfile, volant.zip, contains the following files:

• volant.taf - The story file.
• feedback.txt - A feedback form, with questions from the author.

This version is also part of the collection of all Spring Thing 2007 entries:

• Download SpringThing2007.zip from the IF Archive
• Or download SpringThing2007.zip from springthing.net
• Or download SpringThing2007.zip from springthing.net's mirror.

Links

General info

• Starship Volant: Stowaway (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Reviews

See also: Delron review compilation by various reviewers.

• Review - by Emily Boegheim.
• My Spring Thing notes - by Daphne Brinkerhoff.
• Review - by J. D. Clemens.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review - by Emily Short.

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