Trivia
The modules needed to repair the parabolic dish, are named EC2001 and EC2010. They are a reference to Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series.
A novel set in the game universe, Mission Critical: Death of the Phoenix, was published through the Proteus imprint of Prima Publishing. It was written by Paul C. Chafe and first published in January of 1996. Its ISBN is 1-7615-023403 and the rear cover blurb reads as follows:
He assumed deadly Hype research ended with the war.
He was wrong.
He assumed they'd forgotten about him.
He was wrong.
He assumed nothing could survive in the frozen tunnels beneath Mare Stellatis.
He was wrong.
The Prison Within the Prison
U.N. Captain Lewis Tyrell was captured by the enemy, but not before he accomplished his mission: to secure a vial of the experimental cyberlink drug Hype. If the U.N. had won the war he would have been a hero. Instead, when it ended, he was released with no place to go. Until they came for him.
Convicted by false trial, Tyrell is exiled to lunar penal colony Mare Stellatis where escape is impossible and those who try are enslaved in the underground ice-ore mines forever. The situation seems hopeless until Tyrell meets Dr. Jania Sycel, a former systems designer who broke the final barrier between the human mind and computer technology. Together they have the technical expertise they'll need to get out alive... but escape may only trap them in the hands that wield Hype!
The role of the ship's captain in this game is played by Michael Dorn, who played "Worf" in Star Trek - The Next Generation.
