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From:  Commanding Officer
Re:    Operation Counterstrike
Cc:    All team members


You are reminded that all information in this e-mail is classified and thus protected by the military data act. Disclosure to personnel without classified clearance will result in court-marshal and a maximum sentence of death.

 You will have become aware recently that since the neutralisation of "QUAKE" that various rumours of spacial instabilities causing personnel to become absent have been circulating the base HQ. It has been found that these rumours are in fact true. It seems that upon the destruction of Shub that the slipgates that it controlled became unstable and have been causing havoc across the base. Our own slipgates have been destabilised by this effect and so have been rendered very dangerous and unpredictable; use is unadvised.

Outpost 245H-D has been the epicentre of these disturbances and as the destabilisation of Quake's dimension continues the problems increase.

 Unfortunately the data we have on the situation is limited as we have recently lost contact with this outpost, it is thought that this is due to the presence of a hostile force.

 Due to your recent success you have been chosen to try and end the problems we're having at the outpost. A scout sent to the outpost had reported that the outpost is empty but was killed getting this information out. The scientists at the outpost were working on a way to close the dimensional anomalies and there research may give you a clue as to how to end the madness out there. Otherwise you need to attempt to secure the base for our personnel to come in and attempt to clear this mess up before it goes any further.

 This situation could be very embarrassing for the military and government so your existence will be erased from all records should you be unsuccessful.

 Good Luck


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The Mountain Oupost - Operation Counterstrike is a forthcoming partial conversion for the original Quake, consisting of 5 new levels for single player, cooperative and deathmatch, as well as new dynamic in-game music which changes with the situation of the player, like in Unreal.

The project is being run by James Hollidge and Edward Clarke who have also produced a kick-ass Duke Nukem 3D episode called Incubation - Alien Apocalypse (click for website). In the meantime, watch this space.



The Mountain Outpost copyright ©1999 James Hollidge and Edward Clarke
Quake copyright ©1996 id Software, Inc.
This document copyright ©1999 Edward Clarke
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