RICK HANSON
Solution

Start in the entrance hall of a small, deserted railway station. INV (carrying nothing, wear a suit), EXAM SUIT, W, IN (telephone booth) TAKE RECORDER, PLAY RECORDER (there is a hiss as the tape begins to play ... "Agent Hanson, this is control. General Garantz has gone too far this time! He's threatening to nuke the lot of us if we don't comply with certain demands he's making! You've gotta stop him! Assassinate him, Rick, it's our only chance! Stay the night at the tavern in the next village and you'll receive further instructions. Good luck! Hey Rick, I nearly forgot, this tape will self destruct almost immediately!"), THROW RECORDER, OUT, W, W, U, N, N, D (platform 2), N, E (inside hut), TAKE SPANNER, W, S, U, S, S, D, E, N (buffet), TAKE PIE, S, E, E, N (waiting room), TAKE tin POLISH, S, W, W, W, U, N (on iron bridge - stranger still following you), WAIT (repeat until wagon of chippings is passing underneath the bridge), JUMP (onto top of guard's van), D, KILL GUARD WITH SPANNER, DROP SPANNER, OUT (railway siding), D, D (to sloping gravel path), SE, S, SW, W, NW, N (outskirks of village).

W (cobbled street), W, W, TAKE IMPI, EXAM IMPI (a coin), W, S, W, TAKE RAZOR, EXAM RAZOR (a hint), E, E, E, E, S (entrance to long dark alley), W, W, W, W, S (outside tavern), IN, EXAM BANDIT, INSERT IMPI (into one-armed bandit), PLAY BANDIT, TAKE QUHUT, W (bartender say "It costs one Quhut for a room overnight."), PAY BARTENDER WITH QUHUT (you are bedroom number 4, and a free bottle of ale), U, U, U, N (upper landing), N, N, N, OPEN EAST DOOR, E (into bedroom 4), CLOSE WEST DOOR, DRINK ALE, SLEEP (a letter is pushed under the door), INV (note you have the now empty ale bottle), TAKE LETTER, READ LETTER (decodes as "Visit the church then go to the bookshop and ask for the twelve apostles."), OPEN WEST DOOR, W, N, OPEN WEST DOOR, W (small bathroom), EXAM MIRROR, SHAVE WITH RAZOR, E, S, S, S, S, S, D, D, D, E, OUT, N, E, E, E, E, N, N, W, N, IN (inside butcher's shop), TAKE HOOK, OUT, W (village square), IN (back of village church), S, S, W (end of west aisle), EXAM FRAME (says 18, 9, 70), E, S, E, U, NE, E (church steeple), CUT ROPE WITH RAZOR, TAKE ROPE, W, SW, D, W, N, N, N, OUT, N, W, IN (bookshop), ASK FOR THE TWELVE APOSTLES (given a book), READ BOOK (decodes as "Beyond the farmhouse, lies your destiny. Meet a fellow agent at the Ice Shrine."), OUT, E, N, NW, N, NE (forecourt of petrol station), FILL BOTTLE WITH PETROL (need empty ale bottle).

NW, N, N, NE, E, E, E, E, S, S, W, SW (dreary wasteland), TAKE TYRE, IN (now inside car), TAKE SEAT COVER (note the colour), EXAM SEAT COVER (a hint), OUT, NE, E, N, N, W, W, W, W, SW, S, W, N, N (muddy field - deep river to the west), SWIM (need tyre, which you lose - now on west bank of river), SW (lush meadow - see a bull), WAVE SEAT COVER, DODGE BULL, W, N, IN (now inside shed), TAKE TROWEL, DROP PORK PIE (so mouse do not follow you), OUT, N, N, W (manure heap), DIG (need trowel - find a gun), TAKE GUN, EXAM GUN, NW, NE, E, E (outside log cabin), OPEN IN DOOR, IN (now inside log cabin), E (by the hearth), EXAM PHOTOGRAPH (of you!), N (in alcove), TAKE SKIS, S, W, OUT, W, N (foot of cliff), TIE ROPE TO HOOK, THROW ROPE, CLIMB ROPE (to narrow ledge), N (in cave), READ MARKINGS (says "Galoop"), S, W, NW, N, NE (peak of mountain), N (ice shrine - your contact is dead), E (top of icy slope), WAX SKIS WITH POLISH, WEAR SKIS, D, D, D (bottom of slope), TAKE SKIS (to remove them), DROP SKIS, E, N (thick undergrowth), TAKE MATCH, MAKE BOMB (need bottle of petrol and seat cover), S, WAIT (until hear the sound of vehicle approaching - if one is too close let it pass and continue to wait), LIGHT BOMB (need match), THROW BOMB, S, EXAM CORPSE, TAKE SUIT (you remove your own suit), DROP SUIT, TAKE UNIFORM, WEAR UNIFORM, IN (now sitting in the jeep), DRIVE JEEP, DRIVE JEEP, DRIVE JEEP (outside gates - a guard needs a password), say GALOPP (the word you found in the ice shrine), DRIVE JEEP, OUT (now standing in carpark), S (now in tiny cylindrical room), OPEN EAST DOOR, E (decontamination room), IN, N, OUT, S, OUT, U, N, D, D, D (on metal platform), W, W, W, N (store-room), TAKE SCREWDRIVER, S, E, E, E, E, E, E, D, D, D, NW (amongst missiles), NE, TAKE BULLET, LOAD GUN, SE, SW, U, U, U, E, E, N, N, E, E, S (computer room alcove - see a keypad), PRESS 18970 (the numbers found in the church), S (central control room), OPEN SOUTH DOOR WITH SCREWDRIVER, S (missile command room - see General Garantz), KILL GENERAL WITH RAZOR (if you use the gun the General falls onto the button and the missile is launched).

Solution by Barbara Gibb

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