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| Description |  |

Fly your space ship through an asteroid field and destroy all asteroids to reach the next level. Defend yourself against enemy UFOs and collect shield energy and hull repair kits from them to repair damage from collisions and laser hits. On each level the number of asteroids and their speed is increased.

| Controls |  |

Rotate your ship with the keys `K` (Left) and `L` (Right). Accelerate it with the `A` key. To slow your ship down you have to rotate the ship by 180 degrees and then use the main thruster to accelerate into the opposite direction. Use the `Q` key to fire the laser cannon.
Controls can be configured in the Preferences screen. You can even configure to use the accelerometer of the phone but be warned: A game like this is easier to control with a keyboard.

| Shield and Hull |  |

Your ship is outfitted with a shield system which can absorb a collision with a large asteroid or with up to four small asteroids. Additionally your ship has a strong hull which gets damaged when you collide with asteroids and have no shield strength left. When it gets damaged then the performance of the ship also decreases. So it accelerates and turns slower and the laser fire rate is decreased. When the hull strength reaches 0% then your ship is destroyed and the game is over.
The shield can be recharged (up to 150%) by energy which is dropped by destroyed UFOs. The higher the current charge of the shield the lower is the energy gain when dropped UFO energy is collected.
When your hull is damaged then sometimes UFOs are dropping hull repair kits instead of shield energy.

| UFOs |  |

Sometimes an UFO appears and starts shooting at you and at asteroids. Destroy it for extra points and energy for your shield system or hull repair kits. Sometimes UFOs also drop power-up items like the triple laser cannon which fires three shots simultaneously. These bonus items are just temporary. While active a small timeout bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen. When the time runs out then the power-up will vanish.

| Ejection seat |  |

If the situation gets critical you should use your ejection seat (Default key mapping is `E`). If you manage to use it to save your life the game still ends but you get a bonus of about 10% of your current score.

| Tips and tricks |  |

- Accelerate in short bursts and fly only as fast as needed. It it best to practice flying around in the asteroid field in early levels. Try to dodge the asteroids and fly around them to get used to the controls.
- Try to stay in the middle of the asteroid field. At the edges asteroids and UFOs can suddenly appear and then most of the time you can't react fast enough to avoid a collision.
- Use the short time between levels to get back to the middle of the asteroid field and slow down your ship as good as you can.
- Be careful when you shoot at UFOs: The dropped items are indestructible for one second but if you continue shooting you may destroy these valuable items.