Software:LineWars II

LineWars II
Developer(s)	Patrick Aalto
Publisher(s)	Safari Software
Designer(s)	Patrick Aalto
Platform(s)	MS-DOS
Release	September 1994
Genre(s)	Space combat sim
Mode(s)	Single-player, multi-player

LineWars II is a video game written by Patrick Aalto for MS-DOS and released as shareware in 1994 by Safari Software. There is support for both modem and network play.

Plot

Shortly after receiving their license, the player is assigned to guard a remote outpost in the obscure Deneb star system. The more seasoned pilots, those which the player would normally have as comrades, have been assigned to locate the rebel pirate base, rumoured to be hidden near a neighbouring star system.

Since no pirate activity has been detected in the player's assigned system for many years, StarBase Captain Wanobi has decided to keep only the player and the 110-year-old cyborg, Sir Dak Wyntol, who was a fighter in the historical battle at Aldebaran, to protect the StarBase.

The player is virtually alone on the StarBase when SpaceWatch sensors detect an asteroid storm coming straight towards the StarBase. The player must launch immediately to protect the base from being hit by asteroids.

As the player is boarding their ship, Captain Wanobi says, "I will recommend your promotion and transfer to the Princess Royal Guard, if you can save our base." The promise seems incredible since the Royal Guard is the most highly coveted post that a fighter pilot can possibly imagine.

The player boards their ship and launches to destroy the asteroids. The player is determined to save the base, even though the mission seems quite impossible. Soon after the player’s launch Sir Dak Wyntol will launch to help the player, though nobody expects him to be of any help.