On the way back, I did not leave the idea of incorrectness that was happening in my head. However, whatever one may say, there was nothing to complain about. Well, then I'll carefully read the contract - maybe there will be something that will come up.
Back home, I first got into the network, trying to find at least some info about "Igrolab" and their offspring. To my great surprise, I did not find any mention. Asked even a couple of colleagues with whom from time to time talked, but also on this side deafly - no one has ever heard of such a firm. After making a tea, he sat down to study the contract. As I did not search for hidden subtext, small print, empty places on the sheet and all sorts of tricks, I could not find any. And when he phoned Gray and found out that he had already signed everything, he mentally sent his paranoia to the devil and lifted his copy.
In the afternoon Swat rushed to me, to my dumb question answered - Vitaly called, asked us to gather somewhere in one place, so I decided to jump to you. Also, Serega said that the advertising company DeepSpace is already working with might and main: billboards, the Internet, even TV and radio broadcasting - with might and main hand over a new game with full immersion and the opportunity to buy a capsule. On the site of the former computer clubs are opened salons with helmets of virtual reality, the people are pouring the shaft into such places. The price of the company's shares soared to the sky. Waiting for a miracle, we drank 3 cups of coffee, when finally a doorbell rang.
As we expected - Vitaliy arrived. Having specified, whether all suits us in contracts, he has put his signature. After his call to the apartment the installers came in and started installing the capsule. Serega went off right after signing the papers. With him agreed to phone and enter the game at the same time. Installers, finishing with the installation and preliminary, showing how to use the unit, left. Vitali, having made the final parting word and recalling the seriousness of the task, also drove away. I, danced with impatience, waited for the call of Swat and read the available information. The plot of the game was simple and uncomplicated:
Once upon a time in our solar system lived a race of intelligent, which far outstripped the modern Earthlings in its development. Remains of knowledge of this civilization have been found throughout the galaxy to this day. Themselves Ancient, or the Forerunners, completely disappeared. It is known for certain that they were able to modify their bodies to such an extent that they did not need food and water, and could be transported for huge distances without the use of spacecraft. What happened next - no one knows, but there is an assumption that they turned into clots of energy and scattered throughout the universe.
On the basis of scraps of knowledge of the Ancients, several new planets were discovered. Three of them (Gveia, Eter and Kriptex) were partially fit for life, and two more (Coin - the planet market and Altar - the capital planet), had a similar Earth composition of the atmosphere. The first three planets produced minerals: guei, liquid substance, etherium, gaseous matter and krypton, a mineral containing a huge amount of chemical. elements used to extract energy for warp jumps.
Also, new races were discovered. One of them, Kryptonoids, turned out to be peaceful and friendly, but technically underdeveloped. But it was compensated by innate psi-abilities. The armament of the army of the Kryptoids consisted of Jedi swords (well, without Hollywood, and there it was). They lived on the planet Kriptex, graciously allowing people to mine a krypton that they did not use, in exchange for military support and trade relations.
The second race was aggressive and in terms of development level was not inferior to Earthlings, here too it was not without a template - an insect-like race called Insectoids. With them there was a constant war for resources on the producing planets. Where the native planet of these "insects" nobody knew - their ships simply "fell out" of the warp and suddenly attacked people and kryptonids, then hurriedly sent to the extraction of resources of robots and, after their return, just disappeared hastily.
To play it was possible only Earthlings. There were also others represented by Artificial Intelligence. At the entrance to the game, it was proposed either to choose a starting planet, or a bonus that could be given out in the form of credits - game currency, additional experience, coordinates with a cache of weapons of the Ancients, or a rare skill.
With the planets, too, it was not so simple - Altar and Coin, fully fit for life, were a cultural and shopping center, living on them for a beginner without "injecting" real money - it is a complicated matter. It was necessary either to find a job, or go into communication and fight for life with gangs and antisocial elements that do not have space on the surface.
On three industrial planets, work was given by default - there was always a shortage of labor on mining. Basically, there were penal servicemen from among the guilty fighters of the Colonial Fleet of the Earth. However, simple players were paid well there, the working day was small, so that there was time to perform other tasks, pumping