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Stalemate

Tex enters a huge, cavernous room, and walks down a catwalk running right down the middle. At the middle of the catwalk, Tex comes across a small computer terminal. The Overlord computer terminal. He types in the word "Stalemate," and he must now feed in all eight STG passcards, and type in their corresponding passwords.
To feed the cards into the slot click and drag the card you wish to enter. To rotate it so it will fit, press either of the directional keys on your keyboard.

The cards and their corresponding passwords are as follows:

A QUEEN
B DRAW
C CASTLE
D GAMBIT
E BISHOP
F RESIGN
G CHECKMATE
H KNIGHT

After Tex initiates the Stalemate sequence, he puts on a pair of virtual reality goggles. The lights in the room go out, and a large virtual chessboard materializes.

J. Saint Gideon's face appears on a nearby monitor. "Exit this program immediately, Mr. Murphy," he says.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gideon, I can't do that," Tex says.

"You don't understand what you're doing. I am not the enemy," Gideon says.

"I know," Tex says sympathetically. "But Overlord is."

Gideon puts on a pair of the goggles. He appears on the other side of the virtual chessboard, dressed in black, and not in need of his wheelchair. "Then you do not understand its purpose," he says.

"I think I do," Tex says, appearing in the virtual world dressed in white. "Do you know how close Law and Order came to overtaking your system?"

"A calculated risk, my friend," Gideon says, laughing. "It is the only solution."

"Well, a lot of innocent people have been killed. I'm just trying to make sure there are no more victims," Tex says.

"It is better that some die rather than allow the entire planet to degenerate into total chaos," Gideon tells him.

"No one's got the right to play God," Tex says.

"I agree... it's unconscionable," Gideon says, nodding. "But the fact is, it's done every day and, moreover, by people who aspire to nothing more than avarice and domination. What do you imagine stopping me will accomplish?"

"Well what do you think you'll accomplish?" Tex answers.

"Overlord is the hope, Mr. Murphy," Gideon says triumphantly.  "With it, I can influence events in the global political arena for good."

"Good for you, maybe," Tex says.

"Good for all those who respect mercy and justice," Gideon says, correcting him.

"You've created just a little bit of a monster here, Mr. Gideon," Tex says, "and it wouldn't be the first time you lost control of your creation. The Law and Order Party was gonna' use it for its own purposes. Other groups are gonna' try and eventually one of them's gonna' succeed. This little nightmare of yours has got to be destroyed."

Gideon laughs to himself. "Oh, I pity your blindness and regret that you cannot be reasoned with.

"Let the match begin!"

Gideon punches a few keys on the console in front of him, and black chess pieces form all around the virtual board -- significantly outnumbering the white pieces.

"I'm black, right?" Tex asks.

"Oh, I'm afraid not. But, you have the first move," Gideon says, smiling.

"Well, that's good."

You are then presented with a view of the chessboard, along with a list of your possible moves to the right. You must enter the correct sequence of moves in order to Checkmate Gideon's king, and deactivate Overlord.

The correct sequence is:

Rd1
Rxe7
Qxd7
Bf5
Bd7
Bxe7
Tex puts Gideons king into Checkmate, and the match is over. Orbiting the Earth, the Overlord satellite explodes in a brilliant fireball.

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