The Unorthodox Engineers: The Pen and the Dark

## Description

This text only adventure is based on one of the chapters of the Science
Fiction short story series “The Unorthodox Engineers” by Colin Kapp. You take
on the role of the protagonist Lieutenant Fritz van Noon and his band of
“Unorthodox Engineers” as Dr. Maxwell Courtney asks you to try and discover
the purpose of the indestructible pillar of darkness and its mysterious
penumbral shadow, (hence the name “The Pen”) which was (obviously?) left by an
alien race on this otherwise normal planet. And you also have to solve the
riddle of contra-energy. The objective of the story is outlined to the player
during the opening stages of the adventure. The book with the short story that
comes along with the game helps the player to better understand the story and
contains some vital clues to solve some of the adventure’s puzzles.

The Unorthodox Engineers: The Pen and the Dark