Description
A major drug stash in the Disney Land sector of the Betelgeuse star system. They are heading to the Sol system and must be stoped.

Storyline:
We have some illicit narcotics getting sent through the Disney Land sector of the Betelgeuse system and the GTA wants to stop them. The story has a good basic idea, since it does sound plausible that drugs would be a problem in the future as they are now. However, this good idea is ruined by a pretty darned bad application and I won't even talk about the Disney Land factor... <p> The story is hardly woven into the mission at all. The briefing is far from polished and doesn't convey too much information other than the fact that you need to destroy some enemy wings and disable/disarm a cruiser.

Balance:
There is a pretty good number of weapons and ships to choose from. Although having a hundred or a couple hundred of every missile (Except MX-50's and the Synaptics) seems a little unrealistic. <p> As far as enemies go, nothing new here. A couple Valkyries and Hercules that can be mowed through with little fuss.

Design:
Possibly the most unpleasant things in this mission are the ship and wing names. I guess I can't expect much from a guy posting under the name "the_masturbater". You'll be going up against wings aptly named: Stoners, Pot Heads, Crack Heads, and one other who's name I won't mention here since it might offend some people. The cruiser you have to take down is the "Crack Master 6-9", this objective is accomplished with the help of your reinforcements: Pig-Police. Let's get one thing straight here, these names are disgusting, insulting (To some), and grossly immature. As you can tell I wasn't too amused by all of this, but I'm just glad the rest of the ships remained nameless. <p> Then there's the reinforcements. You get a wing of fighters, a cruiser, and an Orion destroyer. Why? I don't understand why the GTA would donate the services of an Orion destroyer to a drug bust, especially when it just involves disabling and disarming a lowly cruiser. Maybe the boys in GTA Command have been smoking pot themselves... <p> As far as messages go, you'll only get three. The mission only has three events that don't tell you much other than "Good job". Overall, the design goes from nasty to totally boring pretty quick.

Gameplay:
At first, the action is almost as fun as Disney Land itself, but it quickly diminishes into a hangover (Which really applies to this one). You'll be dodging fire and getting into some nice little dogfights with your marijuana-filled playmates, but after that's all done it becomes a simple, old, and tired turkey shoot. Not even the Aten cruiser that shows up later puts up much of a fight.

Other Thoughts:
The debriefing stinks.