Your adventure is to take place on the tropical island of "Coppola". This is the largest of a group of eight islands
located in the Pacific Ocean, slightly to the south of the tropic of Capricorn. These islands are commonly known as
"
The Eight Isles Of Coppola" and are for the most part very small,
so small in fact that only two of them have names, they are "Coppola" (the largest island) and "Minalu" (a small island
slightly east of Coppola). Coppola is mainly a tourist island and this is indeed the colony's main source of income,
though there is a lot of workable farmland to the north of the capital town (also called Coppola).
The main reason for the islands popularity with tourists is that there is something here for everybody. There are
sun-drenched beaches with facilities for a wide range of water sports, and the mountains to the north of the island boast
excellent ski slopes.
Goods and services are of an excellent standard and are also relatively cheap and can only be paid for with the islands'
own currency of Pounds and Pence.
The capital
Coppola can be found on the east coast near the harbour.
It is from here that you can take one of the hourly pleasure cruises that take you on a three-hour trip around the eight islands.
Minalu is the only other island to be named. It was originally meant to be adapted to tourism like Coppola, but an unexplained
freak of nature prevented this.
Several species of endangered animals were flown in and left to breed on one of the smaller islands and a few months later when
zoologists returned to check on the progress of the animals, no trace of them could be found. Thinking that all the animals had
perished they left. Several weeks later when developers moved in to build on Minalu they found that the island was overrun with
many rare creatures thought to be extinct.
To this day nobody knows how all the animals found their way to Minalu, but that is where they remain to this day. The island is
now a national park reserved only for the animals. Unauthorized human access is strictly forbidden and the animals can only be
viewed from the pleasure cruisers.
Ficking through the in flight magazine you find a sealed envelope as instructed. You make your way to the aircraft's toilets to
read the letter inside. You lock the cubicle door behind you and sit down. When you carefully open the envelope you find enclosed
a large sum of the islands' currency as well as the following
letter: