WARNING: Designed for Natural Selection Version 1.04 (may not work correctly on current version of NS)

Description: The TSA has recieved an Emergency Distress Beacon (EDB) from the cargo ship Kobayashi Maru. Acording to the ships log, the ship began to lose power in it's starboard engine and veared off coarse. Now both engines have stalled and the ship is adrift in Gamma-Hydra Section Ten. The ships security and bio-monitoring equipent has identified the presence of Kahraa bacteria, but that it is contained in the rear of the ship. Normally a ship this small and it's crew would simply be sacraficed, but TSA has ordered the ship recovered. The cryo units on the ship are still intact and the crew are still alive. TSA intellence believes the Kahraa were being smuggled aboard the ship by one of the crew. It is imparative that we regain control of that ship so that we can rescue and then interogate the crew.

Game Type: Marines vs. Aliens

Status: On hold Pending Natural Selection: Source

Mappers Note: This map started with a basic concept: Build the whole ship. It evolved into a different style of NS map all together. It was designed to be perfectly balanced between the two teams, allowing both to reach high-tech quickly and sustain it. In effect, the "no-win scenario", requiring creative strategy to break the dead-lock and win the game. Due to tweaks in Natural Selection I have no doubt that it it currently out of balance. When Natural Selection: Source is released, that will allow the map to continue to progress, grow much larger, and be balanced once again. Until then, this map is on hold and presented "as-is".

This map is roughly based off of my favorite map of all time: Op4_Yard. I have attempted to keep the basic layout the same and yet make something very different. It is the first Op4 Rune Arena map I have made, and as far as I can tell, the first one ever created. The ability to add Runes into Deathmatch was added shortly before Op4CTF was broken by Steam. The map contains six Runes, Four Armor Runes, an Ammo Rune, and a Damage Rune. Kevlar is designed to run with MP_Multipower set to either on or off, but it should be noted that with multipower on, a single player could load up with armor, damage, and ammo runes which could be very un-fun for the rest of the players.

Updated to Beta 5

This is a 2-8 player deathmatch arena (22 spawn points total). The map consists of three major areas connected by a wide-open loop. Every weapon except the penguins is present, although the more powerful weapons take extra effort to get.

The map also contains a set of power-ups. 2 Regens, 2 Longjumps, 2 Armors, and 1 Death rune.

This map needs playtesting! Please help!