1@Our world is dying. The storm that began generations ago, and which now rages day and night, is worsening.
1@We must spread our seeds throughout the stars. We must leave this world in order to survive.
1@We have found a new source of power, the power of our dying world itself. Our Star Plants can use this power. Only by doing so can we go on.

2@The power of the Star Plants propelled us into space, a seed that could seek out a new beginning.
2@We traveled for a long time.
2@Finally we land on a new world.
2@But this world is not like our old world. The sun is harsh, and the daylight damages us.
2@We must find our way off this world too, before the sun destroys us. 

3@Again we undergo a long cold journey through space.
3@We find ourselves awakening again on another world. This one is different still.
3@This world is barren. It gives us nothing. Only our Germinator is strong enough to produce. We must use our own Kernels for anything to grow.
3@We cannot last here either.
3@Another long journey awaits us, but this is what me must do to survive.

4@Again we travel through endless night, and again we find ourselves on a strange world.
4@At last, we find a world like our own world was. Once, before the storm. It is verdant, and the weather suits us.
4@We could make this world our own.
4@But it is not ours. It already belongs to others, and they do not want us here. And they are relentless.
4@We must resort to weapons to delay them long enough for us to escape.
4@Once again, we have failed to find a new home.

5@We reached a new world, an empty, pleasant world all our own. We thrived for a time. We were ready to call it home.
5@Then, the visitors came. They came to take this world from us.
5@We cannot defeat them. They will destroy us unless we leave.
5@We fear that there is nowhere in all of space where we can be at peace.
5@How can we survive anywhere when there are vicious beings who will wipe us out just to take our world?

6@Again we took to the stars, expecting this time that our journey would never reach a happy end.
6@When all hope seemed lost, a door opened for us.
6@A portal in space and time. We fell through.
6@It took us back in time, to when the universe was young, before life ever formed. Before there were others to fight for our place.
6@At last we were alone. At last we could be at peace.
6@At last we could survive, here at the dawn of time.
6@One billion years have passed since we went through that portal.
6@We have grown and changed. We have developed civilization and technology. And now we are ready to venture back into space.
6@We have no memory now of the perilous journey we took to reach this world, but somehow we always knew that one day we would take to the stars again.
6@This time, however, it will be different. This time, we will not be pushed away by others. This time, it will be on our terms.
6@And we are ready to destroy anyone who stands in our way.

germinator|We must protect the Germinator at all costs. It will send our seeds into space. If it is destroyed, we are doomed.

kernel|This is a Kernel. It contains all our genetic information, and it can grow into a variety of structures.

planting|We can click on a Kernel to select it, and then click somewhere on the lawn to move it. To issue it a command, we click on the icon in the upper-right. The command we want to issue to this Kernel is "Build Star Plant".

fertilize|A Kernel will take some time to grow into a plant. We can speed this process up by using other Kernels to fertilize the ground. Let's move another Kernel close to this plant and issue the command "Fertilize".

maxacorns|There is a limit to the number of Kernels we can have. As our coverage of the lawn increases, so does this limit.

coverage1|When we click on the "Build Star Plant" icon with no Kernel selected, we can see how much of the lawn is within range of a Star Plant. This is called the coverage.

coverage2|Only Star Plants that are complete will count toward the coverage. The coverage is shown in the upper-left. When 90% of the lawn is within range of a Star Plant, our Germinator will be able to fire a seed into space!

dewdropper|As we grow structures, new structures will become available to us. A Dewdropper will allow us to collect water.

dewdrop|A dew drop replenishes a structure that has been damaged. If we choose the "Heal" icon and then click on a damaged structure, a Kernel will try to bring a dew drop to that structure.

damage|A structure that is 50% damaged will not function until it is repaired. If a Star Plant is 50% damaged, it will not count toward our coverage.

levelend|We must keep the coverage above 90% for 30 seconds while the Germinator prepares to launch. Watch the coverage meter in the upper-left.
