There has been much confusion, it seems, about how to get a "surprise opening" 
attack against the Starmen in the Stonehenge base. I've seen several erroneous 
ideas on the subject (most people realize that it's easy to get a green swirl 
against Starmen but don't understand how.)

It's like this: Starmen work in reverse of other enemies. To get a green swirl,
you have to approach them from the front, not the back. It doesn't matter 
whether they're about to teleport or just came out of their teleport or are 
about to go into their teleport. You just have to approach them from the front 
and you'll get the green swirl. It's best to stand a safe distance away (so 
they can't teleport into your party, which usually causes a red swirl unless 
you're lucky in which direction you push on the control pad), wait for them to 
come out of the teleport, and then approach them from the front. They stand 
still for roughly three seconds before they teleport again.

This makes it a little bit easier/quicker to beat Starmen while you're looking 
for the Sword of kings. Starmen and Starman supers are fairly harmless enemies;
it's not vital to get a green swirl against them all the time. But it does make
it so you can beat them faster.

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Zeth@starmen.net