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PQ1 (other)
PQ1 or ''variation'', may refer to: * Convoy PQ 1, WWII Allied Arctic Convoy * ''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'', a 2014 video game * ''Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel'', 1987 video game * ''PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient'', a 2005 video game * PQ1, a rating used for the UK Royal Mail in Address Point See also * PQ (other) * PQI (other) * PQL (other) {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy PQ 1
Convoy PQ 1 was the first of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War to have the code prefix PQ, which was chosen from the initials of Commander Phillip Quellyn Roberts, an operations officer in the Admiralty. The Western Allies used the Arctic route to supply the Soviet Union after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion, which began on 22 June 1941. The convoy sailed from Hvalfjörður, Hvalfiord in Iceland on 29 September 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on 11 October 1941. To protect return convoys and sweep for mines, a British naval force of ocean-going Halcyon-class minesweepers, which accompanied the convoy, that had the speed, armament and anti-submarine capacity similar to that of Flower-class corvettes, to be established at the Kola naval base. The fleet oiler , which had accompanied the first Arctic convoy, Operation Dervish (1941), Operation Dervish (21–31 August 1941), was at Kola to refuel ships for the return journey. Soviet destroyers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of The Labyrinth
A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light. Point and non-point light sources A point source of light casts only a simple shadow, called an "umbra". For a non-point or "extended" source of light, the shadow is divided into the umbra, penumbra, and antumbra. The wider the light source, the more blurred the shadow becomes. If two penumbras overlap, the shadows appear to attract and merge. This is known as the shadow blister effect. The outlines of the shadow zones can be found by tracing the rays of light emitted by the outermost regions of the extended light source. The umbra region does not receive any direct light from any part of the light source and is the darkest. A viewer located in the umbra region can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Pursuit Of The Death Angel
''Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel'' (also known as ''Police Quest I'' or simply ''Police Quest'') is a 1987 police procedural Adventure game, adventure video game developed and published by Jim Walls and Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line. ''Police Quest'' follows police officer Sonny Bonds as he investigates a drug cartel in the town of Lytton, California. First released in 1987 as a command-line interface game built on Sierra's Adventure Game Interpreter, AGI, ''Police Quest'' was remade in 1992 using 256-color Video Graphics Array, VGA graphics and the Sierra Entertainment#1980s, SCI engine and used Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games, point-and-click gameplay. Designed to effectively be a police Simulation video game, simulator, ''Police Quest'' features relatively simple puzzles, but relies strongly on strict adherence to proper police procedure, as detailed in the Video game manual, game's manual. ''Police Quest'' was a moderate critical and commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
