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-<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, it should never
-be necessary to call this command explicitly; a short-range scan will
-always be present on the screen.</para>
+<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a short-range scan will always be present on the
+screen.</para>
<para>The short-range scan gives you a considerable amount of information
about the quadrant your starship is in. A short-range scan is best
Shortest abbreviation: ST
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+<!-- This is new in SST 2K -->
+<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a full status report will always be present on the
+screen.</para>
+
<para>This command gives you information about the current state of your
starship as follows:</para>
Shortest abbreviation: L
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-<!-- This is new in SST 2K -->
-<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, it should never
-be necessary to call this command explicitly; a long-range scan will
-always be present on the screen.</para>
+<!-- This is new in SST 2K -->
+<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a long-range scan will always be present on the
+screen.</para>
<para>A long-range scan gives you general information about where you are
and what is around you. Here is an example output.</para>
Full command: REQUEST <ITEM>
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+<!-- This is new in SST 2K -->
+<para>If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a full status report will always be present on the
+screen.</para>
+
<para>This command allows you to get any single piece of information
from the <STATUS> command. <ITEM> specifies which
information as follows:</para>
<row><entry>SHIELDS</entry> <entry>SHIELDS</entry> <entry>S</entry></row>
<row><entry>KLINGONS LEFT</entry><entry>KLINGONS</entry> <entry>K</entry></row>
<row><entry>TIME LEFT</entry> <entry>TIME</entry> <entry>TI</entry></row>
+<row><entry>BASES LEFT</entry> <entry>BASES</entry> <entry>BA</entry></row>
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</tgroup>
</informaltable>
an identifiable magic number and the thaw logic checks for same.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-I made the internal pager work, nd in the process got rid of a number
+I made the internal pager work, and in the process got rid of a number
of platform dependencies in the code.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
The HELP/CALL/SOS command is now MAYDAY. SOS and CALL are still accepted.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-Status report now indicates if dilithium crystals arre on board.
+Status report now indicates if dilithium crystals are on board.
</para></listitem>
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