<para>The fourth question, new in SST2K, sets your game options. A
blank answer or 'fancy' enables all SST2K features. The option
-'plain' disables a number of features (Tholians, planets &
-dilithium, Thingies shooting back, deep-space-probes, Klingon ramming
-and movement, time-warping through black holes, death-ray upgrade),
-approximating the original CDC 6600 FORTRAN game from UT Austin. The
-option 'almy' approximates Tom Almy's C translation from 1979,
-disabling Thingies shooting back, base shields, and time-warping
-through black holes.</para>
+'plain' approximated the original CDC 6600 FORTRAN game from UT Austin
+and disables a number of features: Tholians, planets & dilithium,
+Thingies shooting back, deep-space-probes, Klingon ramming and
+movement, time-warping through black holes, death-ray
+upgrade. inhabited worlds. The option 'almy' approximates Tom Almy's
+C translation from 1979, disabling Thingies shooting back, base
+shields, time-warping through black holes, and inhabited
+worlds.</para>
</chapter>
<chapter><title>How To Issue Commands</title>
There are ordinary Klingons (K) at sectors 5 - 8 and 6 - 2, and a
Klingon Commander (C) at 9 - 9. The (GULP)
<quote>Super-commander</quote> (S) is occupies sector 4 - 4, and a
-Romulan (R) is at 1 - 6. A planet (P) is at sector 7 - 6. There are
+Romulan (R) is at 1 - 6. An uninhabited planet (P) is at sector 7 - 6
+(if it were inhabited, it would display as a '@'). There are
also a large number of stars (*). The periods (.) are just empty
space—they are printed to help you get your bearings. Sector 6
- 4 contains a black hole ( ).</para>
<para>If your short-range sensors are damaged, this command will only show
the contents of adjacent sectors.</para>
+
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Status Report</title>
<para>Long-range scans are free. They use up no energy or time, and can be
done safely regardless of battle conditions.</para>
+
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Star Chart</title>
Shortest abbreviation: PL
</literallayout>
-<para>Mr. Spock presents you a list of the available information on planets
-in the galaxy. Since planets do not show up on long-range scans, the
-only way to obtain this information is with the <quote>SENSORS</quote> command.</para>
+<para>Mr. Spock presents you a list of the available information on
+planets in the galaxy which are potential dilithium sources. Since
+planets do not show up on long-range scans, the only way to obtain
+this information is with the <quote>SENSORS</quote> command.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="freeze"><title>Freeze</title>