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@@ -229,6 +229,37 @@ and start a new game.
The Klingons are waiting.
+
+Starting the Game
+
+The program will ask you some setup questions. You can give it
+command-line arguments that will be treated as answers. Any token
+may be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
+
+The first question concerns whether you want a regullar,
+tournament, or saved game. For discussion, see the description of the freeze command.
+
+The second question will concern the length of the game.
+Longer games include more enemies.
+
+The third question will set the game's difficulty level.
+You should probably start out at the novice level, even if you are
+already familiar with one of the other versions of the Star Trek
+game—but, of course, the level of game you play is up to you. If
+you want to start at the Expert level, go ahead. It's your funeral.
+The Emeritus game is strictly for masochists.
+
+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.
+
How To Issue Commands
@@ -303,7 +334,7 @@ complicated, but you will learn the abbreviations qGuickly enough.
You can abbreviate practically anything
-If you forget, the computer will proompt you
+If you forget, the computer will prompt youIf you remember, you can type it all on one line
@@ -1220,7 +1251,7 @@ in the galaxy. Since planets do not show up on long-range scans, the
only way to obtain this information is with the SENSORS command.
-Freeze
+Freeze
Mnemonic: FREEZE
@@ -1497,12 +1528,6 @@ print the certificate to a file, import it into your word processor,
selecting Courier 8pt font, and then print in landscape
orientation.
-You should probably start out at the novice level, even if you are
-already familiar with one of the other versions of the Star Trek
-game—but, of course, the level of game you play is up to you. If
-you want to start at the Expert level, go ahead. It's your funeral.
-The emeritus game is strictly for masochists.
-
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