Keep around Stas's narrative for archival purposes.

[super-star-trek.git] / doc / sst-doc.xml

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--- a/doc/sst-doc.xml
+++ b/doc/sst-doc.xml
@@ -961,9 +961,9 @@ calculate travel times and energy usage.</para>
 <sect1><title>Photon Torpedoes</title>
 
 <literallayout>
 <sect1><title>Photon Torpedoes</title>
 
 <literallayout>

-Mnemonic:  PHOTONS
-Shortest abbreviation:  PHO
-Full commands:  PHOTONS &lt;NUMBER&gt; &lt;TARG1&gt; &lt;TARG2&gt; &lt;TARG3&gt;
+Mnemonic:  TORPEDO
+Shortest abbreviation:  TO
+Full commands:  TORPEDO &lt;NUMBER&gt; &lt;TARG1&gt; &lt;TARG2&gt; &lt;TARG3&gt;

 </literallayout>
 
 <para>Photon torpedoes are projectile weapons&mdash;you either hit what you aim
 </literallayout>
 
 <para>Photon torpedoes are projectile weapons&mdash;you either hit what you aim


@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ orientation</quote>.</para>
  P         PHASERS &lt;TOTAL AMOUNT&gt;                 phasers and computer
            PHASERS AUTOMATIC &lt;TOTAL AMOUNT&gt;       phasers, computer, sr sensors
            PHASERS MANUAL &lt;AMT1&gt; &lt;AMT2&gt; ...       phasers
  P         PHASERS &lt;TOTAL AMOUNT&gt;                 phasers and computer
            PHASERS AUTOMATIC &lt;TOTAL AMOUNT&gt;       phasers, computer, sr sensors
            PHASERS MANUAL &lt;AMT1&gt; &lt;AMT2&gt; ...       phasers

- PHO       PHOTONS &lt;NUMBER&gt; &lt;TARGETS&gt;             torpedo tubes 
+ TOR       TORPEDO &lt;NUMBER&gt; &lt;TARGETS&gt;             torpedo tubes 

  PL        PLANETS                                (none)
  PR        PROBE &lt;ARMED&gt; &lt;MANUAL&gt; &lt;DISPLACEMENT&gt;  probe launcher, radio 
            PROBE &lt;ARMED&gt; AUTOMATIC &lt;DESTINATION&gt;  launcher, radio, computer
  PL        PLANETS                                (none)
  PR        PROBE &lt;ARMED&gt; &lt;MANUAL&gt; &lt;DISPLACEMENT&gt;  probe launcher, radio 
            PROBE &lt;ARMED&gt; AUTOMATIC &lt;DESTINATION&gt;  launcher, radio, computer


@@ -1826,8 +1826,8 @@ is alive.</para>
 <para>Planets are auto-scanned when you enter the quadrant.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>Planets are auto-scanned when you enter the quadrant.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>

-<para>Mining or using crystals in presense of enemy now yields an attack.
-There are other minor adjustments to what yields an attack
+<para>Mining or using crystals in the presence of the enemy now yields
+an attack.  There are other minor adjustments to what yields an attack

 and what does not.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 and what does not.</para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>


@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ shops.</para></listitem>
 
 <appendix><title>Setting the Wayback Machine</title>
 
 
 <appendix><title>Setting the Wayback Machine</title>
 

-<para>SSTK and its ancestors have a long history.  One of the
+<para>SST2K and its ancestors have a long history.  One of the

 objectives of this project is to make that history available.
 Accordingly, here is a timeline of the development of SST2K and
 its ancestors, as closely as we can reconstruct it.  Someday this
 objectives of this project is to make that history available.
 Accordingly, here is a timeline of the development of SST2K and
 its ancestors, as closely as we can reconstruct it.  Someday this


@@ -2029,7 +2029,7 @@ child.</para></listitem>
 version to PDP-11 FORTRAN.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>21 September 1978 &mdash; This was the date on the
 version to PDP-11 FORTRAN.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>21 September 1978 &mdash; This was the date on the

-first version Tom Almy saw, on which he based his C
+first version Tom Almy saw, on which he based his later C

 translation.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>1979 &mdash; Marc Newman adds Tholians, black holes,
 translation.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>1979 &mdash; Marc Newman adds Tholians, black holes,


@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ super-commanders, and Emeritus mode.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>1995-1996 &mdash; Tom Almy translates his FORTRAN
 port to ANSI C.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>1995-1996 &mdash; Tom Almy translates his FORTRAN
 port to ANSI C.</para></listitem>
 

-<listitem><para>1997 &mdash; Tom Almy finds the sources for the UT
+<listitem><para>1997 &mdash; Tom Almy finds the sources for UT

 FORTRAN on the Web and merges in features new since the 1978 version:
 EMEXIT, Tholian Web, improved death ray.  He adds deep-space probes
 from the DECUS version.</para></listitem>
 FORTRAN on the Web and merges in features new since the 1978 version:
 EMEXIT, Tholian Web, improved death ray.  He adds deep-space probes
 from the DECUS version.</para></listitem>


@@ -2056,6 +2056,9 @@ Sergeev. The curses interface is added.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>September 2006 &mdash; BSD features merged
 in. Inhabited-worlds features and weighted critical hits date from
 this time.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>September 2006 &mdash; BSD features merged
 in. Inhabited-worlds features and weighted critical hits date from
 this time.</para></listitem>

+
+<listitem><para>9 October 2006 &mdash; Translation to
+Python.</para></listitem>

 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>One as-yet unanswered question is when the code changed from
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>One as-yet unanswered question is when the code changed from