Make inhabited worlds display as '@'. Document this.

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@@ -253,13 +253,14 @@ The Emeritus game is strictly for masochists.</para>
 
 <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 &amp;
-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 &amp; 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>
@@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ described by an example.</para>
 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&mdash;they are printed to help you get your bearings.  Sector 6
 - 4 contains a black hole ( ).</para>
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ short-range scan anytime you like.</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>
 
@@ -596,6 +599,7 @@ galaxy, which you are not permitted to cross.</para>
 
 <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>
 
@@ -1247,9 +1251,10 @@ Mnemonic:  PLANETS
 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>