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@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ respect the copyrights of the originators of Star Trek.
Curses Interface By
Stas Sergeev
- SST 2K polishing and historical research by
+ SST2K polishing and historical research by
Eric S. Raymond
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ important, and the detailed command descriptions which follow will be
a lot more meaningful to you.
You have weapons: phasers and photon torpedoes. You have a defense:
-deflector shields. You can look at things: long-range scaners,
+deflector shields. You can look at things: long-range scanners,
short-range scanners, and a star chart. You can move about, under
warp drive or impulse power. You can also dock at a starbase, rest
while repairs are being made, abandon ship, self destruct, or give up
@@ -253,13 +253,14 @@ 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.
+'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.
How To Issue Commands
@@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ described by an example.
There are ordinary Klingons (K) at sectors 5 - 8 and 6 - 2, and a
Klingon Commander (C) at 9 - 9. The (GULP)
Super-commander
(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 ( ).
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ short-range scan anytime you like.
If your short-range sensors are damaged, this command will only show
the contents of adjacent sectors.
+
Status Report
@@ -596,6 +599,7 @@ galaxy, which you are not permitted to cross.
Long-range scans are free. They use up no energy or time, and can be
done safely regardless of battle conditions.
+
Star Chart
@@ -605,7 +609,7 @@ Shortest abbreviation: C
As you proceed in the game, you learn more and more about what things
-are where in the galaxy. When ever you first do a scan in a quadrant,
+are where in the galaxy. Whenever you first do a scan in a quadrant,
telemetry sensors are ejected which will report any changes in the
quadrant(s) back to your ship, providing the sub-space radio is
working. Spock will enter this information in the chart. If the radio
@@ -1247,9 +1251,10 @@ Mnemonic: PLANETS
Shortest abbreviation: PL
-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 SENSORS
command.
+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 SENSORS
command.
Freeze
@@ -1523,11 +1528,11 @@ Emeritus.
promotion available if you go beyond the Expert
range.
You can also have a certificate of merit printed with your name, date,
and Klingon kill rate, provided you are promoted from either the
-Expert
or Emeritus
levels. This
-plaque
requires a 132 column printer. You may need
+Expert
or Emeritus
levels. You may need
print the certificate to a file, import it into your word processor,
selecting Courier 8pt font, and then print in landscape
orientation
.
+
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