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INSTRUCTIONS FOR 'SUPER STAR TREK'
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1. When you see "Command ?" printed, enter one of the legal
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commands (NAV, SRS, LRS, PHA, TOR, SHE, DAM, COM, OR XXX).
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2. If you should type in an illegal command, you'll get a short
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list of the legal commands printed out.
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3. Some commands require you to enter data (for example, the
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'NAV' command comes back with 'Course (1-9) ?'.) If you
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type in illegal data (like negative numbers), then command
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will be aborted.
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The galaxy is divided into an 8 X 8 quadrant grid,
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and each quadrant is further divided into an 8 X 8 sector grid.
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You will be assigned a starting point somewhere in the
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galaxy to begin a tour of duty as commander of the starship
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Enterprise; your mission: to seek and destroy the fleet of
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Klingon warships which are menacing the United Federation of
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Planets.
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You have the following commands available to you as captain
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of the starship Enterprise:
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NAV command = Warp Engine Control
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Course is in a circular numerical 4 3 2
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vector arrangement as shown . . .
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integer and real values may be ...
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used. (Thus course 1.5 is half- 5 ---*--- 1
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way between 1 and 2. ...
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. . .
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Values may approach 9.0, which 6 7 8
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itself is equivalent to 1.0
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COURSE
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One warp factor is the size of
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one quadrant. Therefore, to get
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from quadrant 6,5 to 5,5, you WOULD
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use course 3, warp factor 1.
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SRS command = Short Range Sensor Scan
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Shows you a scan of your present quadrant.
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Symbology on your sensor screen is as follows:
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<*> = Your starship's position
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+K+ = Klingon battle cruiser
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>!< = Federation starbase (refuel/repair/re-arm here!)
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* = Star
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A condensed 'status report' will also be presented.
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LRS command = Long Range Sensor Scan
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Shows conditions in space for one quadrant on each side
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of the Enterprise (which is in the middle of the scan).
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The scan is coded in the form ###, where the units digit
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is the number of stars, the tens digit is the number of
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starbases, and the hundreds digit is the number of
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Klingons.
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Example - 207 = 2 Klingons, No starbases, & 7 stars.
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PHA command = Phaser Control
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Allows you to destroy the Klingon battle cruisers by
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zapping them with suitably large units of energy to
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deplete their shield power. (Remember, Klingons have
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phasers, too!)
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TOR command = Photon Torpedo Control
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Torpedo course is the same as used in warp engine control.
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If you hit the Klingon vessel, he is destroyed and
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cannot fire back at you. If you miss, you are subject to
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his phaser fire. In either case, you are also subject to
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the phaser fire of all other Klingons in the quadrant.
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The library-computer (COM command) has an option to
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compute torpedo trajectory for you (Option 2).
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SHE command = Shield Control
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Defines the number of energy units to be assigned to the
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shields. Energy is taken from total ship's energy. Note
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that the status display total energy includes shield energy.
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DAM command = Damage Control Report
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Gives the state of repair of all devices. Where a negative
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'state of repair' shows that the device is temporarily
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damaged.
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COM command = Library-Computer
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The library-computer contains six options:
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Option 0 = Cumulative Galactic Record
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This option shows computer memory of the results of all
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previous short and long range sensor scans.
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Option 1 = Status Report
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This option shows the number of Klingons, Stardates,
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and starbases remaining in the game.
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Option 2 = Photon Torpedo Data
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Which gives directions and distance from the Enterprise
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to all Klingons in your quadrant.
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Option 3 = Starbase Nav Data
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This option gives direction and distance to any
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starbase within your quadrant.
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Option 4 = Direction/Distance Calculator
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This option allows you to enter coordinates for
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direction/distance calculations.
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Option 5 = Galactic Region Name Map
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This option prints the names of the sixteen major
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galactic regions referred to in the game.
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