• The përs resource
	The pers resource defines the characteristics of an AI personality - that is, a specific person the player can encounter in the game. These AI-people have their names (which are also the names of the associated përs resource) displayed on the target-info display in place of the name of their ship class. When ships are created, there is a 5% chance that a specific AI-person will also be created. (obviously, as AI-people are killed off, they cease to appear in the game.) The first field tells EV where a certain person can be encountered:

LinkSyst	Which systems the person can be created in
	-1	Any system
	128-1127	ID of a specific system
	9999-10127	Any system belonging to this specific government
	15000-15127	Any system belonging to an ally of this govt
	20000-20127	Any system belonging to any but this govt
	25000-25127	Any system belonging to an enemy of this govt

The next four fields define the person's character traits:

Govt	The person's governmental affiliation
	-1	Ignored (person is independent)
	128-255	ID of a specific government

AI Type	The person's AI type (see the section on düde resources)
	1	Wimpy trader
	2	Brave trader
	3	Warship
	4	Interceptor

Agress	The person's agression, i.e. how close ships have to be before the person will attack them, on a scale of 1 to 3.

Coward	At what percent of total shield capacity will the person run away from a fight? e.g. a value of 25 would cause the person to retreat when his shields dropped to 25%.


The next fields tell EV more about the ship that a person uses:

ShipType	ID number of the person's ship class

WeapType (x4)	ID numbers of weapon types
	-1 or 0	No weapon
	128-191	Add this weapon type

WeapCount (x4)	How many of each of the above weapons to add (Note: This is in addition to the standard weapons already included with the ship. Standard weapons can be "removed" by entering their ID numbers in the WeapType fields and entering the negative of their standard load for the given ship class in the WeapCount field.)
	-1 or 0	None
	1 and up	Add this many

AmmoLoad (x4)	The standard ammo load for weapons that need it, or ignored for those that don’t
	-1 or 0	No ammo
	1 and up	Include this many rounds of ammo

Credits	How many credits the person caried
	0	ignored (no credits)
	1 and up	This many credits, ± 25%

ShieldMod	How much to increase/decrease the person's shield capacity, in percent. For example, a value of 130 entered here would make the person's ship have shields that are 30% stronger than if he were flying a stock ship. Similarly, a value of 70 would make his shields 30% weaker.

MissionBit	Which mission bit this person is linked to.
0-255	Only have this person show up if this mission bit is set
	-1		Ignored


The next fields tell EV about any special quotes or missions to link to this ship:

CommQuote	Index number of an entry in STR# resource 7100, to be displayed in the communications dialog

HailQuote	Index number of an entry in STR# resource 7101, to be displayed at the bottom of the game screen (i.e. over the radio)

LinkMission	What mission to activate when the ship is boarded or hailed

Flags	Some control bits
	0x0001	The special ship will hold a grudge if attacked, and will        				subsequently attack the player whenever they meet.

	0x0002	Uses escape pod

	0x0004	HailQuote only shown when ship has a grudge against the player
	0x0008	HailQuote only shown when ship likes player
	0x0010	Only show HailQuote when ship begins to attack the player
	0x0020	Only show HailQuote when ship is disabled

	0x0040	When LinkMission is accepted with a single SpecialShip, replace it with this ship while removing this one from play (only useful for escort missions)
	0x0080	Only show quote once

	0x0100	Deactivate ship (i.e. don’t make it show up again) after accepting its LinkMission

	0x0200	Offer ship’s LinkMission when boarding it instead of when hailing it

	0x0400	Don’t show quote when ship’s LinkMission is not available
	0x0800	Make ship leave after accepting its LinkMission
	0x1000	Don’t offer if player is flying a wimpy freighter (aiType 1)
	0x2000	Don’t offer if player is flying a beefy freighter (aiType 2)
	0x4000	Don’t offer if player is flying a warship (aiType 3)
	0x8000	Show disaster info when hailing