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                       ╔NSTRUCTIONS FOR ├128 VERSION 2.0C
                     ╟AME AND DOCUMENTATION BY ┬RIAN ╦ENDIG

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               ╙TAR ╘REK IS (╘═) ╨ARAMOUNT ╨ICTURES ├ORPORATION.
                      ╒LTRA ╚I-╥ES IS (├) 1986 ╫ALRUSOFT.
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                           ╚╔╙╘╧╥┘ ╧╞ ╘╚┼ ╙╔═╒╠┴╘╔╧╬

"═ANY VERSIONS OF ╙TAR ╘REK HAVE BEEN KICKING AROUND VARIOUS COLLEGE CAMPUSES
SINCE THE LATE SIXTIES."  ╘HIS SENTENCE BEGAN THE INSTRUCTIONS TO A VERSION OF
╙TAR ╘REK THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN ─AVID ┴HL'S ┬┴╙╔├ ├╧═╨╒╘┼╥ ╟┴═┼╙ IN 1978.  ┴ND
IT IS TRUE: A VERSION OF ╙TAR ╘REK EXISTS FOR ALMOST EVERY COMPUTER IN
EXISTENCE, FROM OBSOLETE ╘╔99/4┴'S TO POWERFUL ─┼├ MAINFRAMES.

╘HE GAME YOU HAVE NOW IS THE RESULT OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF REWRITING, EDITING,
AND OTHERWISE PULLING THE GUTS OUT OF THE ╙TARSHIP ┼NTERPRISE.  ═ODIFIED FOR
USE WITH ╒LTRA ╚I-╥ES, THIS NOW RESEMBLES THE ORIGINAL ONLY IN BASIC GAMEPLAY.
╔ HAD TWO GUIDELINES IN MAKING IT: (1) ╔ INTENDED FOR IT TO BE AS TRUE TO THE
ORIGINAL VERSION AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE, AND (2) IT WAS TO BE AN ENJOYABLE
SIMULATION.  ╫ITH THIS IN MIND ╔ HAVE NEGLECTED TO ADD SOME ADVANCED FEATURES
THAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGNERS WOULD HAVE FROWNED UPON, BUT ╔ HAVE ALSO REMOVED
SOME OTHER UNREALISTIC CODE.  ╔'LL EXPLAIN MY CHANGES AT APPROPRIATE TIMES.

╘HAT'S ABOUT ALL THERE IS TO IT - UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY
THIS GAME, IN WHICH CASE YOU SHOULD READ ON.  ╠IVE LONG AND PROSPER!

                                                 ┬RIAN ╦ENDIG
                                                 ╩UNE, 1988

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                              ╟┴═┼╨╠┴┘ ┴╬─ ╥╒╠┼╙

        ╧R, ├ARE ┴ND ╞EEDING ╧F ┘OUR ╬EW ╬├├-1701 ┴NTI-╦LINGON-O-═ATIC

╧┬╩┼├╘╔╓┼: ┴S THE CAPTAIN OF THE ╙TARSHIP ┼NTERPRISE (╬├├-1701), YOU MUST SEEK
OUT AND DESTROY EACH MEMBER OF A FLEET OF ╦LINGON WARSHIPS WHICH HAVE INVADED
TERRITORY BELONGING TO THE ╒NITED ╞EDERATION OF ╨LANETS.  ┘OU HAVE A LIMITED
TIME IN WHICH TO COMPLETE YOUR TASK.  ╘HERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ╙TARBASES (AT
LEAST ONE, BUT USUALLY NO MORE THAN FOUR) AT WHICH YOU CAN REFUEL, RE-ARM, AND
REPAIR YOUR SHIP.

┘OU WILL BE ASSIGNED A STARTING POSITION AT RANDOM SOMEWHERE IN THE GALAXY.
╘HE GALAXY IS DIVIDED INTO AN 8 BY 8 GRID OF QUADRANTS (THUS 64 IN ALL), EACH
OF WHICH IS FURTHER SUBDIVIDED INTO 64 SECTORS.  ┬Y USING YOUR SHORT-RANGE
SCANNER, YOU CAN SEE WHAT ELSE IS IN YOUR CURRENT QUADRANT.  ┬Y USING THE
LONG-RANGE SCANNER, YOU CAN SEE THE CONTENTS OF NEIGHBORING QUADRANTS.  ╘HE
╠IBRARY-├OMPUTER HAS AN OPTION WHEREBY YOU CAN SEE THE CONTENTS OF EVERY
QUADRANT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY VISITED OR SCANNED.

╘HE ╙TARBASES ARE VERY VALUABLE TO YOU - DON'T TORPEDO THEM INTO OBLIVION IF
YOU CAN HELP IT!  ╘O DOCK AT ONE, JUST FLY RIGHT UP NEXT TO IT.  ┘OUR ENERGY
AND TORPEDO SUPPLIES WILL BE REFILLED, AND YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING
SKILLED TECHNICIANS REPAIR YOUR SHIP.

┘OU HAVE EIGHT COMMANDS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
╬AV: ╬AVIGATE THE ┼NTERPRISE BY SETTING COURSE AND SPEED (DISTANCE).
╙╥╙: ╙HORT RANGE SENSOR SCAN.  ╙HOWS YOU THE EXACT POSITIONS OF EVERYTHING IN
       YOUR QUADRANT.
╠╥╙: ╠ONG-RANGE SENSOR SCAN.  ╙HOWS YOU HOW MANY STARS, ╦LINGONS, AND
       ╙TARBASES ARE IN EACH QUADRANT ADJACENT TO YOURS.
╨HA: ╨HASERS - WEAPONS TO USE AGAINST THE ╦LINGONS.
╘OR: ╘ORPEDOES - MORE EFFECTIVE, BUT THEIR SUPPLY IS LIMITED.
╞╙H: ╞ORCE ╙HIELDS.  ╒SE THEM TO DEFEND YOUR SHIP!
─AM: ─AMAGE AND STATE-OF-REPAIR REPORT.
├OM: ╠IBRARY-COMPUTER.  ╓ARIOUS UTILITIES TO MAKE COMMANDING A ╙TARSHIP A
       LITTLE EASIER.

╘O ENTER A COMMAND (WHEN THE ├╧══┴╬─ PROMPT APPEARS WITH A FLASHING CURSOR
BESIDE IT), EITHER PRESS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE COMMAND OR USE AN ╞-KEY:

                   ╞1 ╬AV   ╞3 ╙╥╙    ╞5 ╠╥╙    ╞7 ╨HA
                   ╞2 ╘OR   ╞4 ╞╙H    ╞6 ─AM    ╞8 ├OM


╬┴╓╔╟┴╘╔╧╬
╨RESS ╬ OR ╞1.
    ┘OU MUST SUPPLY A COURSE AND A WARP SPEED.  ╘HE COURSE MUST BE AT LEAST
1.0 BUT NOT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 9.0; REFER TO THE ╬┴╓ COMPASS IN THE
LOWER-RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN FOR HELP.  (┴ VALUE OF 9.0 IS THE SAME
AS 1.0.)  ┘OU'LL GET THE HANG OF IT AFTER A FEW TRIES!
    ╘HE WARP SPEED IS ACTUALLY THE DISTANCE YOU WANT TO TRAVEL.  ┴ SPEED OF
0.1 MEANS A DISTANCE OF ONE SECTOR.  ┴ SPEED OF 1.0 MEANS A DISTANCE OF ONE
QUADRANT, AND SO ON.  ┬E SURE YOUR COURSE IS CLEAR BEFORE YOU TRY TO WARP - IF
ANY STARS, BASES, OR ╦LINGONS IN THE SECTOR ARE IN YOUR WAY, YOU'LL BUMP INTO
THEM AND WASTE VALUABLE TIME AND ENERGY!  ┴LSO WATCH THAT YOU DON'T TRY TO FLY
╧╒╘╙╔─┼ OF THE GALAXY, OR YOU'LL BE STOPPED WITH A WARNING.
    ═AXIMUM WARP SPEED IS 8.0.  ╔F YOUR WARP ENGINES ARE DAMAGED, YOU CAN ONLY
MOVE AT WARP 0.2 - TWO SECTORS AT A TIME.
    ╔F YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY FOR A WARP, SOME SHIELD ENERGY WILL BE
REDIRECTED TO THE ENGINES - PROVIDED THAT THE SHIELDS ARE OPERATIONAL!

╙╚╧╥╘ ╥┴╬╟┼ ╙┼╬╙╧╥╙
╨RESS ╙ OR ╞3.
    ┘OUR SHORT-RANGE SENSORS ARE YOUR "EYES" ON THE QUADRANT YOU ARE CURRENTLY
EXPLORING.  ╘HE ╙╥╙ DISPLAY COMES UP IN THE UPPER-LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE
SCREEN.  ╘HE DISPLAY MAY NEED SOME EXPLAINING:

         <┼> IS YOUR SHIP.
          *  IS A STAR.
         +╦+ IS A ╦LINGON.
         >┬< IS A ╙TARBASE.

    ┴ CONDENSED STATUS REPORT WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED.
    ┴ ╙╥╙ SCAN WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PERFORMED WHENEVER YOU ENTER A QUADRANT,
AND AS LONG AS IT IS DISPLAYED IT WILL BE UPDATED TO FOLLOW THE MOVEMENTS OF
YOU SHIP AND ENEMY CRAFT (THEY ─╧ MOVE!).  ╘HE ONLY TIME YOU WILL NEED TO USE
THE ╙╥╙ COMMAND MANUALLY IS WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED READING WHATEVER OTHER DATA
MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED IN PLACE OF THE ╙╥╙ WINDOW AND YOU WANT THE SCAN
BACK.
    ╔F THE ╙╥╙ SCANNER IS DAMAGED, ALL YOU'LL SEE ARE "???" FILLING THE
DISPLAY, BUT THE STATUS REPORT WILL BE KEPT UPDATED.

╠╧╬╟-╥┴╬╟┼ ╙┼╬╙╧╥╙
╨RESS ╠ OR ╞5.
    ╙HOWS YOU WHAT IS IN EACH OF THE EIGHT QUADRANTS SURROUNDING YOU.  (┘OU
ARE IN THE CENTER OF THE DISPLAY.)  ╘HERE ARE NUMBERS IN THE QUADRANTS.  ╘HE
FIRST DIGIT DISPLAYED IN EACH QUADRANT IS THE NUMBER OF ╦LINGONS PRESENT, THE
SECOND NUMBER REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF ╙TARBASES, AND THE THIRD NUMBER SHOWS
HOW MANY STARS THERE ARE.  (╘HUS A DISPLAY OF "207" IN A QUADRANT MEANS TWO
╦LINGONS, NO BASES, AND SEVEN STARS.)
    ╫HEN THE ╠╥╙ SCAN IS DISPLAYED, A STATUS REPORT WILL ALSO BE SHOWN - BUT
THIS ONE ╫╧╬'╘ BE UPDATED AS WITH THE ╙╥╙ DISPLAY.  ╘HIS SHOULDN'T CAUSE YOU
ANY PROBLEMS, BUT ╫╧╒╠─ CAUSE ═┼ A ┬╔╟ HEADACHE TO FIX.  ┬ELIEVE ME, YOU ─╧╬'╘
WANT TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE.
    ╚ERE ARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW THE GALAXY IS LAID OUT: ╤UADRANT 3,7 IS THE
ONE IN THE THIRD ROW AND THE SEVENTH COLUMN - THREE DOWN, SEVEN OVER.  ╬╧╘
THE OTHER WAY AROUND; DON'T READ THE NUMBERS AS ╪ AND ┘ CO-ORDINATES.  ╫HY
IS THE GALAXY SET UP THIS WAY?  ┬ECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

╨╚┴╙┼╥╙
╨RESS ╨ OR ╞7.
    ┴BOUT THE ONLY THING ╦LINGONS ARE GOOD FOR IS TARGET PRACTICE.  ╔F AND
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS WARSHIPS, YOU CAN USE YOUR PHASERS ON THEM.  ╘HE ENERGY
YOU PUT INTO THE PHASERS (USUALLY FROM 50 TO 350 UNITS IS SENSIBLE) IS TAKEN
FROM YOUR TOTAL ENERGY SUPPLY AND DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE ENEMY SHIPS.
┼VERY HIT YOU MAKE ON THEM DRAINS THEIR POWER, AND WHEN THEIR POWER LEVEL
FALLS TO ZERO, THEY EXPLODE.
    ─ISTANCE PLAYS A FACTOR HERE - THE FARTHER YOU ARE FROM YOUR TARGET, THE
WEAKER YOUR PHASER WILL BE WHEN IT HITS HIM.  ╔F THE SHOT IS WEAK ENOUGH, IT
WON'T HURT HIM AT ALL.  ╘HE TRICK IS TO PUT JUST ENOUGH ENERGY INTO THE PHASER
SO AS TO ELIMINATE YOUR OPPONENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT TO AVOID WASTING
PHASER POWER.  ╥EMEMBER, PHASER POWER COMES OUT OF YOUR SHIP'S ENERGY SUPPLY,
AND ╦LINGONS HAVE PHASERS TOO!

╘╧╥╨┼─╧┼╙
╨RESS ╘ OR ╞2.
    ╦LINGONS DON'T HAVE TORPEDOES, BUT YOU DO.  ┴LL YOU MUST DO IS SUPPLY A
COURSE (THE SAME AS WITH NAVIGATION - REFER TO THE ╬┴╓ COMPASS), AND THE
TORPEDO WILL FLY UNTIL IT HITS SOMETHING OR LEAVES THE QUADRANT.
    ╔F IT HITS A ╦LINGON, THE ╦LINGON IS HISTORY - NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY HE
IS.  ╔F THE TORPEDO HITS A STAR, THE STAR WILL ABSORB THE TORPEDO'S ENERGY AND
NO HARM WILL BE DONE - BUT YOU'LL BE WASTING AMMUNITION.  ╔F THE TORPEDO HITS
A ╙TARBASE, YOU'LL GET A NASTY LETTER FROM ╙TARFLEET ├OMMAND.
    ┘OU START OUT WITH 10 TORPEDOES, AND CAN RESTOCK AT A ╙TARBASE.  ╔F YOUR
PHOTON TUBES ARE DAMAGED YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THE TORPEDOES.
    ╥EMEMBER, IF THERE'S A STAR BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR TARGET, USE PHASERS.
╘ORPEDOES CAN'T HELP YOU THERE.

╞╧╥├┼ ╙╚╔┼╠─╙
╨RESS ╞ OR ╞4.
    (╔ HAD TO RENAME THIS FROM JUST "╙HIELDS" BECAUSE THE ╙ KEY IS ALREADY
USED FOR THE ╙╥╙.)
    ┘OUR SHIELDS ARE ALL THAT STAND BETWEEN YOU AND AN ENEMY'S PHASER FIRE.
┴╠╫┴┘╙ KEEP SOME ENERGY IN SHIELDS - ╔ START WITH 1000 UNITS, AND RE-SET THEM
AS THE GAME GOES ON.  ╘HE STRONGER YOUR SHIELDS, THE LESS CHANCE THERE IS OF
SOMETHING BEING DAMAGED BY A HIT, AND THE LESS DAMAGE WILL BE DONE IF THERE IS
DAMAGE AFTER ALL.  ╔F YOU'RE HIT WITH YOUR BRITCHES - ER, SHIELDS - DOWN,
YOU'LL SUFFER PRETTY BADLY.  ┘OU ─╧╬'╘ WANT TO GET HIT WITHOUT SHIELDS UP.
    ╔F YOUR SHIELDS ARE DAMAGED, THEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE HOW MUCH OF
THE SHIP'S ENERGY IS ASSIGNED TO THEM.  ╔F THEY GET WORN DOWN, YOU CAN'T
RE-SET THEM!
    ┘OUR SHIELDS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE LOWERED WHEN YOU DOCK AT A ╙TARBASE.
╘HE ╙TARBASE SHIELDS WILL COMPLETELY PROTECT YOU FROM ENEMY FIRE - EVEN IF
THEY DON'T HOLD UP TOO WELL AGAINST YOUR TORPEDOES.

─┴═┴╟┼ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠
╨RESS ─ OR ╞6.
    ─AMAGE CONTROL SERVES ONLY ONE REAL PURPOSE: TO TELL YOU HOW REPAIRS ARE
COMING ALONG ON DAMAGED COMPONENTS OF THE ┼NTERPRISE.  ┼ACH OF THE EIGHT
COMPONENTS (WARP ENGINES, SHORT-RANGE SENSORS, &C.) WILL BE LISTED, WITH A
NUMBER FOLLOWING THE COMPONENT NAME.  ╔F THE NUMBER IS ZERO, THE COMPONENT
HASN'T BEEN DAMAGED YET.  ┴ NEGATIVE NUMBER MEANS THAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE;
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER REPRESENTS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AND THEREFORE
IS AN INDICATION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO FIX IT.  ┴ POSITIVE NUMBER MEANS THAT
THE COMPONENT IS BETTER-THAN-NEW, BUT YOU WON'T BE SEEING MUCH OF THIS.
    ╥EPAIRS ARE AUTOMATICALLY DONE WHILE YOU GO ABOUT YOUR OTHER BUSINESS.
╞OR EVERY WARP YOU TAKE, SOME TIME PASSES, AND FOR EVER BIT OF TIME THAT
PASSES, SOME REPAIRS ARE MADE.  ╘HERE IS A BAR (THE THIRD FROM THE LEFT) ON
THE GRAPH IN THE UPPER-RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN THAT REPRESENTS THE
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE SHIP; WHILE THIS DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT, YOU SHOULD
BE PRETTY SCARED IF THE BAR GROWS TOO HIGH.
    ╔F YOU HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE BUT CAN STILL MAKE IT TO A ╙TARBASE, ASK FOR A
DAMAGE REPORT AFTER YOU DOCK.  ┘OU'LL THEN BE OFFERED THE CHANCE FOR ╙TARBASE
TECHNICIANS TO GO OVER YOUR SHIP WITH A FINE-TOOTHED HYPERCOMB AND FIX
┼╓┼╥┘╘╚╔╬╟ - BUT THIS TAKES SOME TIME, AND THE TECHNICIANS ARE INFAMOUS FOR
UNDERESTIMATING THE TIME NEEDED.  ╔T'S UP TO YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT THEM
TO DO IT FOR YOU.

╠╔┬╥┴╥┘-├╧═╨╒╘┼╥
╨RESS ├ OR ╞8.
    ╘HE ╠IBRARY-├OMPUTER IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST ASSET YOU HAVE AS A ╙TARSHIP
├APTAIN.  ╔T GIVES YOU SIX OPTIONS:
(1) ┴SKING FOR A CUMULATIVE GALACTIC RECORD WILL GIVE YOU AN 8 BY 8 MAP OF THE
    GALAXY WITH EXPLORED QUADRANTS REPRESENTED BY THE SAME 3-DIGIT CODE THAT
    THE ╠╥╙ GIVES YOU, AND UNEXPLORED QUADRANTS REPRESENTED BY "???".  ╘HE
    QUADRANT THAT YOU PRESENTLY OCCUPY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY REVERSE-VIDEO
    NUMBERS (THEY'LL BE WHITE-ON-BLACK INSTEAD OF BLACK-ON-WHITE LIKE THE
    OTHER NUMBERS).
(2) ┴SKING FOR A ╙TATUS REPORT WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY ╦LINGONS ARE LEFT, HOW
    MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT IN WHICH TO ERADICATE THEM, AND HOW MANY ╙TARBASES
    ARE AROUND.
(3) ╔F THERE ARE ANY ╦LINGONS NEARBY, THE ╨HOTON ╘ORPEDO ├ALCULATOR WILL TELL
    YOU THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM YOU TO THEM.  ╘HIS IS HANDY FOR TWO
    THINGS.  ╞IRST OF ALL, IT WILL MAKE LIFE A LOT EASIER IF YOU WANT TO FLY
    RIGHT UP NEXT TO AN ENEMY AND GET BLOWN AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY.  ╔F THAT
    DOESN'T SUIT YOUR FANCY, YOU CAN STILL USE THE ─IRECTIONAL DATA TO FIRE A
    TORPEDO AT THE ENEMY.  ┴ TORPEDO SET WITH ╠IBRARY-├OMPUTER DATA WON'T
    MISS - UNLESS THERE'S A STAR IN ITS WAY!
(4) ╘HE ╙TARBASE ╬AV DATA WILL TELL YOU THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO A
    ╙TARBASE IN YOUR CURRENT QUADRANT.
(5) ╘HE ─IRECTION/─ISTANCE ├ALCULATOR IS A CATCH-ALL FOR FINDING ANYTHING
    ELSE.  ╞OR THE INITIAL AND FINAL CO-ORDINATES, ENTER ╪ AND ┘ VALUES BETWEEN
    BETWEEN 1 AND 8 (IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE QUADRANTS OR SECTORS, AS
    LONG AS THEY'RE EITHER BOTH QUADRANTS OR BOTH SECTORS), AND YOU'LL BE TOLD
    THE DIRECTION AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.
(6) ╘HE ONLY USE FOR THE ╟ALACTIC ╥EGION ╬AME ═AP IS TO KEEP DIEHARD ╘REKKIES
    HAPPY.  ╘HE NAMES OF THE SIXTEEN MAJOR GALACTIC REGIONS REFERRED TO IN THE
    GAME WILL BE DISPLAYED.

╔F THE ╠IBRARY-├OMPUTER IS DAMAGED, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY OF ITS
FUNCTIONS - AND YOUR PHASER ACCURACY (AND THEREFORE EFFECTIVENESS) WILL SUFFER
BECAUSE THE PHASERS ARE GUIDED BY THE SHIP'S COMPUTER AS WELL.

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╬OW FOR SOME MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:
═Y PROGRAMS DON'T HAVE BUGS.  ╬EVER DID, NEVER WILL.  ╔F YOU THINK YOU SEE A
BUG, THEN EITHER (A) YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM A CASE OF MASS HYPNOSIS OR (B) ╔
INTENDED FOR THAT EXACT GLITCH TO BE PRECISELY WHERE YOU FOUND IT.
╬EVERTHELESS, YOU'D BETTER INFORM ME OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO ╔ CAN
DETERMINE WHICH OF THE TWO CASES IT IS.  ├REDIT FOR COMING ACROSS EXTREME
CASES OF EITHER WILL BE DULY NOTED IN THE NEXT VERSION OF THE GAME.

╔'D LIKE TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE FOR THEIR MOTIVATION AND HELP:
 - ═Y PARENTS, FOR MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THE MANY HOURS ╔'VE SPENT IN MY
ROOM WORKING ON THIS THING.
 - ╤-╠INK'S "╙HAMINO ─═", FOR MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY ABOUT NOT ADDING HUNDREDS
OF NEW FEATURES INTO THE GAME.
 - ╠OU ╫ALLACE HIMSELF, WHO SAID THAT IF HE LIKES THIS GAME ENOUGH, HE MIGHT
SEND ME A COMPLIMENTARY COPY OF HIS ┬┴╙╔├ 8.  ╔F HE DOES, ╔'LL TRY TO WRITE
THE NEXT VERSION OF THIS GAME IN ┬┴╙╔├ 8!  ╚EAR THAT, ╠OU?  ╠OU?
 - ╤-╠INK'S "╙YS╧P ╫╨", WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN
HELPING ME UPLOAD THIS GAME.  ╘HE ORIGINAL ┴╥├'ED FILE WAS MESSED UP (DON'T
TRY TO ┴╥├ STUFF WHILE USING A FASTLOADER - IT SABOTAGES YOUR FILES!), AND
THE GAME ITSELF HAD A LITTLE TEENSY TINY BUG THAT THE ╙YS╧P MUST'VE SPENT
HOURS TRYING TO FIND.  ╔ DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO THANK HIM FOR FINDING THE BUG
OR TO HATE HIM FOR FINDING THE BUG, BUT ╔ APPRECIATE THE TIME HE SPENT
HELPING ME.  ╧THER ╙YS╧PS WOULD HAVE PUT THE BUGGY FILE UP FOR DOWNLOADING
WITHOUT A SECOND GLANCE.
 - ╩ASON ╨IERCE FOR PLAYING THE GAME AND FINDING A DOZEN MORE LITTLE THINGS
THAT WEREN'T REALLY BUGS, BUT THEY BUGGED ME.
 - ╤-╠INK'S "╩IM ─ERRY", FOR HIS ENDURING PATIENCE IN HELPING ME MAKE AN ╙─┴
OUT OF THESE FILES WHEN MY ├128 DEFIED MY BEST EFFORTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
DO SO MYSELF.  ╫ITH HIS HELP ╔ WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE MACHINE.  ╘HE SCORE:
╩IM 1; ├OMPUTER 0.

╔ WASN'T ABLE TO ADD A FEW THINGS HERE - ╙╔─ MUSIC, MAINLY - BECAUSE ╒LTRA
╚I-╥ES ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH A WHOLE LOT.  ═AYBE NEXT TIME; ╓3.0 MIGHT BE OUT
SOMETIME BEFORE THE *REAL* ╙TARSHIP ┼NTERPRISE MAKES ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE.

╘╚╔╙ ╔╙ ╙╚┴╥┼╫┴╥┼.
╔F YOU LIKE THIS GAME, FEEL FREE TO SEND ME HOWEVER MUCH YOU THINK IT'S
WORTH!  ╔ SPENT FOUR MONTHS CREATING THE CODE PRETTY MUCH FROM SCRATCH, AND
THE FINAL RESULT TAKES UP 21 KBYTES OF MEMORY - 50K WHEN IT IS RUN, EVEN
WHEN ╔ USE ALL SORTS OF DATA COMPRESSION TRICKS.  (╘HE ORIGINAL SIMULATION
WAS MADE FOR ═ICROSOFT 8K ┬┴╙╔├!)  ├OLLEGE ISN'T CHEAP, ESPECIALLY WHERE ╔'M
GOING (╨RINCETON, CLASS OF 1992 - A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE IN ITSELF!), AND
ANY ATTEMPTS TO KEEP MY FAMILY ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.  ╔F ╔ CAN TAKE FOUR MONTHS TO WRITE A PROGRAM OF SEVERAL HUNDRED
LINES, CAN'T YOU TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE OUT A CHECK FOR A TWO-DIGIT SUM?

┴ND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS GAME, ╨╠┼┴╙┼ TELL ME WHY.  ╔ WANT THIS TO BE ╘╚┼
┬┼╙╘ ╙TAR ╘REK SIMULATION EVER SEEN THIS SIDE OF ┬ETELGEUSE.

╦EEP THOSE COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, CRITICISMS, HATE MAIL, AND BALES OF JUNK
MAIL COMING!  ╔'M NEVER TOO BUSY TO REPLY TO A LETTER, AND ╔'M EAGER TO HEAR
OF YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE ╞INAL ╞RONTIER!  ╔'LL BE AWAY STUDYING (PARTYING?)
AT ╨RINCETON NEXT YEAR, BUT ╔'M SURE THAT MY EVER-SUPPORTIVE PARENTS WILL
FORWARD MY MAIL TO ME.  ╔'LL TELL THEM TO BUNDLE IT IN WITH MY LAUNDRY.

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├APTAIN ╙HIRK SAYS,
"╬O, NO, NO, ╔'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT ANY ╦LINGONS... ╔ DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH AS
IT IS, AND ╔'M NOT ABOUT TO GO HALFWAY ACROSS THE GALAXY AGAIN... GET SOMEBODY
ELSE TO DO THE DIRTY WORK."

├HIEF ╘ECHNICIAN ╙NOTTY SAYS,
"╙O ┘╧╒'RE GOING TO FLY THIS, ┼╚?  ╫┼╠╠╠, YOU'D ┬┼╘╘┼╥ KEEP IT IN ╘╔╨-╘╧╨ ╙╚╔╨
╙╚┴╨┼, Y'HEAR?  ─O YOU THINK ╔'═ GOING TO FIX DAMAGE THAT ┘╧╒'RE RESPONSIBLE
FOR?  ╬╬╬╧╧╧╧╧!"  << NOSEY SNEER >>

╙CIENCE ╧FFICER ╙POCK DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW - HE'S ON A DATE WITH
─R. ╥UTH.

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╚APPY HUNTING!

              ┬RIAN ╦ENDIG
              496 ╦EEBLER ╥OAD
              ╦ING OF ╨RUSSIA, ╨┴ 19406