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- " Welcome to:"
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- " S T A R T R E K"
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- "This is a game of galactic conflict between the starship"
- "ENTERPRISE and a surly horde of Klingon Destroyers. You"
- "are the Captain in charge of the Enterprise and it is your"
- "duty to eradicate the Klingon menace from the galaxy."
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- "The galaxy is divided into 64 quadrants in the form of an"
- "8x8 grid. Each quadrant is further subdivided into an 8x8"
- "array of 64 sectors. This is the shape of the playing field."
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- "You will be assigned a starting point somewhere in the gal-"
- "axy to begin a tour of duty. You have at your disposal the"
- "wisdom of the officers of the Starship Enterprise to guide"
- "you as you unleash the full destructive capabilities of the"
- "Enterprise in your eternal quest for peace in the galaxy."
- "Here are the commands that are available to you:"
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- "N-AVIGATE"
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- "This command is used to control your warp drive (FTL). There"
- "are two variables that you must set in order to use your warp"
- "drive. The first is the direction. This is set by entering"
- "a number greater than or equal to one and less than nine."
- "the numbers represent the following directions:"
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- " 4 5 6"
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- " \ I /"
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- " 3 - E - 7"
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- " / I \"
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- " 2 1 8"
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- "The second variable is the distance or warp factor. One warp "
- "factor is the size of one quadrant. The warp factor must be"
- "entered as a decimal fraction to move sectors instead of quad-"
- "rants."
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- "S-HORT RANGE SCAN"
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- "This readout shows you a scan of every sector of the quadrant"
- "that your are in. The symbology is as follows:"
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- " . = Empty Space"
- " * = A Star"
- " K = A Klingon Warship"
- " B = A Friendly Starbase"
- " ? = Spacecrud"
- " E = The Enterprise"
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- "The short range scan will also give a status report including the"
- "current condition code. The codes are as follows:"
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- " GREEN = Scanners Clear"
- " YELLOW = Enterprise Energy Low"
- " ORANGE = One Klingon in Quadrant"
- " RED = More Than One Klingon in Quadrant"
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- "L-ONG RANGE SCAN"
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- "This scan shows the conditions in space for one quadrant on each"
- "side of your present quadrant (which is in the middle of the scan)."
- "The scan is coded such that the units digit is the number of stars,"
- "the tens digit is the number of starbases and the hundreds digit is"
- "the number of Klingons. For example:"
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- " 207 = 2 Klingons, no bases, 7 stars"
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- "When you issue a Long Range Scan, the data collected is stored in "
- "the Galactic Map for access through the Enterprise's central com-"
- "puter (See 'C')."
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- "P-HASER CONTROL"
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- "Phasers are concentrated bursts of coherent energy that have great"
- "disruptive force at close range. They can be effective against"
- "several targets at once, and are very fast at firing. You can set"
- "the amount of energy to use in a single burst but it is easy to"
- "use up all of your energy if you are not prudent."
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- "T-ORPEDO CONTROL"
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- "You may fire Photon Torpedoes at the Klingons with this command. You"
- "must set the torpedo course in the same way it is set for the star-"
- "ship. Torpedoes take longer to unlimber and give the Klingons more"
- "opportunity for counter-attacks. Aiming is greatly enhanced through"
- "the use of the central computer (See 'C')."
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- "E-NGINEERING"
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- "The 'E' command will put you in touch with the engineering section"
- "of the Enterprise and they will allow you to set the amount of energy"
- "that you wish to divert into your shields. Every time you are hit"
- "by enemy phaser fire your shields will be reduced. If they fall too"
- "low the damage you suffer will be severe. It is a good idea to set"
- "them high before going into battle. If you attempt a warp that is"
- "consuming a lot of energy, engineering will transfer some shield power"
- "to the warp drives. When you leave a starbase your shields will be at"
- "zero, so don't forget to reset them."
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- "D-AMAGE CONTROL"
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- "Damage control will give a numerical status report on the various"
- "sensitive devices on board. A positive number indicates that the"
- "device is still operational. A negative number shows that the device"
- "is not functioning. Sometimes a particular device can sustain sev-"
- "eral hits and still remain positive (functional). If the 'D' com-"
- "mand is issued when the Enterprise is docked, it will serve as a"
- "summons to the repair facilities of the starbase. The Base repair-"
- "persons will fix all non-functional equipment on board but they do"
- "consume precious time."
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- "C-OMPUTER"
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- "This command will put you in direct communications with the central"
- "computer, an 8080 based system. There are five options available:"
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- " 1 = Galactic Map. This is a print of the entire"
- " galaxy similar to a long range scan. Data is"
- " entered in the G-Map by the 'L' command."
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- " 2 = Status Report. This tells the time remaining"
- " the number of starbases remaining and the num-"
- " ber of Klingons remaining."
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- " 3 = Torpedo Target Data. This will give the direc-"
- " tion and distance to all Klingons in the quad-"
- " rant. The direction may be used for firing"
- " photon torpedoes."
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- " 4 = Starbase Navigation Data. This will give the"
- " direction and distance to the starbase in the"
- " quadrant."
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- " 5 = Navigator. This will assist you in calculating"
- " the direction and distance to and from any quad-"
- " rant or sector in the galaxy."
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- " Good Luck and Good Hunting!"
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