INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPACWR
Note: This is a basic game, see BASIC instructions.
THE GALAXY IS DIVIDED INTO AN 8,8 QUADRANT GRID
WHICH IS IN TURN DIVIDED INTO AN 8,8 SECTOR GRID.
THE CAST OF CHARACTERS IS AS FOLLOWS:
<*> = ENTERPRISE
+++ = KLINGON
>!<=STARBASE
* =STAR
COMMAND 0 = WARP ENGINE CONTROL:
COURSE IS IN A CIRCULAR NUMERICAL 4 3 2
VECTOR ARRANGEMENT AS SHOWN. \ ^ /
INTEGER AND READ VALUES MAY BE \^/
USED. THEREFORE COURSE 1.5 IS 5 ----- 1
HALF WAY BETWEEN 1 AND 2. /!\
/ ! \
A VECTOR OF 9 IS UNDEFINED, BUT 6 7 8
VALUES MAY APPROACH 9.
COURSE
ONE WARP FACTOR IS THE SIZE OF
ONE QUADRANT. THEREFORE TO GET
FROM QUADRANT 6,5 TO 5,5 YOU WOULD
USE COURSE 3. WARP FACTOR 1
COMMAND 1 = SHORT RANGE SENSOR SCAN
PRINT THE QUADRANT YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN. INCLUDING
STARS, KLINGONS, STARBASES, AND THE ENTERPRISE, ALONG
WITH OTHER PERTINATE INFORMATION.
COMMAND 2 = LONG RANGE SENSOR SCAN
SHOWS CONDITIONS IN SPACE FOR ONE QUADRANT ON EACH SIDE
OF THE ENTERPRISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCAN. THE SCAN
IS CODED IN THE FORM XXX, WHERE THE UNITS DIGIT IS THE
NUMBER OF STARS, THE TENS DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF STAR-
BASES. THE HUNDREDS DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF KLINGONS.
COMMAND 3 = PHASER CONTROL
ALLOWS YOU TO DESTROY THE KLINGONS BY HITTING HIM WITH
SUITABLY LARGE NUMBERS OF ENERGY UNITS TO DEPLETE HIS
SHIELD POWER. KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU SHOOT AT HIM,
HE GONNA SHOOT AT YOU, TOO!
COMMAND 4 = PHOTON TORPEDO CONTROL
COURSE IS THE SAME AS USED IN WARP ENGINE CONTROL
IF YOU HIT THE KLINGON, HE IS DESTROYED AND CANNOT FIRE
BACK AT YOU. IF YOU MISS, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO HIS
PHASER FIRE.
NOTE: THE LIBRARY COMPUTER (COMMAND 7) HAS AN OPTION
TO COMPUTE TORPEDO TRAJECTORY FOR YOU (OPTION 2).
COMMAND 5 = SHIELD CONTROL
DEFINES NUMBER OF ENERGY UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO SHIELDS
ENERGY IS TAKEN FROM TOTAL SHIP'S ENERGY.
NOTE THAT TOTAL ENERY INCLUDES SHIELD ENERGY.
COMMAND 6 = DAMAGE CONTROL REPORT
GIVES STATE OF REPAIRS OF ALL DEVICES. A STATE OF REPAIR
LESS THAN ZERO SHOWS THAT THE DEVICE IS TEMPORARALY
DAMAGED.
COMMAND 7 = LIBRARY COMPUTER
THE LIBRARY COMPUTER CONTAINS THREE OPTIONS:
OPTION 0 = CUMULATIVE GALACTIC RECORD
WHICH SHOWS COMPUTER MEMORY OF THE RESULTS
OF ALL PREVIOUS LONG RANGE SENSOR SCANS
OPTION 1 = STATUS REPORT
WHICH SHOWS NUMBER OF KLINGONS, STARDATES,
AND STARBASES LEFT.
OPTION 2 = PHOTON TORPEDO DATA
GIVES TRAJECTORY AND DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
ENTERPRISE AND ALL KLINGONS IN YOUR QUADRANT
COMMAND 8 = BEGIN NEW CONTEST (WITH NEW GALAXY LAYOUT).
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