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1 Damage Report 2 Plasma Devices 3 Hitting Mines 4 Attack Player 5 Transport Base 6 Movement 7 Sanctuary 8 Fighters 9 Mines 10 Port 11 Autopilot 12 BattleGroup 13 Macro 14 Main Menu 15 Genesis Device 16 Pulsar Bomb 17 Planetary Stn/clk 18 Planet Menu 19 Team Menu 20 S-Base Transport 21 Starbase Menu 22 Interstel 23 Guild/Death Payoff 24 Fines 25 Credit Account 26 Stocks 27 Reporting Cabal 28 Alpha Centauri 29 SOL 30 Joe's Bar & Grill 31 Amazing Devices 32 Devices :1 DAMAGE REPORT The damage report command gives you a report of the damage that your ship's systems and accessory devices have sustained. Damaged is sustained in the form of TURNS. For each turn that a device has been damaged, it requires one turn to repair turn of damage the device in question has susatained. If your ship has sustained damaged, you will be allowed to repair it here using your turns remaining. NOTES: 1) You may also repair your ship using repair turns (which are less costly than normal turns) at SOL in sector #1, providing you can get there. 2) The first few devices listed are your ship systems. (These are essential to your operation in the game). Repairing them is very important. 3) Ship systems may only sustain up to 150 turns of damage. 4) If your engines are damaged, you may not move until you repair them. (Unless you use a teleportation device of some type) 5) Certain devices (i.e. Armor, krypton deflectors, etc) are immune to turn-damage. 6) Invasion Packs may report turn damage. In this case, the phaser bank/shield of the invasion pack is damaged, but the Krypton deflector portion is unharmed. :2 PLASMA EDITING Using a plasma device in a sector will allow you to edit the warp-links in the sector. You may link any warp in the sector (of the eight possible) to any other sector in the universe. The warp will be linked both ways. You must have a plasma device to do this; And the plasma device is used up when you edit the link. NOTES: 1) The federation has banned linking warps to/from sectors 1-10. 2) You may not link a sector in that already has all eight of its warps filled. 3) Plasma use is recorded in the news file. 4) Excessive plasma use may arouse the sus- picion of the metrons/ :3 MINES You are in the process of hitting mines, krypton bombs, or some other form of explosive device. The best thing to do is kick back and relax while your fighters/holds are being destroyed. NOTES: 1) On average, mines will do 400 fighters of damage each. 2) On average, Krypton bombs will do 20,000 fighters of damage each. 3) Krypton bombs WILL damage your devices; Mines MAY damage your devices. 4) If your EM-Warp becomes damaged while you are hitting mines, it will offer you no protection until you have repaired it. :4 ATTACK PLAYER You are in the attacking or preparing to attack another player. Attacks are basically a fighter-based combat. Your fighters will be put up against his fighers, there's a 50/50 chance of whose fighters are destroyed. If you destroy all of his fighters, you will destroy his ship and possibly salvage some equipment. NOTES: 1) If the ship being attacked has an emergency warp (EM-Warp) device, he may be able to escape when all of his fighters are wasted. 2) If you fail in your attack, the other player's fighters may counter-attack you. 3) If the other player is carrying devices or holds, you may be able to salvage them. 4) If the other player is carrying explosive devices and you destroy his ship, they may go off. :5 TRANSPORT BASE The transport base allows you to teleport your ship to any sector within the know galaxy. To do this, you must have transport pass which may be purchased at a moderate price at SOL in sector one. You may also use starbase teleporter services to/from the transport base just like a normal starbase. NOTES: 1) If you teleport into a sector which contains mines, they may go off. 2) One transport pass is used up each time you use the port. :6 MOVE The MOVE command is your basic means of traveling from one sector to another. A turn is used eachtime you move. NOTES: 1) The autopilot (Y) command may be used to enter a course in to move to a specific sector that is not adjacent to the one you are in. 2) If you move into a sector that has a hostile defense force, you must defeat that force to enter the sector. 3) If you move into a sector with hostile mines, they will go off. :7 SANCTUARY Sanctuary is a special port located in sector nine that will allow small players to dock inside the port and be protected from any hostile attacks. Sanctuary is only available to players whose team score AND player score are both under one million. NOTES: 1) Sanctuary only protects your ship; Any defense forces, planets, starbases, etc belonging to you are open for attack. 2) Inside sanctuary, your ship is completely protected; Absolutely nothing can happen to it. 3) If you don't logon for 30 days, you may still be deleted from the game. :8 FIGHTER DEFENSE FORCE This command allows you to leave a defense force of fighters in the sector to protect the sector from hostil forces. You may leave any amount of fighters in the sector up to the amount that you are currently carrying with you (in addition to any fighters that are already in the sector) NOTES: 1) You can't leave a defense force in a sector that already has a defense force belonging to another player in it. 2) Defense forces cannot be left in sectors one through ten. 3) Setting your defense force to <Attack Cabal> will have the federation pay you ten percent of the fighters worth per day, but the fighters will only attack the cabal, not other players. 4) The defense group will allow your team mates to enter the sector. :9 DROP MINES This command allows you to drop sector mines in a sector to protect it from others. The mines will detonate, doing severe damage to any player other than yourself or your teamates when they enter the sector. 1) Mines may not be left in sectors one through ten. 2) Setting your defense force to <Attack Cabal> will cause the federation to pay you ten percent of the value of your mines per day as rental, but your mines will only protect against the cabal. 3) You may not drop mines in the sector if another player already has mines there unless you force-detonate the mines. :10 PORT The port command is the priciple means of making money in GW through trading. The process of trading is far to complex to outline in this simple poop-up window, so I suggest that you consult the Galactic Warzone manual (available through the "Z" command of the main menu). NOTES: 1) Docking requires one turn unless you have a speed-dock accessory. 2) Sectors 1-10 have special ports that provide specialized services for your ship. :11 AUTOPILOT The autopilot command will utilize your ship's computer to calculate the quickest path from your current sector to a destination sector. You will then be given the option to enter this course into autopilot which will automatically fly you there. NOTES: 1) The Starbase-Autopilot and Scout-Autopilot devices significantly enhance the autopilot command. 2) Autopilot will move you to the destination sector-by-sector which means you will have to deal with any mines/fighters that could be in your path. :12 BATTLE GROUP The battle group command will allow you to send a fleet of fighters (or a one fighter scout) to any sector in the universe. It will report back on any planets, starbases, hostile forces, etc that it locates. Sending one fighter will send the group in "Scout mode" which means that your scout will attempt to evade any trouble. Sending multiple fighters will send the group in "battle mode" which means your fighters will attack various things if they encounter them. NOTES: 1) If your scout/group encounters a hostile defense force, they may do battle. This goes for hostile mines as well. 2) Scouting is good to do before an autopilot to make sure the route is clear. :13 MACRO The macro command allows you to record a string to text that will be used as your commands any time you press the CONTROL-N key on your keyboard. The string may contain any characters (except control-N) and may be up to 80 characters in length. NOTES: 1) Your macro is lost when you log off. 2) The macro may/may not be aborted at some points if it contains errors. (I.e. tries to move to a sector that you can't get to, etc) 3) The macro is very useful when doing repetive actions such as trading. :14 MAIN MENU You are at the Galactic Warzone main menu. From here, you can perform a variety of services needed to play the game. There is too much information to place in this pop-up help about this title, so I will refer you to the galactic warzone manual which can be viewed with "Z" from the main menu. NOTES: 1) "Z" will show you the GW manual. (35+ pages; explains most aspects of the game) 2) "?" will show you a quick menu of available commands. :15 GENESIS Genesis devices are used to create planets. Each genesis device is capable of creating one planet. They may be purchased at port SOL in sector number one. NOTES: 1) There may only be one planet per sector. If a planet is destroyed (either through pulsar damage or invasion damage), then you can place a planet in the sector to replace the destroyed one. 2) You may carry as many genesis devices as you wish. 3) Rumors indicate that there may be a maximum limit of 500 planets in the universe. :16 PULSAR BOMB Pulsar bombs are nuclear devices capable oof doing immense damage to a planet or star- base. At Present, there are four known ways in which pulsar bombs may be used. 1) Dropped on a planet while after the player has landed. (You would first have to defeat any defenses on the planet) 2) Launched from a starbase in the sector. 3) Launched from a player's ship which is equipped with a pulsar tube. (You do not have to defeat planetary defenses for this method) 4) Left on a starbase for self-destruct-on- capture purposes. (Multiple bombs are usually left for this purpose) Pulsar bombs may be purchased from SOL in sector one, produced on a starbase, or won in the lottery. NOTES: 1) Pulsar bombs usually do 1,000 production units of damage if dropped while the player is on the planet, 500 production units of damage if launched from methods #2 or #3, or 1,000 units of damage if a star- base self-destructs via method #4. 2) You may transport up to 64,000 pulsar bombs on your ship at any one time. A maximum of 64,000 pulsar bombs may be left on a starbase. :17 PLANETARY STUN/CLOAK XFER This option allows you to transport stun mines and cloaking devices to/from the planet's surface. You may either transport the devices in a one-at-a-time manner or if you posess a device transport, you may transport them in bundles of 255. Below is a listing of the devices and their functions: CLOAK: Makes your planet invisible to players without anticloaking devices and battle groups. STUN: Does damage to the players devices and ship systems in the form of turns. Only used as a last-resort weapon when you planet is in danger of being captured. NOTES: 1) If a planet is captured, the cloaking devices will be captured with it. 2) Cloaking not only attempts to make your planet invisible to sensors, but also causes interference to planetary scanners and early warning sensors. 3) When stun mines detonate, they all detonate at once. If an invader has armor of some type, he can deflect a portion of the damage. :18 PLANET MENU The planet menu is a submenu providing various commands needed to manage your planets. In order to get to this menu, you must either land on a friendly planet (i.e. owned by you or one of your teammates) or defeat/capture an enemy planet. There are an immense number of planetary commands so we will once again refer you to the GW manual for help which is available with "Z" from the main menu. NOTES: 1) You may create a planet with a Genesis device which may be purchased at SOL in sector one. :19 TEAM MENU The team menu provides various services used to accomodate team play in GW. You may Join, Quit, Create, and list teams. Here are some topics of interest: Why Play on Teams ----------------- Playing on a team is almost a necessity in GW. Team play gives you a form of collective security, meaning that your team members defense forces also aid in defending your ship and property. How to join/start a team ------------------------ Teams may have a maximum of four players so you may have to shop around for one that both has room and has players willing to let you join. Usually, just write messages to other players on teams and one will respond, giving you the password to join. If you want to create a team, you can use the create-team command. The Team Quit Rule ------------------ A while back, we had troubles with players repetetively quitting and joining teams in order to evade taxes. Because of this, the galactic council has created the one-day team quit rule. To quit a team, you must have 1) Been on the team for one day or more or 2) Be on a team by yourself. NOTES: 1) See the above Team Quit rule, it is important. 2) Being on a team with players of higher scores may raise your taxes (or lower your sale) at SOL. :20 STARBASE TRANSPORT Starbases have the unique capability to transport players from any starbase to any other starbase in only one turn! This capability is achieved with the starbase teleporter. To use it, simply use the [M] command while you are inside the starbase or the [R] command if you are outside a starbase, but in the sector. Starbases may charge a price for tele- portation TO the starbase. (There is no charge to teleport FROM a starbase). If a starbase charges a price of 64,000 credits, then it is considered "closed" to all but teammates. NOTES: 1) You can always transport to/from the federation transport base in sector five. 2) Purchasing a starbase autopilot will give your ship the capability to automatically figure starbase teleporters in when calculating the shortest path. 3) Purchasing a starbase teleporter will allow you to teleport to any starbase (assuming the you meet the "fee" requirements) whether there is a starbase in the sector or not. :21 STARBASE MENU The starbase menu provides all necessary for managing all aspects of your starbase. You may control the trading portion of your star- base, its defensive capabilities, and you may log off inside the starbase. Due to the amount of information regarding starbases, starbase use is covered both in the GW manual and in the specific starbase instruction command. NOTES: 1) "?" will get you a quick summary of commands. 2) "H" will display the starbase help file. 3) "Z" from the main menu will display the GW manual (which partially covers starbase operations) :22 INTERSTEL Interstel is a specialized port located in sector number two which allows players to perform a variety of financial and other mis- cellanious functions. Here is a brief rundown of what you can do at interstel: REPORT CABAL PAY FINES BUY/SELL STOCKS LIST MISSIONS SELL STUFF REPAY TRADERS GUILD CREDIT ACCOUNT FINANCIAL STATUS NOTES: 1) By purchasing an Interstel link, you will be permitted to remotely use interstel's services from any sector in the universe. :23 GUILD/DEATH PAYOFF Since the Traders Guild provides funds for all player's starting expenses, they get a bit upset if you happen to die and their investment is lost. After a certain number of deaths, they will start providing you with less equipment every time you are recreated. There are, however, certain ways to get around these difficulties. For a modest fee, the Trader's Guild will "forget" how many times you have died. You may pay them off at their office at Interstel in sector two. :24 FINES The Federation does not take kindly to players destroying their defense forces or capturing thier planets. If you are guilty of any of these high crimes against the federation, they will impose a fine upon you and after your fine has accumulated to a certain amount, they will begin to deny your ship access to the federation sectors #1 through #10. You may repay this fine at the port Interstel which is located in sector number two. NOTES: 1) Since sector two is protected by federation fighters, if you accumulate a high fine, they will deny you access. Therefore, you must either defeat the sector defenses or use an interstel link device to gain access to the port. 2) If you accumulate a high enough fines, all fighters set to <Attack Cabal> will become hostile towards your ship. This includes fighters that other players are "renting" to the federation. :25 CREDIT ACCOUNTS You may invest your credits in a "Credit Account" at the galactic bank at Interstel in sector two. Credit acocunts will earn you five percent of your investment per day. NOTES: 1) If you die, any money in your credit account dies with you. 2) Unlike stocks, credit accounts are NOT confidential or tax deductable. :26 STOCKS The Galactic Stock exchange is located at Interstel is sector two. The stock market allows you to invest in a total of five companies as well as in other players in the game. The stocks will vary each night during maintenance, cor- responding with changes in the game. NOTES: 1) You may invest in the five galactic warzone companies or in individual player's scores. 2) Investment in stocks is completely tax deductable, condifential, and is not reported in the rankings. 3) If you die, any money you have invested in stocks will die with you. :27 REPORTING CABAL The Federation will pay you if you report the location of cabal fighters to them. You may report these fighters at the port Interstel in sector two. The federation will pay you a certain amount of credits depending on how many fighters are present. NOTES: 1) If someone else has already reported fighters in the sector you report, you will not be paid. :28 ALPHA CENTAURI Alpha Centauri is the local gambling port in the galaxy. A variety of games are available for your entertainment and profit. Alpha Centauri is located in sector three. NOTES: 1) The Galactic Lottery is available within Alpha Centauri. :29 SOL Sol is your basic Galactic Market. You may purchase such necessities as fighters, mines, holds, etc. Sol is located within Fed- eration space in sector number one. NOTES: 1) The Federation will grant a sale to smaller players and will impose taxes on the larger players. 2) Sol does not require a turn for docking purposes. 3) Repair turns are available from Sol for a modest fee. 4) A device known as the "Armageddon Device" was discovered in deep space and brought to Sol for examination. It is said that who- ever can activate it will be granted great wealth. :30 JOE'S BAR AND GRILL Joe's Bar and Grill is kind of a hang-out for the local traders. Also known to frequent the bar are a group of daredevil renegade pilots known simply as the "spies". Each night the spies roam the universe in search of information that they can sell other traders for a profit. This information may be purchased inside Joe's Bar and Grill. NOTES: 1) Information that the spies posess is not always current. (i.e. it is only updated nightly). 2) Traders sometimes tack up pictures of them- selves on the walls of the bar in the form of ANSI art. :31 AMAZING DEVICES The company "Amazing Devices" owns two ports located in sectors six and seven that sell a variety of useful devices that may be added to your ship. Many different devices are available including such exotic devices as krypton bombs, cloaking and anticloaking devices, pulsar tubes, etc. NOTES: 1) Half of the inventory of Amazing Devices is contained at Amazing Devices I in sector six; The other half is contained in Amazing Devices II in sector seven. 2) "Rogue Devices" which have been captured from the cabal are available as daily specials. 3) Devices are sometimes also available at the Vault in sector 8. 4) Amazing Devices will sell, buy, and identify devices. :32 DEVICES Devices are special accessories that may be added to your ship to increase its offensive and defensive capabilities. A total of 30 known devices have been invented by the company "Amazing Devices, Inc" located in sectors six and seven. An additional 20-40 devices are rumored to have been invented by the cabal and have been classified as "Rogue Devices". You may list or activate devices from the "B" command of the galactic warzone main menu. NOTES: 1) Some devices effect your ship all of the time (example: Shields, Armor, etc) while others can only be activated through the "B" command listed above. (Example: Device Transport, Fusion Cell, etc) 2) If you are unclear about what a device does, you can have Amazing Devices (in either sectors size or seven) [I]dentify it. They will tell you as much as they know about its funciton. 3) Devices may be listed with the "B" command from the GW main menu. :33 VAULT The vault is a specialized port located in sector eight of federation space. The vault will for a modest fee, store almost any devices, cargo, holds, or other items within thier protected enclosure. The vault will charge you a monthly rental fee for items that you store there. Every player is allocated a personal vault and every team is allocated a team vault which is shared among all players of the team. There are also special purpose vaults. Below is a listing of all vaults and their corresponding vault numbers: 000-100 PERSONAL VAULT Allocated to each player to store his/her property in. 100-200 TEAM VAULT Allocated one per team. Any member of the team may access the teams vault. This make the vault a very powerful means of sharing wealth among players. 200 RECLAIMED EQUIPMENT When people die or teams are abandoned, anything in their vaults is moved to here. You may purchase anything in this vault. 201 GENERAL TRADING This vault was created as a means for players to trade between them- selves. You may both buy and sell items from this vault. 202 SALVAGED CABAL EQUIPMENT Each night, federation operatives capture some cabal devices. These devices are placed in this vault for players to use. 203 TAX DEDUCTABLE DONATIONS Items sold to this vault will be re-distributed to the smaller players in the game. The Galactic IRS is working on a tax-break for players who donate, but as of this date, it was not completed. NOTES: 1) Lottery winnings are automatically placed in your personal vault. 2) If you kill another player and capture his holds or devices, they will be placed in your personal vault. 3) The daily rental prices at the vault may be listed from the vaults main menu.