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- *** STARLORD PLANETS AND BASES ***
-
- There are three basic types of participants in STARLORD. First there is
- the Empire, the side that you play, all of whose installations and pieces
- are represented on the viewing screen and map by green tokens. The other
- participants are the Rebels, whose installations are represented in red,
- and the so-called "Neutral" planets and bases, represented in yellow.
-
- A planet, no matter whose side it represents, is a circle occupying one
- space unit with a black center. The color of the circle itself denotes
- which side is being played. Bases are similar to planets, except that
- their center is the same color as the circle itself.
-
- Any installation represented in green on the grid is friendly to the
- Empire, and you may dock your ship there for the nominal 10 E/C unit
- fee, while any installation represented in red is an enemy, and you
- may not dock there.
-
- "Neutral" installations are a little trickier. These fall into two ca-
- tegories, those who have friendly leanings toward the Empire and those
- who do not. If your "Local Area Map" is operational, you should deter-
- mine the status of any yellow installation before approaching it. If
- you even come within firing range of a neutral planet or base that is
- unfriendly to the Empire you stand a chance of being fired upon. If
- you attempt to dock with one, you will almost certainly be fired upon.
- Neutral planets are not to be confused with stars, which are also yel-
- low circles but are smaller than planets (in representation only).
-
- Planets and bases are equipped with shields, commlink, torpedoes, and
- and beam weapons. These, naturally, are in much greater concentration
- than on ships. A fully operational and undamaged planet will be
- equipped with ten times the strength of these items as a ship, whereas
- a similarly operational base will be equipped with fifty times the
- power to be found aboard a vessel of any type.
-
- The ultimate challenge of STARLORD is to convert, by any available
- means, all of the planets and bases of a given sector to installations
- friendly to the Empire. This can be done by defeating installations
- in battle so that they
-
- a) surrender and become friendly neutral
- installations,
- b) are captured and become Imperial Vassals, or
- c) are destroyed.
-