$) -----ALERT! ALERT! THE FEDERATION---------IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE MUTINS!------------------------------------------ The mutin space fleet has moved into the neutral galaxy of Pladax and is planning a strike at the Federation You're mission, as commander of the U.S.S Valiant is to put an end to their evil plans of conquering the universe. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen The screen is divided into three (3) sections, each with it's own job. The top of the screen is the preseant view of your ship. It shows all areas that have been hit by the enemy. It also acts as an indicator to show the ships status. GREEN - all systems are O.K. YELLOW- You have been hit. RED - Your power is at a dangerouslylow level. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 2 The second part of the screen looks sort of like this: ##################################### STATUS: GREEN V....... DAMAGE: SHEILD POWER: 0 ...B.S.. SHEILDS TOTAL POWER: 0 ........ STAZERS SECTOR: 1,1 ..S....B WARP ENG. MUTINS SHOT: 0 ....M... HYPER WARP PHOTON TORPEDOES:5......S. SCREEN POWER TO STAZERS: .M...... 0 ##################################### V=U.S.S VALIANT S=STAR B=BASE M=MUTIN -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 2 STATUS: GREEN V....... DAMAGE: SHEILD POWER: 0 ...B.S.. SHEILDS TOTAL POWER: 0 ........ STAZERS SECTOR: 1,1 ..S....B WARP ENG. MUTINS SHOT: 0 ....M... HYPER WARP PHOTON TORPEDOES:5......S. SCREEN POWER TO STAZERS: .M...... 0 ........ STATUS the same as above. SHEILD POWER is the power to sheilds. TOTAL POWER is all of your power. SECTOR is your position. PHOTON TORPEDOES is how many of them. POWER TO STAZERS is if they are charged. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 2 STATUS: GREEN V....... DAMAGE: SHEILD POWER: 0 ...B.S.. SHEILDS TOTAL POWER: 0 ........ STAZERS SECTOR: 1,1 ..S....B WARP ENG. MUTINS SHOT: 0 ....M... HYPER WARP PHOTON TORPEDOES:5......S. SCREEN POWER TO STAZERS: .M...... 0 ........ DAMAGE: is a list of items that have been damaged or destroyed. When an item is: The color GREEN - it is O.K. The color YELLOW- it is damaged. The color RED - it is destroyed. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 2 STATUS: GREEN V....... DAMAGE: SHEILD POWER: 0 ...B.S.. SHEILDS TOTAL POWER: 0 ........ STAZERS SECTOR: 1,1 ..S....B WARP ENG. MUTINS SHOT: 0 ....M... HYPER WARP PHOTON TORPEDOES:5......S. SCREEN POWER TO STAZERS: .M...... 0 ........ The Map - The map is the preseant area outside of the ship. The Galaxy of Pladax is a 32 X 32 sector grid. Onlyan 8 X 8 grid is viewable at any one time. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 3 When the command window first appears, it looks like this: COMMAND? This is where you input all of your commands. To see a list of all of the ships commands, press at the above prompt. When you do, youwill see this: ------------------------------------- MOve SHeilds HYper warp Stazers PHoton torpedoes Self - Destruct PAuse the game! PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO CONTINUE ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 3 This is how damage will affect the following: SHEILDS: When damaged only 1/3 of the ships energy will be available and half of the power that was in the sheilds before will be lost. STAZERS: When damaged will only have a range of four (4) sectors. WAPR DRIVE: When damaged will use 3 units of energy. HYPER WARP: When damaged will double amount of power needed to warp. SCREEN: When damaged will start to break up. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 1 - The Screen Part 3 This is how destructon of a device will affect it's operation: SHEILDS: When destroyed all power in them will be lost. Also, they will not be usable through commands. STAZERS: Will not be able to work. WARP DRIVE: Will cost 10 units for every move. HYPER WARP: Will not be able to work. SCREEN: Cannot be destroyed. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 2 - The Weapons The weapons on the U.S.S. Valiant are the most advanced ever developed for a Class 7 Battle Star. To operate the STAZERS: Enter the STAZERS (or ST) command atthe COMMAND? prompt. To calculate the power needed count the number of space between your ship and the enemy, the multiply my 100. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ........! If the enemy is!........ V....M..!to your left or !M...V... ........!above then mult. !........ 500 UNITS!the dist. X 2 !800 UNITS ! then X 100 ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 2 - The Weapons Then press the correct arrow key depending on where the enemy is. Then the stazers will fire a blast of powerto destroy the enemy ship. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !THE STAZERS CANNOT DESTROY! !!!!STARS OR STAR BASES!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 2 - The Weapons Part 2 The Mach VIII Photon torpedoes are the most dangerous armourment on the Valiant. To use them: Type in the PHOTON command at the COMMAND? prompt and enter the distancebetween you and the enemy. When the direction prompt appears press the arrow key that is pointing at the enemy ship. The Photon torpedoes will destroy anything, EVEN STARS AND STAR BASES, SO BE CAREFUL!! The Photon torpedoes can also fire off of the edge of your viewing area, unlike the STAZERS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 2 - The Defenses The SHEILDS can withstand direct hits from the Mutin star ships. However, they will drain from your current power supply every time they are hit. To use them: Enter the SHEILD command at the COMMAND? prompt. Then enter the amount of power to be sent, it will be added onto the amount already in the sheilds. To take away power, enter a minus (-) in front of the amount. -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THE----------------U.S.S. VALIANT-------------------------------------------------- Section 4 - General information Remember the following: (1) If your power drops to zero or below, your ship will be destroyed. (2) You can only be recharged and repaired by star bases. On the screenthey are YELLOW spheres. (3) The Self - Destruct device will destroy all of the enemys on the screen PLUS you! Use it only when youhave to! (4) Using the Photon torpedoes will use 1000 units of power. -------------------------------------- GOOD LUCK COMMANDER! ....................