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A Star Trek(R) Battle Simulation
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Star Trek is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures.
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Trek73 is a computer-simulated battle based on the famous
Star Trek television series and
the game Star Fleet Battles.
Via computer terminal, you can clash with enemy
battle cruisers, such as Klingon D-7's and Romulan Sparrowhawks,
and use the same strategies
that Captain Kirk has used.
Like Kirk, you control a Federation vessel similar to the
Enterprise; a computer program directs the enemy.
Victory can fall into several categories:
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Decisive Victory -- You completely destroy or cripple the
attacking force.
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Tactical Victory -- You out-maneuver the enemy using
high-speed escapes, corbomite bluffs, `play dead' tactics;
or the enemy surrenders.
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Moral Victory -- You surrender or self-destruct and destroy
each other.
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All distances are measured in megameters, one million meters
(abbreviated `M').
Speed is expressed in `warp factors'.
Each warp factor equals 100M per second.\**
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Although technically incorrect, it does save the player from
having to compute cube roots.
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All angles are expressed in common degrees from zero to
360, measured counter-clockwise from the x-axis, similar to
reading a protractor.
Only two dimensions are used.\**
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This saves the player from having to work out problems in
spherical geometry.
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Play is as follows:
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1.  You issue one of a number of commands (fire phasers, change
course, launch antimatter pods, surrender, etc.) by typing
the appropriate code number into the keyboard;
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2.  The enemy, under programmed instructions, issues a
similar command;
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3.  Both your commands are executed (phasers are fired,
probes are launched, damages are assessed, courses changed,
etc.) while the vessels move through space;
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4.  Unless certain end-game conditions are met (you destroy
the enemy, the enemy destroys you, your out-maneuver the
enemy, you both destroy each other, or one party surrenders)
the above steps are repeated.
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Appendix 1 displays certain weapon and shield angles.
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Appendix 2 depicts the Enterprise's power circuits.
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Appendix 3 lists certain weapon and vessel specifications.
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Appendix 4 lists initial deployment of resources.
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CODE	     COMMAND
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1	Fire Phasers
2	Fire Photon Torpedos
3	Lock Phasers Onto Target
4	Lock Tubes Onto Target
5	Manually Rotate Phasers
6 	Manually Rotate Tubes
7	*Phaser Status
8	*Tube Status
9	Load/Unload Torpedo Tubes
10	Launch Antimatter Probe
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11	Probe Control (Detonate, Direct, Lock)
12	*Position Report
13	*Position Display
14	Pursue An Enemy Vessel
15	Run From An Enemy Vessel
16	Manually Change Course And Speed
17	*Damage Report
18	Scan Enemy (Damage Report Of Enemy)
19	Alter Power Distribution
20	Alter Torpedo And Phaser Firing Parameters
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21	Jettison Engineering
22	Detonate Engineering
23	Attempt Defenseless Ruse
24	Attempt Corbomite Bluff(s)
25	Surrender
26	Ask Enemy to Surrender
27	Initiate Self-Destruct Sequence
28	Abort Self-Destruct
29	Survivors Report
30	*Reprints Above List
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*Does Not Use A Turn
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