Instructions For Upgrading Any Vessel To Class 5 Engines And Shields
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A COMMUNIQUE FROM WITHIN THE GUILD.  MESSAGE AS FOLLOWS:

     It has come to our attention that elements from within the Mercenaries
Guild have conspired to withhold information on recent developments in the
fields of power and shield technology.  Furthermore, the afore-mentioned
elements have formed a cadre to keep these developments out of the hands
of our Guild of Merchants.  Utilizing clandestine contacts within the Cyberspace
Guild we have obtained the following information from the Mercenaries' files.
This information, as well as its origin, is not to be distributed outside of the
Merchants Guild.  Penalty for which is permanent expulsion from the Guild and
banning of all professional contacts with the offending merchant.  

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     Steps-by-step instructions for upgrading your ship to Class 5 Engines 
and Shields, regardless of ship type.
 
     Step 1.  Identify the .SAV file that you wish to have your ship upgraded
              in and copy it to another file name.  This will provide a backup
              in case you make an error or the modification is rejected by the
              game.  A good idea would be to copy it to the same file name with
              a .BKP extension.  Example:  SAVE01.SAV copy to SAVE01.BKP.
 
     Step 2.  Enter PRIVATEER game and go to a ship dealer.  Purchase an Orion
              Gunship and then upgrade the shields and engines to class 5.  
              IMPORTANT:  Upgrade the shields and engines **ONLY**.  Purchase
              no other equipment.
 
     Step 3.  Leave the ship dealer and go to the landing bay.  Bring up the
              computer (C key) and save the game to the file you backed-up.
              Exit PRIVATEER.
 
     Step 4.  With a hex-editor (eg. Norton Diskedit, etc.), open the .SAV
              file and go to Offset 40, hex 28 and change it to one of
              the following:

                     01 - Orion; 02 - Centurion; 03 - Galaxy.

              Save the file and exit the hex-editor.

     Step 5.  Enter PRIVATEER game and load modified game save file.  Go to
              ship dealer and check ships equipment manifest by going to 
              repair and upgrade area and clicking on SELL option.  Go ahead
              and cycle through your equipment and verify that you have Class
              5 shields and engines, but DON'T SELL THE ENGINES OR SHIELDS!!
              If you do, the game will only allow you to buy up to class 3.
              You can repair and sell the class 5 engines and shields and your
              game should run fine with these upgrades.  You'll also note that
              the ship graphic in the upgrade and repair area no longer seems
              to have anything in the engine area, but don't be concerned as 
              the class 5 engine upgrade will still work.  If you have checked
              and the manifest shows class 5 engines and shields, click on BUY
              and flesh-out your vessel with whatever equipment your heart 
              desires.  If not, exit and restore from your backed-up game 
              (.BKP).  Go back to Step 2 and carefully try again.  If it still
              wont give you class 5 shields and engines or the game crashes. 
              Restore from the backup and forget it.  Perhaps you either have a
              later version of PRIVATEER or your hex-editor is modifying the
              wrong byte.  Either way, check around some of your local BBS's.
              You might find a PRIVATEER ship editor or something of that sort.
              
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