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+        help files further into the motd
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+        Admin: me <me@mymachine.world>
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+mymachine.world is a Sparc 10 with 32 Megs ram running Solaris (SunOS 5.3)
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+   Help on ANY aspect of paradise is available via WWW access:
+                http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/paradise
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+    You can ftp new clients from both:
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+ ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu:/pub/netrek.paradise/ntparadise.[version].[system].gz
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+Planets
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+Planets are the core of the game.  Defense of a planet is important.  However,
+different planets have different values depending upon their attributes.  To
+find out the attributes type 'i' (the Info key) while the mouse is on the
+planet.  You will see a window similar to:
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+                                   Name
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+                                   The planet's Name
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+                                   Owner
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+                                   Which team owns the planet (Black
+                                   and White Monitors use this).
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+                                   Armies
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+                                   How many armies are on that planet. 
+                                   You must always have at least 3 armies
+     on a planet, or you take a risk of loosing it to a revolution.  Any
+     armies above 4 show up on the map.
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+     Resources
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+     Resources are current variables to the planet which CAN and do change
+     through the play of the game.  Resources are linked with a surface
+     attribute (srfc).  For an attribute to appear the surface must be
+     available on the planet.  Resouces can be destroyed by continual
+     bombing of a planet, after excess armies have been destroyed.  All
+     Resources which can appear are:
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+       RPR: Repair Station.  These will raise the repair rate of your ship
+           if you orbit the planet and enter repair mode (repair mode is
+           entered through the 'R' key).  Repair Stations require Metal
+           deposits on a planet ('M').
+       FUEL: Fuel Station.  Fuel Stations quickly refuel the ship (rather
+           than waiting for the recharge).  Fuel Stations require
+           Dylithium deposits ('D').
+       AGRI: Agricultural planets.  This is somewhat of a misleading name.
+           An AGRI planet will boost army production (when in reality
+           the planets which would boost army production would be metro
+           planets).  Agricultural planets require Arable Land ('A').
+       SHPYD: The Shipyard.  Shipyards are entrance points for players.
+           A Shipyard cannot appear unless a Repair Station is available.
+           Shipyards, as Repair Stations, require Metal deposits on the
+           planet ('M').
+             NOTE: Player entry is figured by taking first the most valuble
+             Shipyard, or, if no Shipyards are available, it is the
+             most valuble planet.  Armies and resources are taken
+             into consideration when figuring the most valuble planet.
+             _If you refit on a planet it becomes your home port_, and
+             you appear there until the Shipyard is destroyed or you
+             refit elsewhere.
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+     Atmospheres
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+     The Atmosphere of a planet effects the Army production rate.  The
+     best Atmosphere to have is a Standard Atmosphere.  Toxic Atmospheres
+     are the lest favorable, and can actually destroy armies after a certain
+     number of them exist.  Atmospheres are:
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+      STND (Standard), THIN (Thin), TNTD (Tainted), and TOXC (Toxic)
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+     Surface
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+     The Surface of a planet defines what Resources can be developed upon
+     it.  If a surface type does not exist, that relative Resource can
+     never be developed there.  Surface types are:
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+        D = Dilithium deposits (Fuel--usually poisons the atmosphere to Toxic)
+        M = Metal deposits (Repair/Shipyard)
+        A = Arable land (AGRI)
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+     Time
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+     The time since your team last recieved an update on the planet.  Planets
+     do not instantly update, your team must make a physical effort to get
+     updates.  To do this each ship has a scaner.  Due to the fragility and
+     expense of the equipment scanner ranges for war vehicles are rather
+     limited, usually not extending past their shields, with the exception
+     of scouts who have a much larger increased range (Bases also have a larger
+     scanner).
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+       NOTE: Scouting is _EXTREMELY_ important!  Enemies can take planets and
+       your team can be completely unaware of it.  Have one roving scout AT
+       LEAST every 5 minutes.  If you wonder which planets have been scouted
+       lately, toggle the galactic map until there are solid, grayed, and
+       empty planets.  This is the scout display.  Solid planets represent
+       those which information is so old it is obviously unreliable.  Open
+       planets represent those where the information is generally reliable.
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+     Visit
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+     Visit represents which teams have gotten information on that planet, at
+     some point in the game.
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+Movement
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+There are 3 different engines available on most ships, which in return
+provide 3 different speed types.  They are Impulse, Warp and
+Afterburners.
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+     Impulse
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+     Impulse is the speed used while in regular combat.  It is suggested
+     that you dogfight at slightly lower than normal cruising speed to
+     give you greater maneuverability and higher fuel recharge.
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+     Impulse speeds are regulated by the 0-1 keys as well as ^number (for
+     speeds higher than 9).  The Greater and Less than signs will adjust
+     impulse speed by one poing relatively.
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+     Warp
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+     Warp is a set rate for each ship.  It is a quick way of getting
+     somewhere without intense fuel consumption and engine temp.
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+     Warp is actually figured in two segments.  There is the initialize
+     time, where you wait at a low idle speed while the warp coils
+     build up energy, followed by the actual transport period.  While
+     in either stages of Warp a ship cannot fire nor cloak.
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+     Warp is initialized with '-'.  Warp engagement can be suspended
+     in the initialization stage with '^-' (control minus) and engaged
+     after a pause with the same key ('^-').
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+     While in warp initialization a tractor or pressor will disrupt
+     the process, causing a ship to drop into impulse speeds.
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+     NOTE: Warp is not transwarp, please do not call it such.
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+     Afterburners
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+     Afterburners can be extremely handy when in a dogfight, however they
+     require a high level of skill to use without burning up a ships
+     engines.  Afterburners are engaged with the ` key and disengaged
+     by initiating any Impulse speed.
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+Messages
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+Messages are the root to playing in Netrek.  The game is designed to use a
+high element of teamwork.  You _CAN_ survive without working as a team, but
+those who learn to work together using the "buddy" system usually stomp
+across the galaxy.  All communication between players uses the message
+system.
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+There are several 'boards' to the messages system.  The main board
+is the ALL board.  Any message sent to this will be seen by everybody.
+Following the ALL boards are the team boards, the GOD board, and lastly
+the personal board.  To send message to any board, place the cursor in a
+message window.  To specify the board use any of the following keys:
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+      'A'  -> ALL board                'F' -> FED board
+      'R'  -> ROM board                'K' -> KLI board
+      'O'  -> ORI board                'G' -> GOD board (these are logged)
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+Any lowercase number/character relative to a players connection is used
+as a reference for that player's personal board (i.e. player F4 would be
+a FED on connection 4).
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+  NOTE: Because using the message board is so important the server will
+  send a Cluecheck to each player.  Simply reply as it requests to avoid
+  getting ejected from the game.  You have 5 minutes to reply so do not
+  panic.  Keep in mind, the server will not run a cluecheck on you
+  when you immediately log in, but rather at a random later time.
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+     Lingo
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+     Once you begin reading messages you will see lots of terms which
+     may seem unfamiliar.  This is a quick overview of the most common:
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+     OGG: to attack or suicide a specific person (ie: OGG 4! means to kill
+          player 4 using every means possible (suicide if you must))
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+     <player> ++  means that the player <player> is carrying armies (ie: 4++)
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+     STONEAGE: to bomb EVERYTHING off a planet, including ALL the resources.
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+     Planet references are usually done with: <planet>:<star> (ie: Cla:Sol)
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+     Player location are said as: <player>@<planet>:<star> (ie: 4@Cla:Sol)
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+     SCUM: somebody who does 1 thing above all else, often equated with
+           planet scumming (taking planets with fervor).
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+Ramblings
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+ * The idea of the game is to conquer the other race.  Taking
+   planets on the periphery which are nowhere NEAR the frontline is simply
+   a waste of time, and is considered 'scummy' and 'twinkish'.
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+ * If somebody does something which frustrates the hell out of you, rather
+   than getting pissed and quitting, study how they do it, and try to repeat
+   the same maneuver on them.
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+ * Paradise (NetrekII) is not Netrek
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+ * Netrek is not Startrek (nor is it Starfleet battles (not the comp game))
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+ * the rule of attrition:  In paradise EVERYTHING will wear down after a
+   while.  All you have to do is keep the heat on.  IF the enemy is placing
+   the heat on you, do NOT take a defensive position and try to dig trenches,
+   it wont work!  Take the offensive immediately, get in their faces, bomb
+   their planets, SCREW THEM!  Only by doing this can you win.
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+ * The buddy system is the key to stomping across the galaxy, work as a
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