Display and Status Commands
Chart
Format:
chart
chart on
chart off
chart <ship name>
Every cycle the chart from your ship will be automatically displayed. If the chart moves off the top of the screen, entering "chart" will redisplay the current chart.
WARP COURSE BEARING RANGE MARK CLASS Caspan: 4.0 305° Manual Helm Asp: 3.0 125° 305° 15035 0° FR
The chart displays the names of all ships with the flagship being the first ship. The current warp factor and course of each ship is displayed as is the range of each ship from the charted ship. The Bearing column show the bearing of each ship from the charted ship. The bearing is the course the charted ship must follow to head directly at a specific ship. The Mark column contains the degrees off the heading of the charted ship to a specific ally or enemy ship, for example, a mark of zero indicates the charted ship is heading directly toward a ship. The Class column indicates the class of each of the charted ships.
The automatic display of the chart can be turned off by issuing the "chart off" command. "Chart on" will turn the display back on. "Chart <ship name>" will display a chart from the point of view of the named ship.
Examples:
chart
chart on
chart from the zantha
Report
Format:
report
The report command displays various information about your ship. You may also request a report from an ally ship with the "order" command.
SHIP NAME: Ketoi CLASS: Destroyer SURVIVORS: 200 CONDITION: 100% Functional NAVCOM: Manual Helm COURSE: 270° desired 229° current WARP: 6.0 desired 4.5 current
Examples:
report
Status Damage / Scan Ship
Format:
[Status] Damage
Scan <ship>
The damage status will display the overall condition of your ship. The scan ship command will show the same information about an enemy or ally ship.
SHIP NAME: Viper CLASS: Frigate SURVIVORS: 18 REACTORS: 100% 5% XX BATTERIES: 75 75 68 XX BANKS: XX XX ch .. XX TUBES: ld XX LAUNCHERS: XX SHIELDS: XX 70% 1% 18% XX XX WARP: XX WARP TEMP: |9m LIMIT: 40m WARP POWER: 0 OTHER POWER: 262 RESIDUAL POWER: 6
The above scan reveals that the Klingon Frigate Viper is heavily damaged. All "XX" markers show the systems that are completely non-functional. The Viper still has two working phasers, one is charged and one is discharged. One torpedo tube is still functional and is currently loaded and one probe launcher is undamaged but unloaded. Three of the six shields are completely destroyed, one is in good shape and two are very weak. The warp drive has been destroyed with its temperature falling to zero. With the warp drive eliminated, there is not any warp power. The reactors are providing 262 units of power but the ship still used -6 units of battery power last cycle to keep the remaining shields up.
Examples:
damage
status damage
scan viper
Range / Display / Scan Range
Format:
range <range>
display <range>
scan <range>
Any of these commands will set the position display range. The position display is always in the upper right corner of the screen. The display shows the location of all ships by placing the first two letters of the ship's name on the display along with any active torpedoes or probes.
The range specified will control the magnification of the position display and only objects within this range will be displayed. Within the position display, the "<>" in the center indicates the location of your ship. On the monochrome monitor, all enemy object will be displayed "intensified" and all ally objects "normal". On the color monitor, all enemy objects will be "bright red" and all ally objects will be "Yellow".
Examples:
range 15000
display 15000
scan 15000
Status Fleet
Format:
[Status] Fleet [<options>]
The fleet status command will display the current orders of each of your ally ships.
ALLY TARGET MISSION Caspan: Zantha .. Asp: (Bismark) Retreat
The Target column displays which enemy ship the ally ship is currently engaging. If the target ship name is in parenthesis it indicates the ally was ordered to fire on that enemy ship. The Mission column displays the mission the ally was ordered to perform.
