* <F4><C3>          Information (F9)
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+ You can study the strength, wealth, and development level of all the 
- empires including your own on this screen. A multi-functional chart 
- will help you to compare empires in different ways. 
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+ The heads displayed at the top of the screen relate to each of the 
- races. When you select a head, the following information is displayed 
- in the middle window: 
*<C5> - Name:   <C1>name of the empire
*<C5> - Power:  <C1>number of known planets and fleets.
*<C5> - Income: <C1>revenue in the last month.
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+ If you select your own race a slider will also appear in the middle window
- You can use this slider to adjust the amount of money that the computer 
- automatically spends on autobuild, research and production. This stops the
- computer spending all your money on these activities if you want to
- keep some money in reserve.
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+ There are three kinds of expenditure that can be automatically managed
- by the computer. These are, autobuild, research and production. 
- You have to ensure enough money is available for the computer to complete 
- its tasks. As long as you have plenty of money available the computer will 
- be able to meet all the requirements. When the computer can spend more
- than your monthly income, you can determine which area of spending is more
- important. Above the information window, there is a triangle, which can be 
- used to determine the percenatge of you money that is spent on each of the
- three areas.  Move the small triangle inside to adjust this setting, the 
- percentages are displayed by each corner of the triangle.
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+ If you adjust the financing of one area to zero, the computer will
- only stop spending money in that area only if there is a shortfall. If
- the needs of the other areas are met with money to spare, the money
- will be allocated to the other area even if it is set to zero.
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+ <C5>The Charts
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+ <C1>You can compare the strength of each empire in certain areas using the
- various charts . The areas you can compare are as follows.
* - Total Income: Monthly incomes.
* - Total Population: Total population of all the planets.
* - Number of Planets: Number of planets in each empire.
* - Space Power: The fire power of each ship compared to other empires'.
* - Ground Power: The firepower of each tank compared to other empires'.
* - Research: The number of developed inventions.
* - Power of Spies: Number of spies and their level.
* - Battles Won: Number of battles won. 
* - Diplomacy: The number of diplomatic successes.
* - Aggregate Rating: Based on the above figures, an aggregate level of
- strength is calculated.
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+ <C5>Ship and Planet Info
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- <C1>In a big empire, it is hard to follow the state of all your planets
- and fleets. To make it easier, all the information about your planets
- and fleets is displayed here.
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+ You can scroll through the planets and fleets using the up/down arrows,
- then left click to select. You can then read the information about the
- planet or fleet. If you need more detailed information, left click on
- the info text area, and the detailed information window will appear.
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- If you would like to return to the starmap, left click on a small
- rotating planet graphic, the starmap will become visible with the 
- selected planet at the center of the screen. If you want to view the 
- planet's surface, right click on the planet graphic.