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- Version 2.0 of Begin is have finally been released!
-
- The price of v2.0 has now been set. It will be $19 for the manual and
- diskette plus $6 shipping and handling. We will not offer a manual only
- for the new release.
-
- All current contributors to Begin may upgrade by sending $4 plus $6
- shipping and handling.
-
- There are now Federation Starbases, Tankers, Tugs, Klingon Outposts,
- Orion Grapplers, Orion Armadillos. Romulans have cloaking devices.
- The graphics display shows shields/strengths, direction of travel,
- tractor beam connections.
-
- Docked ships repair twice as fast and may repair anything, even
- previously unrepairable items.
-
- Docked ships may have a crew even if the life support is destroyed
- since it is docked. You may not normally board a life support
- deficient ship unless docked. There is also an impulse engine that,
- when damaged, will make you dead in space unless you still have a
- warp drive. All ships now have transporters that may be damaged that
- also limit the number of crew that may transport at once.
-
- You may not group your allies for easier control. Groups names are
- simply numbers 1 thru N. You tell allies to join a group then give
- orders to the group number instead of the ship names.
-
- Your sensors may now be damaged. If you have no allies near by you
- will be blind. Ships that get to far away disappear off of your scope.
- How far depends on your sensors and the size of their ship. A game
- started with the Random command will place most or all ships out of
- sensor range which forces you to look for them.
-
- Cloaked Romulans appear as white objects on your screen and are displayed
- at their last known position. When cloaked ships fire or are hit they
- re-appear for one turn.
-
- There are also different types of torps and probes. The Federation has
- MK7 and MK8 torps. The MK7s you already know. The MK8s are slower but
- have 50% more punch. They are good for close-in fighting. The Feds
- and the Klingons have Data Probes that travel at warp 20 but only carry
- small sensors good for locating lost enemy ships. The Klingon version
- also has a small warhead of course. The Orions now posses Shield-Bore
- torpedeos that damage your shields but not your ship. The Grappler class
- ships use these torps along with their large crew to board and capture ships.
-
- The number of torpedeo tubes per ship has been reduced although the effective
- strength of the torps has been increase. This will hopefully make single
- tube ships more useful.
-
- New Commands During Setup:
- Up to 60 ships,bases,etc. may be selected
- Random (instead of Begin) places random number of ships.
-
- New Commands During Play:
- Repair <System> | All Lets you select one item that has priority.
- Tractor <ship> | Off Lets you tow a ship.
- Board <ship> Lets you board a ship and capture it.
- Dock <Name> On | Off Lets you dock with a base, outpost, etc.
- Cloak On | Off If you are a Romulan
- Reenforce <#> Lets you reenforce a shield using much power
- Tell <ally> board <ship> <number>
- Tell <ally) tow <ship> <destination>
- Tell <ally> tractor <ship>
- Tell <ally> release
- Tell <ally> approach <ship> <range>
- Tell <ally> dock <base>
- Tell <ally> undock
- Tell <ally> join <group #>
- Tell <ally> leave
- Tell <ally> stop
- Tell <ally> defend <ship>
- Tell <base> recover <ship>
- Tell <base> eject <ship>
- Tell <group #> <orders...>
- Group
- Chart all
- Chart by name
- Chart by distance
- Chart by nation
- Chart from <ship>
- Chart <ship> on
- Chart <ship> off
- Text
- Key <keyName> string Allows <CR> in string. Keys are F# or ^x
-
- Reads Begin2.key on startup. Contains key definitions without the word
- Key in front.
-
- Only VGA graphics are supported although you may still play in Text mode.
- This will be the last release that supports Text mode. Text mode has had
- very little testing, so please report any bugs that show up.
-
- Tom Nelson
- Mike Higgins
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-