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- * * * * * * * * * GAME LEVELS (GENERAL 1) * * * * * * * * * * *
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- There are 3 game levels, numbered 1 to 3.
- Game 1, the beginner's game, has the following limitations:
- 1. The enemy will not move between quadrants.
- 2. Romulans will not move within a quadrant.
- 3. There will never be more than 3 Klingon or 3 Romulan in a
- quadrant.
- 4. Klingons are not programmed to dodge your torpedos.
- 5. Phasers are not masked by intervening objects.
- Game 2, the basic game, the above limitations are removed.
- Game 3, the advanced game, adds the following features to the
- basic game:
- 1. Black holes - G and T entering are destroyed.
- E, K, and R entering are zapped to another quadrant.
- Black holes show up on your short range scan as a blank.
- Black holes have gravitational fields that reach throughout
- the quadrant and affect E,K,G, and T (not Romulans). You can,
- presumably, go into orbit around one although it is very tricky
- to attempt. If you are captured by one, it will take you to a
- specific quadrant, thus if you are willing to sustain the
- damage, you can take shortcuts through the galaxy. Black holes
- mask phaser fire almost entirely.
- 2. Supernovae - Every star has a minute chance of going supernova.
- When this occurs, everything in the quadrant is destroyed,
- except the ENTERPRISE, which is badly damaged. Supernova
- explosions will always damage your SR and LR scans.
- 3. Cloaking device - Certain Romulans will have a cloaking device
- which will make them invisible to your short range sensors.
- If you succeed in capturing it, you will become invisible to the
- enemy for a varying period of time! Use your troops. Warning -
- its crew strength will be higher than ordinary Romulans.
- 4. Nucleonic storms - These will not show up on your sensors at
- all, but if an object enters one, it will be thrown to some
- other point in the quadrant with random speed and bearing. The
- probability of a storm increases with the number of stars in a
- quadrant. E, G, K, R, S, and T are effected by storms.