To anyone who has the docs to StarFleet I: I have spent some time gathering up all of the page and line numbers of the words you must enter from the manual to play above level one in StarFleet I. The list that follows is the location of every word I could find by continually reloading the program. All of us pirates without documentation will appreciate it greatly if you would put the words in the third column, and post the list back here! Oh, the word needed is always the first one on the line, and when counting lines, titles are included. At least that's what the game keeps telling me.... Please? There's only 48 of 'em! OK Mad Hacker. Here they are! PAGE LINE WORD ---- ---- ----------------------- 3 3 begin 5 2 You 5 5 number 6 2 but 7 5 by 8 1 Zaldrons 9 4 ships 13 2 The 15 2 STAR 17 1 monitor 19 2 21 3 Only 22 3 which 27 1 COMMAND 29 2 OVERVIEW 30 2 have 32 2 Task 33 4 Options 41 5 be 43 4 accelerate 43 6 will 46 3 power 46 5 It 51 2 shields 60 3 lower 60 4 vessel 63 1 INFORMATION 65 3 ENEMY 66 3 destroyed 67 1 STARBASES 67 3 Class 68 2 enemy 69 2 Except 71 1 STARSHIP 73 2 Officers 75 3 help 76 3 symbol 80 3 FLEET 81 2 Press 83 1 Service 85 2 level 87 2 This 89 2 program 92 3 After 93 3 prior 95 1 FINAL 97 2 STAR 98 1 Interstel Many thanks from the Mad Hacker! STAR FLEET BATTLE I - Some helpful hints. Greetings....Trystan here again with some helpful hints on how to play Star Fleet Battles. To insure that folks did not pirate their software (big belly-laugh here!), Cygnus decided to put in a most frustrating copy-protection scheme. Y'see, the manual to SFB runs to 100+ pages and they figured that without the manual, you could not play the game. Well, that is not entirely true because there are a lot of us old Star Trek fans who have played some of the old versions of the classic Star Trek-type games and SFB is just an updated Star Trek (albeit, a good one!). To circumvent that little problem, Cygnus added an old but effec tive ploy... Before each game starts, the program asks you to type in a certain word found on a certain line on a certain page! There is no way in hell you could figure out all the words required because for each game it asks for a different word! Well, I BOUGHT (yes, you read that right...BOUGHT) the game and have the manual. To save you a lot of hair-pulling and cussing, here are the ones I had to enter. I played over 50 games (as you will see when you look at the "Star Fleet Officer Records") and did not come across any others besides the ones in the following list. If you are asked for a word that is not in the list, just leave me E-mail here on Mt. Olympus and I will tell you what it is and then add it to the list. In the meantime, just type the old CTRL-ALT-DEL and start a new game. STAR FLEET BATTLE I - CODE WORDS WORD LINE PAGE CODE WORD ---- ---- ---- --------- 1 1 22 THE 1 2 13 CYGNUS 1 3 12 STAR 1 9 40 MINES 1 13 22 MESSAGES 2 1 81 MUST 2 4 29 ARE 2 5 15 AND 3 1 16 SIMULATION 3 1 31 THE 3 6 80 HAVE 3 9 36 MESSAGES 3 20 87 MOST 3 28 3 EARTH'S 4 2 8 SUBTERRANEAN 4 4 25 WILL 4 4 33 THE 4 8 8 MALES 5 2 13 FLEET 5 3 11 SERVICE 5 11 3 SPACE 6 7 67 FIND 6 8 32 IS 7 8 83 AWARD 8 2 11 DECORATIONS 8 2 16 STAR 8 4 13 NEVER 9 2 16 FLEET 9 2 30 THESE 9 10 37 WILL 9 15 8 TWO 10 6 8 QUEEN 10 22 7 GREATEST 11 30 3 EXCITING 12 1 9 ZALDRON 12 8 45 SIX 13 16 32 SPECIAL ================================================================ Now, that you have that under your belt...onward! Since I don't have the time nor the inclination to type in 100+ pages of documentation, I will just type in the contents of the quick- reference card. If you have any questions about the game, just leave E-mail for me. Star Fleet Battle I - Quick-Reference Card Available Commands CMD FUNC COMMAND/TASK ABBREVIATION NO KEY ------------ ------------ --- ---- P1 F1 Target Calculator * TAR P2 F2 Long Range Sensors LRS P3 F3 Mission Status Report STA P4 F4 Damage Control * DAM P5 F5 Navigation Control + NAV P6 F6 Defensive Shields Control + SHD P7 F7 Torpedo Control + TOR P8 F8 Phaser Control + PHA P9 F9 Ship's Computer (six tasks) * Cmp P10 F10 Select Secondary Command Menu 2nd S1 F1 Tractor Beam Control + TRC S2 F2 Transporter Control + TRN S3 F3 Mine Control + MIN S4 F4 Internal Security Control + SEC S5 F5 Region Map MAP S6 F6 Reset the Display Screen DIS S8 F8 Save Game SAV S9 F9 Stop Option STO S10 F10 Sound Option SND C1 F1 Recon Probes Launch Control + PRO C2 F2 Auto Alert Switch AAS C3 F3 No Operation (wait a turn) + NOP C4 F4 Starbase Status Report BAS C5 F5 Emergency Hyperspace Maneuver + HYP C6 F6 Self-Destruct Sequencer SLF P - Primary Menu S - Secondary Menu C - Computer Menu + - Command uses time * - Command may or may not use time TACTICAL DISPLAY SYMBOLS ------------------------ Symbol Description . Empty Sector A-Y First letter of starship name * Star system k Krellan destroyer Z Zaldron warship (when visible) # Starbase + Mine NAVIGATION HEADINGS ------------------- 135 90 45 \ | / \ | / \ | / \| / 180 <---------+---------> 0 / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ 225 270 315 SHIELD CONTROL OPTIONS ---------------------- Option Description C Cancel the command L Lower all shields to zero B Battle entry configuration M Maximum strength configuration T Total power allocated, 1/4 to each shield Allocate power to each shield individually RANKS AND MISSION LEVELS RANK MISSION LEVEL ---- ------------- Cadet (Ensign) 1 Lieutenant JG 2 Lieutenant 3 Lt. Commander 4 Commander 5 Captain 6 Commodore 7 Rear Admiral 8 Vice Admiral 9 Admiral 10 LIST OF SHIP'S SYSTEMS IN THE DAMAGE REPORT SYSTEM STATUS E.R.T ------ ------ ----- 1. Navigation Computer OPER 0.00 2. Main Engines *INOP 2.62 3. Auxiliary Engines OPER 0.00 4. Short Range Sensors OPER 0.00 5. Long Range Sensors OPER 0.00 6. Shields Control OPER 0.00 7. Torpedo Control OPER 0.00 8. Phaser Control *INOP 0.96 9. Mine Control OPER 0.00 10. Tractor Beam OPER 0.00 11. Transporter Beam OPER 0.00 12. Primary Life Support *INOP 3.27 13. Backup Life Support OPER 0.00 E.R.T. is Estimated Repair Time in days. Approximately 100 units of power for each day will fix the damaged system. One of the neat features of SFB is the awards and decorations you can earn as you complete your missions. The program also keeps track of all players who have played the game along with their current rank and list of decorations. Competition is good for the soul, don't y'know... MISSION RATING (%) LEVEL DECORATION RANK: 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 ----- ---------- --- --- --- ---- I 1. Star Fleet Citation for Gallantry 2. Prentares Ribbon of Commendation 100 95 90 85 3. Combat Action Ribbon II 1. Silver Palm 2. Alliance Defense Service Medal 105 100 95 90 3. Distinguished Service Medal 4. Oak Leaf Cluster added to Silver Palm III 1. Valcun Medal of Valor 2. Karagite Order of Heroism 110 105 100 95 3. Cross of Gallantry with Palm IV 1. Iron Cross 2. Medal of Honor 115 110 105 100 3. Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star 4. Iron Cross with Shield V 1. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 2. Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star 120 115 110 105 3. Pour Le Merite 4. Knight's Cross with Swords VI 1. Hero of the Alliance Gold Star 2. Meteors added 125+ 120+ 115+ 110+ 3. Meteors and Diamonds added Awards are not presented for Level 1 or 2 games since these are basically training missions, not real ones. There are a couple of additional awards given that are not based on your score. 1. The Honorary rank of Admiral Emeritus - given to officers who complete at least 5 missions at rank 10 (Admiral) with an efficiency rating of at least 75%. 2. Alliance Defense Cross with Gold Star - given to officers who sacrifice themselves (i.e. self-destruct their ship) in a hopeless situation. The computer will determine whether or not your situation was really so bad that self-destructing was the only way out. It will then make the award appropriate. 3. Exceptional Service Medal - awarded to officers for every 50 missions completed past rank 2.