. . __ __ __ __ __ ___ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ . ú .::::[ \/ ][ ][ ] [ ] [ _][ \[ ][ \[ ][ ][ ][ ][ \/ ]::::. ú::::::| \ / || || [_ | [_ | ]_ | \ || \ || || [] || \ / |::::::. ú `::::[_]\/[_][__][____][____][___][_]\__][_]\__][__][____][_]\/[_]::::' . . Created & Programmed by Michael P. Bockert (C) Copyrighted 1993 VERSIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN BOARD SOFTARE: - AmiCon - Excelsior - Trans Amiga - Ami Express - Paragon/Starnet - XenoLink - C-Net - Report - DLG (Dialog) - Tempest - And more... ______________________ |::::::::::::::::::::::| |::Background History::| |::::::::::::::::::::::| `----------------------' Being driven from your own universe from an exploding star, your populous takes all that remains of your once great empire and goes out into the depths of space in search of a new universe in which to rule. Your empire enters a sector of a new universe with your forces. You find four uninhabited planets and setup a colony to start a new beginning. A few years later you discover that you are not alone in this new found universe. There are many other empires and all are looking to conquer the universe. So here starts your path to glory to become the ultimate ruler of the universe. _____________ |:::::::::::::| |::Alliances::| |:::::::::::::| `-------------' Alliances are used to join forces of one empire with others to conquer or protect. Your alliance will have warriors, mercenaries, defense stations, troop carriers, fighter carriers, and heavy crusiers. When entering battle or being attacked by another empire, 50% of the forces put in by your allinace members will join in the battle on your side. Alliance menu options are listed below: (S)tart a new alliance: ---------------------- This will let you start your own alliance with you as the leader. (D)issolve your alliance: ------------------------ This lets you dissolve your alliance so that you are not the leader of your own alliance anymore. (E)xpell Empire from your alliance: ---------------------------------- This will let you kick a member of your alliance out. If you dont like someone in your alliance and you are the leader, you have the option to kick them out. (J)oin an allaince: ------------------ Join another alliance. The alliance member has to agree to let you in before you get into any allinace. (W)ithdraw from alliance: ------------------------ Withdraw from an allance. If you dont like being in someone's alliance you have the option to leave the alliance. - You will have to leave half of your forces behind if you withdrawl from an alliance with an auto rate. (C)hange alliance rates: ----------------------- Lets you change the minimum rates and requirements for emperors to join an alliance. These requirements are set up by the alliance leader. (I)nfo on your alliance: ----------------------- Lists info on your alliance. Will display all the members of your allinace along with their additions to the alliance forces and the grand total for the alliance. (L)ist existing alliances: ------------------------- Displays all the existing alliances and their members. (A)dd/Remove Forces to alliance: ------------------------------- Add forces to your alliance from your forces. Remove forces from your alliance that you put in. (T)ransfer Forces to another team member: ---------------------------------------- Transfer military forces to another alliance member. - Can only transfer to another alliance member in your alliance. - Can not transfer forces to a player who has 2 or higher protection. - Can not transfer forces to any space lord. - can not transfer forces if you are the space lord. ________ |::::::::| |::Bank::| |::::::::| `--------' Check Balance - Check your balance in the bank, interest info, and your unpaid balance on any loans. Deposit - Deposit credits into the bank to gain interest Withdrawl - Withdrawl your credits out of the bank Loan - Borrow up to 1 million dollars from the bank that has to be paid back at 15% interest per turn Rob - Robbing the bank can make you rich, however it is very hard and you will go to jail and serve many turns if you fail. There is a small chance that you can escape, threaten judge, bribe judge, or beat the judge to get away. ___________ |:::::::::::| |::Battles::| |:::::::::::| `-----------' This is where the fun begins, when you actually get to attack and gain power over your enemies. The factors that effect the outcome of the battle are the size of your forces, your military morale, your alliance members forces, and a small amount of chance. --------- Attacking: --------- In attacking, all your forces play a role except for Defense Stations and Death Stars. --------- Defending: --------- In defending, all your forces play a role except for Fighers and Battle Crusiers. Your Defense Stations are used to protect your dynasty from being attacked. Defense Stations will require at least 5 warriors for each station to go into operation. ------ Morale: ------ In battle, your military morale has an influense on the outcome of battle as well. If you keep loosing battles, your morale will be low and you wont do as well in battle. If you keep winning battles, your morale will go up and you will do better in batte. -------- Carriers: -------- To move your forces into battle, you will need carriers. Troop Carriers are used for carrying your warriors and mercenaries into battle. Each Troop Carrier will bring 1000 men to battle. Fighter Carrirers are used to bring your fighters into battle. Each Fighter Carrier will bring 100 fighters to battle. Fighters will also need at least 2 men to pilot 1 fighter. ---------------- Protection Turns: ---------------- Nobody can attack any player that still has protection turns left. If you have protection turns left and decide to do battle, you will loose all of your remanning protected turns making you open to attack as well. Also if you dont play the game for 5 days your protection will be stripped as well. There is a way to gain protection back. If you are attacked and defeated the same amount of times as the daily turns per day and have not called yet, you will gain one protection point. Once you call and play this point of protection will vanish once again. _____________________ |:::::::::::::::::::::| |::Covert Operations::| |:::::::::::::::::::::| `---------------------' Spy on military - Get report on enemies military forces Spy on government - Get report on enemies planets / supplies Spy on Both - Get report on both military & planets / supplies Spy on Alliance - Get report on enemy alliance's military forces Intercept Messages - Read mail to another player Sabotage - Sabotage productions, research, and other things Demoralize Military - Lower enemies Military Morale Demoralize Populous - Lower enemies Populous Morale Terrorism - Lower enemies Military & Populous Morale Propaganda - Propaganda enemies populous to join your populous Steal Credits - Steal half of an enemies credits Steal Food - Steal half of an enemies food supply Steal Secrets - Steal Military Secrets that an enemy has researched Insurgency - Lower enemies Insurgency Morale Biological Warfare - Attack enemies with Viruses

Assassination - Attempt to assassinated an enemy and take over his empire All covert operations cost a price and require a certain amount of spies. They may also require other special forces. You must also make the role of the dice so to say to succeed. ____________ |::::::::::::| |::Military::| |::::::::::::| `------------' Warriors: -------- Warriors are the lowest form of military force, but you need to have warriors to pilot some of the spacecraft. Mercenaries: ----------- Mercenaries are the elite guard. They are veterns in battle and will do alot more damage than a simple warrior. Fighters: -------- Fighters are used in attacking only. They require at least 2 warriors per fighter to pilot the fighter craft. Troop Carriers: -------------- Used to carry troops into battle. Each Troop Carrier holds 1000 troops. Fighter Carriers: ---------------- Used to carry fighters into battle. Each Fighter Carrier holds 100 fighters. Defense Stations: ---------------- Defense Stations are used in defense only. They do very well in defending, however you must have at least 1 warrior per defense station for it to operate in defending an attack. Heavy Crusiers: -------------- Heavy Crusiers are used in offense as well as defense. They do quite well in battle. Star Destroyers: --------------- Star Destroyers are very good in both offense and defense. However they have a bonus when defending. Death Stars: ----------- Are fantastic in battle, they are used only in defense. These must be constructed over many turns, but when they are complete they can not be destroyed ever! Battle Cruisers: --------------- Are fantastic in battle, they are used for offense only. These must be constructed over many turns, but when they are complete they can not be destroyed ever! Boot Camps: ---------- These are used to train your warriors into elite mercenaries. __________ |::::::::::| |::Morale::| |::::::::::| `----------' --------------- Populous Morale: --------------- This morale is the morale of the people. If this morale gets too low your empire could be ripped in half or other such problems. To prevent the populous morale from becoming too low you should make sure to feed your people the needed amounts of food and make sure to give the planets the needed amount of credits. If you want to try to improve the morale of the populous, try giving more credits or food than is needed. Levels: ------- Exalted Very Happy Happy Pleased Satisfied Discontent Restless - Major problems for your empire at this level and below. Very Restless OutRaged --------------- Military Morale: --------------- This is the morale of your military forces. If this morale is low your forces will not do as well in battle and likewise they will do better in battle if it is high. To prevent the morale of the military from dropping you must win battles and make sure to give the proper amount of credits your military needs each turn. If you fail to give the proper amount of credits needed for the military, your forces will refuse to fight that turn. Levels: ------- Awesome Very High High Above Avg Average Below Avg Low - Men start to desert from your military at this point and below. Very Low Horrid ___________ |:::::::::::| |::Planets::| |:::::::::::| `-----------' In the first few rounds of the game start off by buying either Mining or Tourist planets to give you a good income. Make sure to keep enough farming planets to keep your population supplied with food. Farming Planets: --------------- Needed for producint food for your populous and can be used to generate credits in the food market. Defense Planets: --------------- Used to build military items. They will produce your fighters, defense stations, heavy cruisers, and other military items. The cost to build the military items is 1/2 the cost to buy them. Mining Planets: -------------- Used to mine ore which generates a good steady source of credits for your dynasty. Industry Planets: ---------------- These planets generate large amounts of money just like mining planets, however these have a varied range of income. They can produce more money or less money than mining planets. But by the most part, they produce more than mining planets on the average. Research & Development Planets: ------------------------------ These planets are used for research and development. You will be able to invent new weapons, mining equipment, viruses, vacines, and other things with these planets. You will have to buy research engineers to go along with these planets as well. Governing Planets: ----------------- These planets are needed to govern the other planets and to keep order. You will need to have 1 governing planet for every 25 support planets you own. ______________ |::::::::::::::| |::Protection::| |::::::::::::::| `--------------' Protection points will protect you from being attacked by military forces or by covert operations. Ways you loose protection: ------------------------- - If you use up your protection and it runs out. - If you try to attack someone you will void your protection. - If you become the spacelord in the game. - If you don't play in 5 days time. _______ |:::::::| |::Pub::| |:::::::| `-------' Drink [Get Wasted] - Drink at the bar. Good or Bad things can happen doing this. Fight [Flog Someone] - Starts a bar fight and you have to exit. Quote [From Drunk] - Get a quote from a drunk, serves no purpose at all. Talk [Tips & Hints] - Pay for tips on the game to improve your playing. _________________ |:::::::::::::::::| |::Settings Menu::| |:::::::::::::::::| `-----------------' Budget - [MANUAL] lets you decide how much credits you want to give to your expenses. [AUTOMATIC] lets the program do it all for you Tax Rate - Set tax rate from 0% to 50% (16% is safe) Draft Rate - Set draft rate from 0% to 50% (16% is safe) Production Rate - Set master control of how much spacecraft are produced can be anywhere from 0% to 100% (any rate is safe) Set Production Rates - this is for fine tunning of what will be concentrated on in the production round. __________________ |::::::::::::::::::| |::Special Forces::| |::::::::::::::::::| `------------------' Assassins: --------- Used to attempt to assassinate another player and take over his system in covert operations. Body Guards: ----------- Used to protect yourself from other players trying to assassinate you. Research Engineers: ------------------ Used to research new projects in R & D. Spies: ----- Used to spy on enemy forces, government, or alliances. ___________________________ |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::| |::Sub Space Transmissions::| Messages |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::| `---------------------------' After you have played your rounds for the day you will be asked if you want to send any sub space transmissions. These are messages from you to other players in the game. You will have 2 lines and 70 characters per line to leave your message. You can leave as many transmissions as you wish. You will have 6 different ways to leave your messages..as follows: - Post to a single emperor - Post to all emperors - Post to all your alliance members - Post to another alliance members - Post to all neutral emperors - Post to all enemy emperors