
NO OBSCENE/OFFENSIVE LOGIN NAMES...  and don't annoy the server god.
Use the MetaServer II at  metaserver.ecst.csuchico.edu  (ports 3520-3524)
Mail compliments (and complaints/bugreports) to charles@eecs.umich.edu
or marcush@eecs.umich.edu

TO ENTER GAME TYPE:
[s]  Scout            [d]  Destroyer                    [c]  Cruiser
[b]  Battleship       [a]  Assault Vessel (planetary)   [o]  Outpost/Starbase

Press 'R' in this screen to reset your stats.
Press 'f' and 'b' to page through news and instructions.

NOTE!!!!!!! -> press 'f' to see the changes on this server!
UPDATE!!!!! New mods have been added! Take a peak!



This server has a some changes.  

(1) Upgrades.  If you refit to the same ship type, you can "upgrade"
    some aspects of your ship, in return for kills.  If you refit
    to another ship type, you regain most of your "used up" kills.
    
(2) All the other Sturgeon enhancements are gone. That is, everything
    works just like standard Bronco code. Phasers and torps are
    normal, no firing arcs, etc.

(3) Number of kills you receive for destroying an enemy ship:

        1.0 + 0.1 (armies+kills) + 0.15(upgrades)
    
(4) Drones and mines and plasmas and nukes NOW WORK! Beware....



UPGRADES

To upgrade, have available kills and orbit your home planet.  Refit to
the same ship type, and a menu will come up on your messages display.
Press the number corresponding to the upgrade you want.  The kills will
be deducted from the number available, and your ship will be upgraded
(with some amount of refit time, depending on the upgrade).

In all menus, press 0 (or a non-number) to abort.

From the Main Menu, 1 works the same as the classic refit (fixes damage,
shields, fuel, wtemp, etemp).

Upgrades cost k1 + k2 * (previous upgrades of same type) kills, listed
as (k1/+k2), and your ship will be nonresponsive for that many seconds.

Upgrades include:

 - Shields            +10 pts to your shield maximum                 (1.0/+0.2)
 - Fuel capacity      +250 fuel maximum                              (0.5/ 0.0)
 - Fuel recharge      +10 fuel/sec                                   (0.5/+0.5)
 - Max Speed          +1 to maximum warp speed                       (2.0/+1.0)
 - Acceleration       +0.1 warp/sec acceleration                     (0.5/+0.1)
 - Deceleration       +0.1 warp/sec deceleration                     (0.5/ 0.0)
 - Engine Cooling     +10 engine temp cooling/sec                    (1.0/+0.5)
 - Phasers            +2 to point-blank damage                       (1.0/+1.5)
 - Photons            +1 to photon torpedo *speed* (base is 15)      (1.0/+1.5)
 - Weapon Cooling     +10 weapon temp cooling/sec                    (1.0/+1.5)
 - Cloaking Device    halve the fuel cost (round up)                 (2.0/+1.0)
 - Tractor/Pressor    +100 tractor/pressor strength                  (1.0/+0.5)
 - Damage Control     +1 damage repair/sec                           (1.0/+1.0)

Commodities: upgrades that are "no deposit, no return"...

 - Overload shields   +100 pts to your current shields, not to max   (1.0/ 0.0)

 - Pseudoplasma        0  pt plasma (12)                             (1.0/ 0.0)
 - Type 1 Plasma       50 pt plasma (12)           All plasmas cost: (2.0/ 0.0)
 - Type 2 Plasma       75 pt plasma ( 6) 
 - Type 3 Plasma      100 pt plasma ( 4)
 - Type 4 Plasma      125 pt plasma ( 3)
 - Type 5 Plasma      150 pt plasma ( 2)

 - 10 megaton nuke    Just like in Nuclear War (1 army = 1 million)  (1.0/ 0.0)
 - 20 megaton nuke    The tables have been duplicated, except for    (2.0/ 0.0)
 - 50 megaton nuke      the "destroy the solar system", which may    (4.0/ 0.0)
 - 100 megaton nuke     later...                                     (8.0/ 0.0)

 - mines (2)           100 points of damage, don't move              (1.0/ 0.0)
 - drones (3)          60 points of damage, slow moving, tracking    (1.0/ 0.0)

Mines and drones last longer than torps, but take up a 'torp' slot for
each one fired.  They can be detted by the enemy.

Plasmas cost no fuel to fire.  Nukes take up (1/2/3/4) army bays until used.
Nukes add (2/5/10/25)*10 to ship explosion damage.


Switch between special weapons with the "C" key, fire/launch with plasma key.


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Linux - i386                       Sun 4 / SunOS 4.1.1 / hopd TAMU    
HP9000/300s / BSD4.3 - reno        Sun LX / Solaris 2.1               
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