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                       merged Calvin database
              This server uses RSA version 2.0 and reserved.c

RSA clients are on pittslug.sug.org   
in directory /pub/netrek/rsa           God      : trown@csuchico.edu  
Press 'f' to see the RSA keys allowed  DemiGod : ctrown@uts.amdahl.com 

          [s]  Scout             [a]  Assault Vessel planetary
          [d]  Destroyer         [b]  Battleship
          [c]  Cruiser           [o]  Outpost/Starbase

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

WARNING: THIS SERVER LOGS WHEN PLAYERS ARE LOGGED IN MORE THAN ONCE. PLAYERS
FOUND TMODE SCUMMING WILL HAVE THEIR CHARACTERS DELETED.


                         CURRENT RSA CLIENTS


                          Bronco Vanillas
HP9000/300 series / HPUX 8.0       HP9000/700 series / HPUX 8.0       
Sun4 / SunOS 4.1.1                 Sun3 / SunOS                       
DS3100DS5000 / Ultrix4.2          NeXT / NS3.0                       
Amdahl / UTS 2.1                   SGI 4.0.5 and 3.2.2                
VAX / Ultrix                       rtaos                             
Amiga                              Sun4 / SunOS 4.1.1 / Trekhopd      

                         Berkeley Clients
HP9000/300 series / BSD  tahoe    HP9000/700 series / HPUX 8.0       
HP9000/300 series / HPUX 8.0       HP/Apollo 3500/4500                
Sun4 / SunOS 4.1.1                 Sun4 / SunOS 4.1.1 / Trekhopd      
Sun3 / SunOS                       NeXT / NS3.0                       
Sequents                           MIPS R4000s / RICOS 4.X / BSD      

                              Moo Clients
Sun4 / SunOS 4.1.1 / Sun Relayer   DS3100DS5000 / Ultrix4.2 /IAS     
DS3100DS5000 / Ultrix4.2 /CMU     

                           Hadley Clients
Amdahl / UTS 2.1 / Trekhopd        





                             SERVER INFO

Architecture:        HP 9000/730 running at 73 MIPS.
Internet Connection: T1
Server Type:         Bronco source with modifications for RSA and some
                     calvin stuff like displaying the sysdefs and logging
                     messages to god.

You can send messages to god! To do so send a message starting with
"GOD:". For example, "GOD: Hey are you listening!".

MODIFICATIONS:

2/19/93   Planets will not pop past 80.
2/19/93   Server will say why you died.
2/23/93   When out of tmode you can change sides.












What is Clue day?

    Basically there veteran players often like to have games without new
people that do not know how to play. To help in this fashion clue day is
now used on guzzler. The way it works is this:

1 On clue day the server will send you a message. 
2 You must send the message back the way it was sent in order to continue.
   If you don't you will be ejected from the game.



















    Name               Hours      Planets     Bombing     Offense     Defense
    Totals           3871.98      156664     3828044     1069321     1160440

Admirals:
  1 Crunchy Frog      316.18   1517  1.50 54016  2.18  9966  1.44  9549  0.79
  2 luckyluke         271.37   1704  1.96 35175  1.66  6503  1.10  6044  1.07
  3 Gammemnon          94.75    922  3.04 16192  2.18  2879  1.39  2153  1.04
  4 Not A Clue         54.94    589  3.35 12701  2.95  1122  0.93  1270  1.03

Rear Admirals:
  5 Blue Velvet       203.12   1230  1.89 29808  1.87  7167  1.61  5873  0.82
  6 pteroducktyl      195.23    854  1.37 34662  2.27  8063  1.89  6171  0.75
  7 AtG                34.98    463  4.13  7949  2.90   573  0.75   372  2.23
  8 ryche              27.33    345  3.94  8648  4.04  1043  1.74   843  0.77

Commodores:
  9 Kerplunk!         203.09    723  1.11 25100  1.58  5633  1.27  5872  0.82
 10 Kid               162.10    894  1.72 16101  1.27  3675  1.04  3704  1.04
 11 Cheese            149.16    868  1.82 13531  1.16  4038  1.24  3308  1.07
 12 Duck Dodgers       61.61    427  2.16 12419  2.57  1886  1.40  1997  0.73
 13 Buster             40.71    288  2.21  5900  1.85  1659  1.86  1161  0.83

Fleet Captains:
 14 MaGogg            227.36    506  0.69 18537  1.04  6548  1.32  8537  0.63
 15 Netherworld       102.37    393  1.20 11627  1.45  3402  1.52  3222  0.75
 16 GRK               106.18    590  1.73  8139  0.98  3027  1.30  2264  1.11
 17 Boy Scout          68.89    440  1.99  6549  1.21  1824  1.21  1261  1.30
 18 OneEyedJack        44.76    240  1.67  6594  1.88  1308  1.34  1270  0.84
 19 Mojo Riser         28.75    211  2.29  4042  1.80   804  1.28   867  0.79
 20 Evil DoEr          17.41    136  2.44  5021  3.68   612  1.61   471  0.88












                              HELP SHEET
                A short summary of the game commands

 (s)cout            -- puny, fast, good for highspeed harassment
 (d)estroyer        -- ok if you're good at dodging and evading
 (c)ruiser          -- the default
 (a)ssault ship     -- for planetkilling, 3 armies/kill, tough hulls
 (b)attleship       -- tough, powerful, but tricky to maneuver
 (o)utpost/starbase -- only allowed to be run by experienced players
 (g)alaxy cruiser   -- only used during chaos play.  battleship on steroids

 left, middle, right mouse keys do torps, phasor, and movement, resp.

 09 set warp speed, ) for 10, ! for 11, @ for 12, % for max, # for half.

 b : bomb planet                         B : show galactic info (two levels)
 c : cloaking                            C : coup a planet           
 d : detonate other torpedoes            D : detonate my torpedoes     
 e : docking permission toggle           E : emergency distress call   
 f : launch plasma torpedoes             I : extended info on player   
 h : help window toggle                  L : list players              
 i : info on player / planet             O : options window            
 k : set course                          M : map updates toggle        
 l : lock onto player / planet           N : name mode toggle          
 o : orbit (dock at starbase)            P : list planets              
 p : fire phaser                         R : repair mode               
 r : change ship type                    S : toggle status graph
 s : shields toggle                      T : toggle tractor beam       
 t : launch torpedoes                    U : list ranks
 u : shields toggle                      V : show local info (two levels)   
 w : war window toggle                   ? : message window toggle     
 x : beam down armies                    [ : shield down               
 y : pressor beam toggle                 ] : shield up                 
 z : beam up armies                      * : send in practice robot    
 ' ' clear windows                       + : put up UDP window
 = : send full update (udp)

 Messages : put cursor in lower thin window, type: 09aj for player, t
 for team, A for all, F/R/K/O for races.  Hit Esc to cancel a message.

 Some clients also use 'm' to start a message without requiring moving
 the cursor to the message window.

 Hints : Use guest initially.  Hit "B" and "V" twice each, to get planet
 resources on tactical and galactic maps.  If you get lots of blink, set
 updates/second to lower value ('O' to bring up options window).  Click
 on updates number until it's correct.  Declare peace with everyone.
 Watch fuel supply  orbit a friendly or neutral planet with fuel can.
 Avoid chasing ships, it's tough to dodge their fire.



 What is Netrek?

 Netrek is a 16player graphical realtime battle simulation with a 
 Star Trek theme.  The game is divided into two teams of 8 (or less), who
 dogfight each other and attempt to conquer each other's planets.  There
 are several different types of ships, from fast, fragile scouts up to
 big, slow battleships; this allows a great deal of variance in play
 styles.



 Hints for Beginners:
    Watch your fuel.  When you run out, your weapons won't fire, you can't 
       go very fast to run away, and you'll be helpless.
    If you run out of fuel, go orbit a friendly or neutral fuel planet.  You
       can recognize these by the little fuel can looks kind of like a square
       on the right side of the planet, assuming your maps show resource 
        icons on the planets if not, see Getting Started, above.
    Avoid chasing ships, unless you know they are badly damaged or out of 
       fuel.  It's very hard for you to dodge their fire, and very easy for
       them to dodge yours.  On the other hand, if you can get someone to
       chase you, waste them!



 I would like to change what some of the keys do; for example, I'd
 like 't' instead of 'T' to activate my tractor beam.  Is there a way
 to change this?

 There are two ways: first, do a shiftO.  This brings up the options
 window.  Near the bottom there is a box for 'New keymap entries'.  
 Move your cursor to this box and type your new keymap entries.  The
 format is <newchar><oldchar>, so 'tT' will remap tractor beam to 't'.

 Netrek also recognizes a .xtrekrc file; a 'keymap:' line in there 
 will allow you to map as many as you want.  Format is the same
 as above.



 How does the rating/promotion system work?

 Do a shiftI on yourself; you'll see four ratings there, one for planets,
 one for bombing, one for offense, and one for defense.  The planet, 
 bombing, and offense ratings are measured in DI/hour; for each planet
 you take, army you bomb, and player you kill you get a certain amount
 of DI (which varies depending on the server)the average amount per
 hour is your rating.  Your defense rating is measured in relative
 life length: if your average life lasts exactly as long as the 
 overall average life, your defense rating will be 1.00.  If your average
 life lasts 80% as long as the overall average life, your defense rating
 will be .8.  All these ratings are updated only in tmode.

 Now do a shiftU.  Listed there are the thresholds for each rank.  
 Your overall rating is your planets+bombing+offense.  To make a rank,
 you need to have the DI required for that rank, and your ratings need
 to be above the rating required for that rank (i.e., to make Admiral,
 you need 320 DI and your ratings need to be above 8.0).  You can also
 make a ranking by having ratings good enough for a level and twice
 the DI you would need for the next level (So you can make Admiral 
 with ratings of 7.0 and 640 DI).  This equation also works for four times the
 DI, so you can also make it with 6.0 ratings and 1280 DI (which would take 
 about 200 hours!).

 On some servers, your defense also needs to be above .8 to advance
 past Lt. Commander.  



 I keep dying.  How can I get better at the game?

 The best way is probably to talk with someone who knows how to play.
 There is also an archive of hints and suggestions on how to play 
 better; read the Netrek Server/FTP list to find out where it is
 located.



 What is 'tmode'?

 Tmode is short for 'tournament mode.'  To keep some integrity in the
 database, ratings are calculated only when there are a certain number
 of people in the game (actually, when there are a certain number of
 people on two separate teams.  On many servers, you need 4 players
 on 2 different teams; 4 teams of 2 players won't do it).  When 
 the game goes into tmode, there will be a 't' flag in your list
 of flags, and there will be a message like "Dan Quayle declares self
 as Galactic Emperor and chaos breaks out!"  When the game drops out
 of tmode (because someone quit), the 't' flag will disappear and
 there'll be a "Dan Quayle is locked up and order returns to the galaxy"
 message.  

 It's generally considered rude to bomb or take planets out of tmode.
 Some servers punish people for trying.



 What does DI stand for, anyway?

 Destruction Inflicted.



 Getting Started:
     When you start playing Xtrek, it's probably best if you use the 'guest'
        login handle.
     When you first enter the Game, hit the keys 'B' and 'V' twice each.  
       This makes the planets resources show up on the tactical and
       Galactic Maps.
    If you are experiencing a lot of 'blink' uneven screen updates, try
       setting your updates/second to a lower value.  Do this in the options
       window 'O' to bring it up.  Click the mouse button on the updates
       number until you get the number you want.
    Declare peace with everyone except perhaps the current enemy race.
       This way you won't be attacked by neutral planets and robots!

    Set stay peaceful when reborn in the options window again.  This way
       you won't have to redo your war settings every time you get shot down.



 Comments on ship choice:

       ScoutsSC:  These are fast fragile little things.  Good if you want to
               fly around the galaxy at high speed and get shot down by
               the first big ship that gets near.  They are very good for 
               harassing.

       DestroyersDD:  these are similar to scouts but they are a little more
               tough and they have slightly more powerful weapons.  They
               are decent to fight in if you're good at dodging and keeping
               larger ships away.

       Assault ShipsAS: These ships are primarily useful in bombing and
               capturing planets something that beginners should do after
               mastering the basics.  One of their unique features is that
               they may carry 3 armies per kill their captain has.  Also, 
               they are very tough to kill because they can take so much hull
               damage.  You have to plug extra torps into them 'just to be 
               sure'.  They also can cloak fairly cheaply.

        CruiserCA:  The standard ship.  It combines a wide variety of
               features.  Making it a good allaround ship.  It is the default
               ship if you don't select one.

       BattleshipBB:   This ship is slow and hard to maneuver.  However, it
               has the most firepower of any normal ship.  It is also very 
               tough.  Since it can take a fair amount of damage while still
               dishing out a lot, it is very effective for offensive players.
               This ship or the Cruiser is recommended for inexperienced 
               players, since it need not worry so much about evasive 
               maneuvers when it is in combat.  Also, it usually lasts
               longer, both in damage and fuel.

       StarbaseSB: These are very powerful and hard to destroy.  New players
               cannot play these except on chaos night.   Because they
               are so powerful, new players should probably avoid getting
               in fights with one.  It takes several players working together
               to destroy one! 



