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87 Eric Allman
88 University of California
89 Berkeley
90 .ce 0
91 \".bp
92 .ce
93 \*fINTRODUCTION\fR
94 .pp
95 Well, the federation is once again at war with the Klingon empire.
96 It is up to you,
97 as captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise,
98 to wipe out the invasion fleet and save the Federation.
99 .pp
100 For the purposes of the game
101 the galaxy is divided into 64 quadrants
102 on an eight by eight grid,
103 with quadrant 0,0 in the upper left hand corner.
104 Each quadrant is divided into 100 sectors
105 on a ten by ten grid.
106 Each sector contains one object
107 (e.g., the Enterprise, a Klingon, or a star).
108 .pp
109 Navigation is handled in degrees,
110 with zero being straight up
111 and ninety being to the right.
112 Distances are measured in quadrants.
113 One tenth quadrant is one sector.
114 .pp
115 The galaxy contains starbases,
116 at which you can dock to refuel,
117 repair damages, etc.
118 The galaxy also contains stars.
119 Stars usually have a knack for getting in your way,
120 but they can be triggered into going nova
121 by shooting a photon torpedo at one,
122 thereby (hopefully) destroying any adjacent Klingons.
123 This is not a good practice however,
124 because you are penalized for destroying stars.
125 Also, a star will sometimes go supernova,
126 which obliterates an entire quadrant.
127 You must never stop in a supernova quadrant,
128 although you may "jump over" one.
129 .pp
130 Some starsystems
131 have inhabited planets.
132 Klingons can attack inhabited planets
133 and enslave the populace,
134 which they then put to work building more Klingon battle cruisers.
135 \".bp
136 .ce
137 \*fSTARTING UP THE GAME\fR
138 .pp
139 To request the game, issue the command
140 .sp
141 .ti +15
142 .ft B
143 /usr/games/trek
144 .ft
145 .sp
146 from the shell.
147 If a filename is supplied,
148 a log of the game is written onto that file.
149 (Otherwise, no
150 file is written.)
151 If the
152 ``\fB\-a\fP'' flag is stated before the filename,
153 the log of the game is appended to the file.
154 .pp
155 The game will ask you what length game
156 you would like.
157 Valid responses are "short", "medium", and "long".
158 You may also type "restart",
159 which restarts a previously saved game.
160 Ideally,
161 the length of the game does not affect the difficulty,
162 but currently the shorter games tend to be harder than the longer ones.
163 .pp
164 You will then be prompted for the skill,
165 to which you must respond
166 "novice", "fair", "good", "expert",
167 "commodore", or "impossible".
168 You should start out with a novice
169 and work up,
170 but if you really want to see
171 how fast you can be slaughtered,
172 start out with an impossible game.
173 .pp
174 In general,
175 throughout the game,
176 if you forget what is appropriate
177 the game will tell you what it expects
178 if you just type in
179 a question mark.
180 \".bp
181 .ce
182 \*fISSUING COMMANDS\fR
183 .pp
184 If the game expects you to enter a command,
185 .hc ^
186 it will say ^"Command:\ "
187 and wait for your response.
188 Most commands can be abbreviated.
189 .pp
190 At almost any time you can type more than one thing on a line.
191 For example,
192 to move straight up one quadrant,
193 you can type
194 .ti +12
195 move 0 1
196 .br
197 or you could just type
198 .ti +12
199 move
200 .br
201 and the game would prompt you with
202 .ti +12
203 Course:
204 .br
205 to which you could type
206 .ti +12
207 0 1
208 .br
209 The "1" is the distance,
210 which could be put on still another line.
211 Also, the "move" command
212 could have been abbreviated
213 "mov", "mo", or just "m".
214 .pp
215 If you are partway through a command
216 and you change your mind,
217 you can usually type "-1"
218 to cancel the command.
219 .pp
220 Klingons generally cannot hit you
221 if you don't consume anything
222 (e.g., time or energy),
223 so some commands are considered "free".
224 As soon as you consume anything though -- POW!
225 .bp
226 .de **
227 .if \\n+l .**
228 .as x *
229 ..
230 .de bl
231 .sp
232 .ie t \fB\\$1\fR
233 .el \{\
234 . ne 3
235 . nr l \\w'\\$1' -\\w'*'
236 . ds x ****
237 . **
238 \\*x
239 . br
240 * \\$1 *
241 . br
242 \\*x
243 .\}
244 .sp
245 .in +8
246 .nf
247 ..
248 .de FF
249 .in -8
250 .fi
251 ..
252 .if !\n(.V .ta \w'Full Commands: '+1
253 .if \n(.V .ta \w'Full Commands: 'u
254 .ce
255 \*fTHE COMMANDS\fR
256 .bl "Short Range Scan"
257 Mnemonic: srscan
258 Shortest Abbreviation: s
259 Full Commands: srscan
260 srscan yes/no
261 Consumes: nothing
262 .FF
263 .pp
264 The short range scan
265 gives you a picture
266 of the quadrant you are in,
267 and (if you say "yes")
268 a status report
269 which tells you
270 a whole bunch
271 of interesting stuff.
272 You can get a status report alone
273 by using the
274 .ul
275 status
276 command.
277 An example follows:
278 .sp
279 .in +4
280 Short range sensor scan
281 .TS
282 le1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 ce1 le3 l1 l.
283 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
284 0 . . . . . . . * . * 0 stardate 3702.16
285 1 . . E . . . . . . . 1 condition RED
286 2 . . . . . . . . . * 2 position 0,3/1,2
287 3 * . . . . # . . . . 3 warp\ factor 5.0
288 4 . . . . . . . . . . 4 total\ energy 4376
289 5 . . * . * . . . . . 5 torpedoes 9
290 6 . . . @ . . \ . . . 6 shields down,\ 78%
291 7 . . . . . . . . . . 7 Klingons\ left 3
292 8 . . . K . . . . . . 8 time\ left 6.43
293 9 . . . . . . * . . . 9 life\ support damaged,\ reserves\ =\ 2.4
294 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
295 .TE
296 Distressed Starsystem Marcus XII
297 .sp
298 .in +8
299 .ti -8
300 The cast of characters is as follows:
301 .nf
302 .ta \w'E 'u
303 E the hero
304 K the villain
305 # the starbase
306 * stars
307 @ inhabited starsystem
308 \&. empty space
309 a black hole
310 .in -12
311 .fi
312 .ev
313 .pp
314 The name of the starsystem is listed underneath
315 the short range scan.
316 The word "distressed", if present,
317 means that the starsystem
318 is under attack.
319 .pp
320 Short range scans are absolutely free.
321 They use no time, no energy,
322 and they don't give the Klingons
323 another chance to hit you.
324 .bl "Status Report"
325 Mnemonic: status
326 Shortest Abbreviation: st
327 Consumes: nothing
328 .FF
329 .pp
330 This command gives you information
331 about the current status
332 of the game and your ship, as follows:
333 .in +8
334 .de qq
335 .sp
336 .ti -4
337 ..
338 .qq
339 Stardate -- The current stardate.
340 .qq
341 Condition -- as follows:
342 .in +4
343 .nf
344 RED -- in battle
345 YELLOW -- low on energy
346 GREEN -- normal state
347 DOCKED -- docked at starbase
348 CLOAKED -- the cloaking device is activated
349 .fi
350 .in -4
351 .qq
352 Position -- Your current quadrant and sector.
353 .qq
354 Warp Factor -- The speed you will move at
355 when you move under warp power
356 (with the
357 .ul
358 move
359 command).
360 .qq
361 Total Energy -- Your energy reserves.
362 If they drop to zero,
363 you die.
364 Energy regenerates,
365 but the higher the skill of the game,
366 the slower it regenerates.
367 .qq
368 Torpedoes -- How many photon torpedoes you have left.
369 .qq
370 Shields -- Whether your shields are up or down,
371 and how effective they are if up
372 (what percentage of a hit they will absorb).
373 .qq
374 Klingons Left -- Guess.
375 .qq
376 Time Left -- How long the Federation can hold out
377 if you sit on your fat ass and do nothing.
378 If you kill Klingons quickly,
379 this number goes up,
380 otherwise,
381 it goes down.
382 If it hits zero,
383 the Federation is conquered.
384 .qq
385 Life Support -- If "active", everything is fine.
386 If "damaged", your reserves tell you
387 how long you have
388 to repair your life support
389 or get to a starbase
390 before you starve, suffocate,
391 or something equally unpleasant.
392 .qq
393 Current Crew -- The number of crew members
394 left.
395 This figures does not include officers.
396 .qq
397 Brig Space -- The space left in your brig
398 for Klingon captives.
399 .qq
400 Klingon Power -- The number of units
401 needed to kill a Klingon.
402 Remember, as Klingons fire at you
403 they use up their own energy,
404 so you probably need somewhat less
405 than this.
406 .qq
407 Skill, Length -- The skill and length
408 of the game you are playing.
409 .in -8
410 .pp
411 Status information is absolutely free.
412 .bl "Long Range Scan"
413 Mnemonic: lrscan
414 Shortest Abbreviation: l
415 Consumes: nothing
416 .FF
417 .pp
418 Long range scan gives you information about the
419 eight quadrants
420 that surround the quadrant
421 you're in.
422 A sample long range scan follows:
423 .sp
424 .ev 1
425 .in +12
426 Long range scan for quadrant 0,3
427 .sp
428 .ie t \{\
429 .TS
430 l1 c1 ce1 c1 ce1 c1 ce1 c0
431 l1 l s s s s s s s0
432 l1 c1 ce1 c1 ce1 c1 ce1 c0
433 l1 l s s s s s s s0.
434 2 3 4
435 _
436 ! * ! * ! * !
437 _
438 .T&
439 l1 c1 re1 c1 re1 c1 re1 c0
440 l1 l s s s s s s s0
441 l1 c1 re1 c1 re1 c1 re1 c0
442 l1 l s s s s s s s0.
443 0 ! 108 ! 6 ! 19 !
444 _
445 1 ! 9 ! /// ! 8 !
446 _
447 .TE
448 .\}
449 .el \{\
450 .nf
451 2 3 4
452 -------------------
453 ! * ! * ! * !
454 -------------------
455 0 ! 108 ! 6 ! 19 !
456 -------------------
457 1 ! 9 ! /// ! 8 !
458 -------------------
459 .fi
460 .\}
461 .ev
462 .pp
463 The three digit numbers
464 tell the number of objects
465 in the quadrants.
466 The units digit tells the number of stars,
467 the tens digit the number of starbases,
468 and the hundreds digit is the number of Klingons.
469 "*" indicates the negative energy barrier
470 at the edge of the galaxy,
471 which you cannot enter.
472 "///" means that that is a supernova quadrant
473 and must not be entered.
474 .bl "Damage Report"
475 Mnemonic: damages
476 Shortest Abbreviation: da
477 Consumes: nothing
478 .FF
479 .pp
480 A damage report tells you what devices are damaged
481 and how long it will take to repair them.
482 Repairs proceed faster
483 when you are docked
484 at a starbase.
485 .bl "Set Warp Factor"
486 Mnemonic: warp
487 Shortest Abbreviation: w
488 Full Command: warp factor
489 Consumes: nothing
490 .FF
491 .pp
492 The warp factor tells the speed of your starship
493 when you move under warp power
494 (with the
495 .ul
496 move
497 command).
498 The higher the warp factor,
499 the faster you go,
500 and the more energy you use.
501 .pp
502 The minimum warp factor is 1.0
503 and the maximum is 10.0.
504 At speeds above warp 6
505 there is danger of the warp engines
506 being damaged.
507 The probability of this
508 increases at higher warp speeds.
509 Above warp 9.0 there is a chance of entering
510 a time warp.
511 .bl "Move Under Warp Power"
512 Mnemonic: move
513 Shortest Abbreviation: m
514 Full Command: move course distance
515 Consumes: time and energy
516 .FF
517 .pp
518 This is the usual way of moving.
519 The course is in degrees and the distance is in quadrants.
520 To move one sector specify a distance of 0.1.
521 .pp
522 Time is consumed proportionately to
523 the inverse of the warp factor squared,
524 and directly to the distance.
525 Energy is consumed as the warp factor cubed,
526 and directly to the distance.
527 If you move with your shields up
528 it doubles the amount of energy consumed.
529 .pp
530 When you move in a quadrant containing Klingons,
531 they get a chance to attack you.
532 .pp
533 The computer detects navigation errors.
534 If the computer is out,
535 you run the risk of running into things.
536 .pp
537 The course is determined by the
538 Space Inertial Navigation System
539 [SINS].
540 As described in
541 Star Fleet Technical Order TO:02:06:12,
542 the SINS is calibrated,
543 after which it becomes the base for navigation.
544 If damaged,
545 navigation becomes inaccurate.
546 When it is fixed,
547 Spock recalibrates it,
548 however,
549 it cannot be calibrated extremely accurately
550 until you dock at starbase.
551 .bl "Move Under Impulse Power"
552 Mnemonic: impulse
553 Shortest Abbreviation: i
554 Full Command: impulse course distance
555 Consumes: time and energy
556 .FF
557 .pp
558 The impulse engines give you a chance to maneuver
559 when your warp engines are damaged;
560 however, they are incredibly slow
561 (0.095 quadrants/stardate).
562 They require 20 units of energy to engage,
563 and ten units per sector to move.
564 .pp
565 The same comments about the computer and the SINS
566 apply as above.
567 .pp
568 There is no penalty to move under impulse power
569 with shields up.
570 .bl "Deflector Shields"
571 Mnemonic: shields
572 Shortest Abbreviation: sh
573 Full Command: shields up/down
574 Consumes: energy
575 .FF
576 .pp
577 Shields protect you from Klingon attack
578 and nearby novas.
579 As they protect you,
580 they weaken.
581 A shield which is 78% effective
582 will absorb 78% of a hit
583 and let 22% in to hurt you.
584 .pp
585 The Klingons have a chance to attack you
586 every time you raise or lower shields.
587 Shields do not rise and lower
588 instantaneously,
589 so the hit you receive
590 will be computed with the shields
591 at an intermediate effectiveness.
592 .pp
593 It takes energy to raise shields,
594 but not to drop them.
595 .bl "Cloaking Device"
596 Mnemonic: cloak
597 Shortest Abbreviation: cl
598 Full Command: cloak up/down
599 Consumes: energy
600 .FF
601 .pp
602 When you are cloaked,
603 Klingons cannot see you,
604 and hence they do not fire at you.
605 They are useful for entering
606 a quadrant
607 and selecting a good position,
608 however,
609 weapons cannot be fired through
610 the cloak
611 due to the huge energy drain
612 that it requires.
613 .pp
614 The cloak up command
615 only starts the cloaking process;
616 Klingons will continue
617 to fire at you
618 until you do something
619 which consumes time.
620 .bl "Fire Phasers"
621 Mnemonic: phasers
622 Shortest Abbreviation: p
623 Full Commands: phasers automatic amount
624 phasers manual amt1 course1 spread1 ...
625 Consumes: energy
626 .FF
627 .pp
628 Phasers are energy weapons;
629 the energy comes from your ship's reserves
630 ("total energy" on a srscan).
631 It takes about 250 units of hits
632 to kill a Klingon.
633 Hits are cumulative as long as you stay
634 in the quadrant.
635 .pp
636 Phasers become less effective
637 the further from a Klingon you are.
638 Adjacent Klingons receive about
639 90% of what you fire,
640 at five sectors about 60%,
641 and at ten sectors about 35%.
642 They have no effect outside of the quadrant.
643 .pp
644 Phasers cannot be fired while shields are up;
645 to do so would fry you.
646 They have no effect on starbases or stars.
647 .pp
648 In automatic mode
649 the computer decides how to divide up the energy
650 among the Klingons present;
651 in manual mode you do that yourself.
652 .pp
653 In manual mode firing
654 you specify a direction,
655 amount (number of units to fire)
656 and spread (0 -> 1.0)
657 for each of the six phaser banks.
658 A zero amount
659 terminates the manual input.
660 .bl "Fire Photon Torpedoes"
661 Mnemonic: torpedo
662 Shortest Abbreviation: t
663 Full Command: torpedo course [yes/no] [burst angle]
664 Consumes: torpedoes
665 .FF
666 .pp
667 Torpedoes are projectile weapons -- there are no partial hits.
668 You either hit your target or you don't.
669 A hit on a Klingon destroys him.
670 A hit on a starbase destroys that starbase
671 (woops!).
672 Hitting a star usually causes it to go nova,
673 and occasionally supernova.
674 .pp
675 Photon torpedoes cannot be aimed precisely.
676 They can be fired with shields up,
677 but they get even more random
678 as they pass through the shields.
679 .pp
680 Torpedoes may be fired in bursts of three.
681 If this is desired,
682 the burst angle is the angle
683 between the three shots,
684 which may vary from one to fifteen.
685 The word "no"
686 says that a burst is not wanted;
687 the word "yes"
688 (which may be omitted
689 if stated on the same line as the course)
690 says that a burst is wanted.
691 .pp
692 Photon torpedoes
693 have no effect
694 outside the quadrant.
695 .bl "Onboard Computer Request"
696 Mnemonic: computer
697 Shortest Abbreviation: c
698 Full Command: computer request; request;...
699 Consumes: nothing
700 .FF
701 .pp
702 The computer command gives you access to the facilities
703 of the onboard computer,
704 which allows you to do all sorts of fascinating stuff.
705 Computer requests are:
706 .in +8
707 .qq
708 score -- Shows your current score.
709 .qq
710 course quad/sect -- Computes the course and distance from wherever
711 you are to the given location.
712 If you type "course /x,y"
713 you will be given the course
714 to sector x,y in the current quadrant.
715 .qq
716 move quad/sect -- Identical to the course
717 request,
718 except that the move is executed.
719 .qq
720 chart -- prints a chart of the known galaxy,
721 i.e.,
722 everything that you have seen with a long range scan.
723 The format is the same as on a long range scan,
724 except that "..." means
725 that you don't yet know what is there,
726 and ".1." means that you know that a starbase
727 exists, but you don't know anything else.
728 "$$$" mans the quadrant
729 that you are currently in.
730 .qq
731 trajectory -- prints the course and distance
732 to all the Klingons in the quadrant.
733 .qq
734 warpcost dist warp_factor -- computes the cost in time and energy
735 to move `dist' quadrants at warp `warp_factor'.
736 .qq
737 impcost dist -- same as warpcost for impulse engines.
738 .qq
739 pheff range -- tells how effective your phasers are
740 at a given range.
741 .qq
742 distresslist -- gives a list of currently distressed
743 starbases
744 and starsystems.
745 .in -8
746 .pp
747 More than one request may be stated
748 on a line
749 by separating them
750 with semicolons.
751 .bl "Dock at Starbase"
752 Mnemonic: dock
753 Shortest Abbreviation: do
754 Consumes: nothing
755 .FF
756 .pp
757 You may dock at a starbase
758 when you are in one of the eight
759 adjacent sectors.
760 .pp
761 When you dock you are resupplied
762 with energy, photon torpedoes, and life support reserves.
763 Repairs are also done faster at starbase.
764 Any prisoners you have taken
765 are unloaded.
766 You do not receive points
767 for taking prisoners
768 until this time.
769 .pp
770 Starbases have their own deflector shields,
771 so you are safe from attack while docked.
772 .bl "Undock from Starbase"
773 Mnemonic: undock
774 Shortest Abbreviation: u
775 Consumes: nothing
776 .FF
777 .pp
778 This just allows you to leave starbase
779 so that you may proceed on your way.
780 .bl "Rest"
781 Mnemonic: rest
782 Shortest Abbreviation: r
783 Full Command: rest time
784 Consumes: time
785 .FF
786 .pp
787 This command allows you to rest to repair damages.
788 It is not advisable to rest while under attack.
789 .bl "Call Starbase For Help"
790 Mnemonic: help
791 Shortest Abbreviation: help
792 Consumes: nothing
793 .FF
794 .pp
795 You may call starbase for help via your subspace radio.
796 Starbase has long range transporter beams to get you.
797 Problem is,
798 they can't always rematerialize you.
799 .pp
800 You should avoid using this command unless absolutely necessary,
801 for the above reason and because it counts heavily against you
802 in the scoring.
803 .bl "Capture Klingon"
804 Mnemonic: capture
805 Shortest Abbreviation: ca
806 Consumes: time
807 .FF
808 .pp
809 You may request that a Klingon surrender
810 to you.
811 If he accepts,
812 you get to take captives
813 (but only as many as your brig
814 can hold).
815 It is good if you do this,
816 because you get points for captives.
817 Also,
818 if you ever get captured,
819 you want to be sure that the Federation
820 has prisoners to exchange for you.
821 .pp
822 You must go to a starbase
823 to turn over your prisoners
824 to Federation authorities.
825 .bl "Visual Scan"
826 Mnemonic: visual
827 Shortest Abbreviation: v
828 Full Command: visual course
829 Consumes: time
830 .FF
831 .pp
832 When your short range scanners are out,
833 you can still see what is out "there"
834 by doing a visual scan.
835 Unfortunately,
836 you can only see three sectors at one time,
837 and it takes 0.005 stardates to perform.
838 .pp
839 The three sectors in the general direction
840 of the course specified
841 are examined
842 and displayed.
843 .bl "Abandon Ship"
844 Mnemonic: abandon
845 Shortest Abbreviation: abandon
846 Consumes: nothing
847 .FF
848 .pp
849 The officers escape the Enterprise in the shuttlecraft.
850 If the transporter is working
851 and there is an inhabitable starsystem
852 in the area,
853 the crew beams down,
854 otherwise you leave them to die.
855 You are given an old but still usable ship,
856 the Faire Queene.
857 .bl "Ram"
858 Mnemonic: ram
859 Shortest Abbreviation: ram
860 Full Command: ram course distance
861 Consumes: time and energy
862 .FF
863 .pp
864 This command is identical to "move",
865 except that the computer
866 doesn't stop you
867 from making navigation errors.
868 .pp
869 You get very nearly slaughtered
870 if you ram anything.
871 .bl "Self Destruct"
872 Mnemonic: destruct
873 Shortest Abbreviation: destruct
874 Consumes: everything
875 .FF
876 .pp
877 Your starship is self-destructed.
878 Chances are you will destroy
879 any Klingons
880 (and stars,
881 and starbases)
882 left in your quadrant.
883 .bl "Terminate the Game"
884 Mnemonic: terminate
885 Shortest Abbreviation: terminate
886 Full Command: terminate yes/no
887 .FF
888 .pp
889 Cancels the current game.
890 No score is computed.
891 If you answer yes,
892 a new game will be started,
893 otherwise trek exits.
894 .bl "Call the Shell"
895 Mnemonic: shell
896 Shortest Abbreviation: shell
897 .FF
898 .pp
899 Temporarily escapes to the shell.
900 When you exit the shell
901 you will return to the game.
902 \".bp
903 .ce
904 \*fSCORING\fR
905 .in +4
906 .pp
907 The scoring algorithm is rather complicated.
908 Basically,
909 you get points for each Klingon you kill,
910 for your Klingon per stardate kill rate,
911 and a bonus if you win the game.
912 You lose
913 points for the number of Klingons left
914 in the galaxy
915 at the end of the game,
916 for getting killed,
917 for each star, starbase, or inhabited starsystem
918 you destroy,
919 for calling for help,
920 and for each casualty you incur.
921 .pp
922 You will be promoted
923 if you play very well.
924 You will never get a promotion if you
925 call for help,
926 abandon the Enterprise,
927 get killed,
928 destroy a starbase or inhabited starsystem,
929 or destroy too many stars.
930 .bp
931 .ce 1
932 \*fCOMMAND SUMMARY\fP
933 .TS
934 l l l.
935 Command Requires Consumes
937 \*fabandon\fR shuttlecraft, -
938 transporter
939 \*fca\fRpture subspace radio time
940 \*fcl\fRoak \*fu\fRp/\*fd\fRown cloaking device energy
941 \*fc\fRomputer request; ... computer -
942 \*fda\fRmages - -
943 \*fdestruct\fR computer -
944 \*fdo\fRck - -
945 \*fhelp\fR subspace radio -
946 \*fi\fRmpulse course distance impulse engines, time, energy
947 computer, SINS
948 \*fl\fRrscan L.R. sensors -
949 \*fm\fRove course distance warp engines, time, energy
950 computer, SINS
951 \*fp\fRhasers \*fa\fRutomatic amount phasers, computer energy \*fp\fRhasers \*fm\fRanual
952 \ \ amt1 course1 spread1 ... phasers energy
953 \*ft\fRorpedo course [\*fy\fRes] angle/\*fn\fRo torpedo tubes torpedoes
954 \*fram\fR course distance warp engines, time, energy
955 computer, SINS
956 \*fr\fRest time - time
957 \*fshell\fR - -
958 \*fsh\fRields \*fu\fRp/\*fd\fRown shields energy
959 \*fs\fRrscan [\*fy\fRes/\*fn\fRo] S.R. sensors -
960 \*fst\fRatus - -
961 \*fterminate\fR \*fy\fRes/\*fn\fRo - -
962 \*fu\fRndock - -
963 \*fv\fRisual course - time
964 \*fw\fRarp warp_factor - -
965 .TE