Star Fleet I: The War Begins! - 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 ------------ ------------
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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
<ENTER> 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.
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Typed by TRYSTAN. Edited by PARASITE. |
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