.TH Command POWER
-.NA power "Display arbitrarily measured strengths of all countries"
+.NA power "Display arbitrarily measured strengths of countries"
.LV Basic
.SY "power [num]"
.SY "power new [num]"
not be displayed.
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If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is given,
-the program will take several minutes to gather information
-and generate a power report based on that up-to-date information.
-This costs 10 BTU's.
+the program will generate a new power report based on up-to-date
+information.
+This costs 10 BTUs.
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If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is not given,
-the program will shown you the report generated
+the program will show you the report generated
the last time someone asked for new data.
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If the optional \*Qcountry\*U argument is given, then the information
-is only given for those particular countries. Countries are
-separated by the "/" character as in:
-.EX power c Fodder/19/Mirky
-Note that countries may be specified as either names or numbers.
+is given for those particular countries.
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In the power report the countries are listed
-in order of decreasing \*Qpower factor\*U,
-each being represented by a line in the following format:
+in order of decreasing \*Qpower factor\*U.
+Powerless countries are not shown unless explicitly requested with the
+\*Qcountry\*U argument.
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-.NF
-sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
-.FI
-
-Each column represents a different commodity or aspect for that country.
-The columns and values used in computing the \*Qpower factor\*U are:
-.NF
-a # of sectors
-b average sector efficiency
-c # of civilians
-d # of military
-e # of shells
-f # of guns
-h tons of iron ore (not displayed)
-i tons of gold dust
-j # of gold bars
-k tons of food (not displayed)
-l tanks of oil
-g # of planes
-m # of ships
-mm tons of ships (not displayed)
-r # of land units
-n # of dollars
-oo units of light construction materials (not displayed)
-pp units of heavy construction materials (not displayed)
-qq megatons of nuclear weaponry (not displayed)
-bb gold bars
-.FI
+The power report shows the following columns:
+.s1
+.in \w'money\0\0'u
+.L sects
+number of sectors
+.L eff
+average sector efficiency
+.L civ
+number of civilians
+.L mil
+number of military
+.L shell
+number of shells
+.L gun
+number of guns
+.L pet
+amount of petrol
+.L iron
+amount of iron
+.L dust
+amount of dust
+.L oil
+amount of oil
+.L pln
+number of planes
+.L ship
+number of ships
+.L unit
+number of land units
+.L money
+cash on hand
+.in
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The \*Qpower factor\*U is determined by the following equation:
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power factor += ((number of sectors * (average sector effic / 100)) * 10)
power factor = ((power factor) * (nation tech level / 500))
power factor = ((power factor) * (research factor))
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.FI
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The research factor is either 1, if RES_POP is not being used, or 1+(max