55 lines
2.1 KiB
Perl
55 lines
2.1 KiB
Perl
.TH Command SAIL
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.NA sail "Give sailing orders to a ship"
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.LV Expert
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.SY "sail <SHIP/FLEET> [<PATH>|q[uery]|-]"
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You use the \*Qsail\*U command to give a sailing path to ships.
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At each update, ships with a sailing path \*Qautonavigate\*U along
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the path that was set for them. Telegrams notify you of arrivals
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or problems encountered while attempting to follow the path.
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.s1
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Radar operates continuously as the ship moves along the path, constantly
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adding sector information to the known world map.
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.s1
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Ship movement is performed before mobility is increased.
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This insures that after the update, ships with a sailing path will still
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have some mobility so that you can always manually navigate
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to some extent.
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.s1
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Note that ships sailing can encounter exactly the same interdiction as
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ships navigating.
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.s1
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.EX sail <SHIP/FLEET> \*Qq[uery]\*U
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.s1
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\*Qsail\*U, with the \*Qquery\*U parameter, shows the current sailing path.
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The report indicates:
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.NF
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shp# ship number
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ship type type of ship (cargo ship, destroyer, etc)
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x,y ship's current position
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mobil ship's current mobility
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mobquota mobility available per update to sail
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follows ship that is being followed
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path the current sailing path
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shp# ship type x,y mobil mobquota follows path
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1 cargo ship -27,19 44 32 1 jjjuujj
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12 cargo ship -27,19 40 32 1
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34 fishing boat 15,32 58 32 3 ggbbgyyg
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58 cargo ship 18,34 62 0 4
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4 ship(s)
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.FI
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.s1
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.EX sail <SHIP/FLEET> \*Q-\*U
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.s1
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\*Qsail\*U, with the \*Q-\*U parameter, causes the sailing path
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for the ships specified to be removed.
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.s1
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The PATH is a normal empire path specification. You may *not* give a
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destination sector on the command line, or at any time while giving
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the route. Use the \*Qorder\*U command if you wish this functionality.
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.s1
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When getting a path interactively, empire will show you the information
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you have (from your bmap) concerning the current area, to help you plot
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your course.
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.s1
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.SA "follow, unsail, mquota, Ships"
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