Welcome to Chico State  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 , 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!