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MAP			Galactic Bloodshed			MAP


NAME
  [0] map -- Cartesian coordinate map of planet's surface

SYNOPSIS
  map [path]

DESCRIPTION
  The map command gives a sector map of the planet in [path].  If [path]
is not a planet, map will instead use orbit (see orbit).  You cannot map
a planet that has not been explored by you.


  These are the different types of terrain:

   '-' -- Unexplored wilderness or undeveloped land
   '^' -- Mountainous area (more resources, less fertility)
   '.' -- Area containing water
   '~' -- Gas (such as might be on a gas giant planet)
   '%' -- Wasteland (uninhabitable)
   ' ' -- (Under certain circumstances the sector may be blank)


  In addition are the designations that map gives the player:

   'x' -- Area owned by the player
   '?' -- Area owned by another player
   'sbdfgetz' -- a ship of that type is landed on the sector
   '|' -- Area that has been developed to 100% efficiency (steel plated)


--------------- THE PLANETS -----------------

  There are four basic types of planets.

Earth-type

   00000000001111111111222222222233333333
   01234567890123456789012345678901234567
 1 %%%%.%%%%.%%%.%%%%%%.%%%%%.%%%%%..%%%%
 2 .%-..%.--.%%..-...%----%.....%-%--%.%.
 3 ..--^---.....-.-^^^---------------.-..
 4 ..-^--.-.......-----.-------------.-..
 5 ..-..-.......--....-..--^^^^------.-..
 6 ......--......---------..---.---^--.-.
 7 .....^---.....------^--...-....--^^...
 8 .....^--........---^-........-...-..-.
 9 ......^-.........--^-..........--^-...
10 %...%%%-....%....%.-..%..%%%...%-.-%%.
11 %.%%%%%%.%%%%%%%.%%%%.%%%%%%%%.%%%%%%%
        Sample Earth- type planet

  Continents are generated randomly by the game, and approximate real growth
of islands by geologic processes.  On the average, sectors closer to water
have greater fertility than sectors farther away, which have greater
resource deposits.


Gas Giant Type

  This type of planet is mostly a large ball of uninhabitable gas.
They do not have many resources but they are useful; for instance any ship
orbiting a gas giant can gain fuel by 'skimming' it's surface of hydrogen
(provided its race has developed hydrogen fusion for fuel.)  

   000000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444444
   012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~
 2 ~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~........~~~~~~~~~~~~
 4 ...................................................
 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.................~~~~~~~~~
 6 ~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 7 ~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~
 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...............~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10 ...................................................
11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...............~~~~~~~~~~
12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~
               Sample gasgiant planet

  Notice the narrow bands streaked across the surface; this represents
bands of weather across the face of an actual gas giant planet.


Airless or Asteroidal Type

  These are planets too small to hold an atmosphere, or have had it
stripped off by natural or artificial disaster.  They consist of land
and/or mountainous sectors, with high resource deposits and comparatively
low fertility.  Both types contain large craters in them from
meteorite impacts, while asteroidal bodies often appear in unusual shapes
(i.e. not exactly square).

   00000000001111111111222                       000000
   01234567890123456789012                       012345
 1 ^^^^^-^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^                     1 -^^^-^
 2 ^^^-^^^^^^^^---^^-^^^^^                     2 ^^^-^^
 3 -^^^^-----^^^-^^^^^^^--                     3 ^^^^-^
 4 --^^---^---^^^-^^^-^--^                     4 -^^-^^
 5 -^^-^------^^^^^^^^^^--                     5 -^^^^^
 6 -^^^^^----^^-^^^^^-^^^-                     6 ^-^-^-
 7 ^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Sample Airless type                  Sample Asteroid type


SEE ALSO
  orbit, cs, scope