MECHWARS V 1.97 BETA INSTRUCTIONS
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GENERATING CASH:
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     The player travels through 10,000 sectors in search of Enemy
drones to wipe out.  Once he wipes these drones out, then he
salvages metals, collects a bounty, and collects pulsar points. 
Once the player gains a large sum of starvacs, then he/she invest
in energy, planets, mines, shields, weapons, mech maintenance....or
whatever.  The metals he salvages can be sold at one of the 1000
bases located throughout the entire universe.  The ratio of drones
to sectors is roughly 1 drone to about every 5 sectors. The payoffs
for destroying a drone can be up to 2x the invested price.  

PLANETS:
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     The player can purchase a planet for 200,000 Starvacs.  If the
player chooses to invest in the planet, the planet will produce
energy and mines that will pay for themselves in a short period of
time.   In order to defend the planet the player can create
fighters on the planet to defend it, or protect it with mines. 
Only the owner and those with the landing password will be allowed
to land without being attacked!

ZONES:
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     There are 5 zones located throughout the universe that create
enemy drones.  The game objective is to destroy all of theses
zones.  The more zones that are destroyed, the less mech production
there will be.  Every move that the player makes is crutial.  The
metals that the player sells to the bases are collected by enemy
cargo ships and brought back to the zones where the metals are
converted back into drones.  A destroyed zone will regenerate
itself in 10 days.

OPTICAL GATE:
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     Optical Gate located in 1-1 is a special base that sells
special items for your mech.  These devices will aid your mech in
its battle against the zones.


APPRECIATION:
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     Appreciation is calculated every time the maintenance is ran. 
It will give the player .005 of his total worth in Starvacs every
day to help the player combat the drones.

DOCUMENTATION:
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     For a more complete documentation, please arrange with your
sysop to DL a copy of MECHWARS.DOC.  It may provide usefull
strategies or playing tips to help you in your fight.

HELP:
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     If you find yourself in need of help, ask other players or the
sysop.  The rule of thumb is press the '?' mark to get a help menu.
They are located throughout the game.  If you find any bugs, report
them to the sysop, please do not exploit them. (Something bad might
happen to you!).  In the mean time, do some damage.

IDEAS:
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     If you have an idea, or multiple ideas send them to:

                    SHANE CHAMBERS
                    4705 NORTH OLD RANCH RD
                    TUCSON, AZ  85743

     If I implement them, I will credit you in the documentation.