Ultimate Universe help file 2.a
                          Stage Two essential devices

device number           description                     cost
168                     Sector Finder Pack               423500
169                     Auto Pilot Pack                 3500000
171                     Cabal Invasion Pack             1300000
175                     O.R.M. Pack                      354000
178                     Report Silencer Pack             357500
275                     The Goto                         475000
363                     Infected Port Detector           140000
419                     Space Madness Detector Pack      220000


        After the first couple days of play, your ship should be max'd out
in holds, and you should have a reasonable reserve of fuel and plasma warps
on hand.  Time to start upgrading your ship to handle the next stage of
play.
        The longer you play in the game, the more hostile the universe gets.
Space Madness, is an insidious disease which causes a loss of control of the
actions of your ship.  You get infected by this disease by porting at an
infected port, landing on an infected planet, entering an infected sector
or being infected by another player.  You can be cured by docking at the
Darque, usually sector 4, and purchasing the cure.  Best is just not to get
infected.  By using the Infected Port detector (device 363) along with the
Space Madness Detector Pack (device 419), a player can totally avoid
getting infected.  Disease is really more a nuisance than a real threat if
you have the proper devices on board to cope with it.
        One of the best ways to access a home planetary sector is to lock
onto the sector with a GoTo (device 275).  This will allow you to freely
enter the planetary sector from anywhere in the universe.  The usual
strategy in establishing a home planetary sector is to isolate it from the
rest of the universe.  Sector can be isolated by using any of the isolation
devices available from port 8.  I'll leave it to you to decide which device
to use, suffice it, that you isolate the planetary sector as best as
possible.
        Since you've now established a planetary base, time to upgrade the
report silencer.  Since time is of the essence, anything you can do to
minimize time consuming activities, the better.  Report silencing is one of
the easiest ways of achieving time savings.  Since you already know everything
you wish to know about the ports your trading at and the planet you are
maintaining, what do you need their respective reports for after the first
initial docking?  Silence those reports with the Report Silencer Pack.
        Need an extra specialty device bay?  Free one up by upgrading to the
Auto Pilot pack.  This device pack will replace the two individual devices
that we recommend you use in the first couple days of play, so you will
only utilize one device bay rather than two.
        Want to rapidly explore the universe?  The Sector Finder Pack will do
this for you.  It uses fuel, so it's not just a free ride.  Use our Universe
explorer macro and you'll see the true usefulness of this device.
        Cabal Invasion pack, obvious I hope.  Gives you some offensive
capability and saves device bays too.
        O.R.M. pack, need another way to rapidly explore the universe?  This
is an alternate way to do just that.

        By upgrading to these devices, you'll be in better shape to cope
with the Ultimate universe.