The `Game and Player Information' section contains various information. For a real player, there will also be an email address, and possibly some other information added as well.
In turn reports for the following turns, the `Game and Player Information' section will be followed by a `Processing Orders' section, but in the initial turn, there were no orders, so we proceed to the...
...`Events' section. In the following turns, this section will contain actions that happen during the turn, such as ships moving, battles being fought, and so on.
Apparently, we have 104 resource units (RU) available, 100 from before, and 4 in income from our only system.
The `status reports' section will contain many subsections:
There will be one `System in sector ...' subsection for each system we own, detailing the budget of the system, listing equipment, installations, and ships for the system.
The `Our Ships' subsection gives a list of all spaceships we own, their locations, how much fuel they have, and if they have any special equipment installed.
The `Overview Map' shows all information the scanner equipment in our systems and onboard our ships gathered during the turn. The `(@40) e' at the side means `a system indicated by an "@" in the map, on this line, in column 40, has one ship present: an "e" ship'.
*** Overview Map *** 33444 89012 48: - :48 49: --- :49 50:--@--:50 (@40) e 51: --- :51 52: - :52 (@) System belonging to us (e) Explorer ship belonging to us
The overview map is only a fallback if you can't (or don't want to) use the graphics map that is usually included as an attachment in the turn report letter. The graphics map also contains information about sectors you have seen previously, but not scanned during this move. See below for an example.
The `All Known Ships' section gives a list of all ships we have scan information about, both ships belonging to us and ship belonging to other players.
The `Technology Report' is mainly status information, although some technology-related news reports can be reported here as well. These items will be indented and have a symbol next to them, to make them easier to spot.
The `Autopilot Commands' section will only be present if you haven't disabled the autopilot function. The autopilot isn't particularly clever, so it will only suggest some simple, basic commands, but this may be better than no orders at all if you miss the deadline...
The `New Order Sheet' gives an order sheet that you can cut-and-paste when you send in orders, saving some time, and reducing the risk for typing errors in the campaign name and player number.
Since we gave some orders for this turn, a `Processing Orders' section was included. If we hadn't submitted any orders, but still had the autopilot enabled, the server would have used the autopilot orders instead. Or, at least that is what would happen in subsequent updates -- missing the first update could cause your player to be given away to someone else who has applied for this campaign...
In addition to the two predictable consequences of our orders -- that the space station was built in sector 5040, and that our ship Explorer_1 moved -- we were lucky: the explorer ship found a wreck with some useful equipment inside. This is particularly fortunate considering we haven't yet developed the warpdrive technology, and consequently wouldn't have been able to build warpdrive equipment by ourselves.
In addition to what we saw in the initial turn report, the `Fiscal Report' section now contains information about expenditure.
=============== FISCAL REPORT AFTER TURN 1 =============== Incoming balance from previous turn ... 104 Construction costs this turn .......... -25 Maintenance costs for ships ........... -2 Income from system in sector 5040 ..... 4 (plus 3 used locally) -------------------- Available funds: 81 RU Additionally, we have a total of 6 RU tied up in colonies. (Refer to the status reports for details.)
A few changes since previous turn: Explorer_1 has left, a new space station has been built, and there is a bit more money and fuel.
==================== STATUS REPORTS ==================== *** System in sector 5040 *** Size ........ 8 Population .. 29 Fuel ........ 2 Local budget: Incoming balance .. 3 RU Production ........ 7 RU Taxes ............. -4 RU ------------ Funds: 6 RU Installations: space_station
*** Our Ships *** Ship Sec. Fuel Equipment ========= ==== ==== ========= Explorer_1 4936 4 warpdrive *** Overview Map *** 333333444 456789012 47: - :47 48: --- - :48 49:--e----- :49 50: -----@--:50 51: - --- :51 52: - :52 (@) System belonging to us (e) Explorer ship belonging to us *** All Known Ships *** Sector Owner Type Notes ====== ========= ================= ======= 4936 (ours) explorer `Explorer_1'.
Now that the system has a space station, the autopilot suggests an investment in infrastructure. This makes sense, as the improved infrastructure increases both the production and the population capacity of the system.
The large disc represents an inhabitable solar system, and the smaller symbols (in this case just the triangle) indicate ships. The tight dot pattern indicates sectors we have not been able to scan yet.
However, `Krang' is one of the alien empires, so there isn't much opportunity for diplomacy here.
*** Overview Map *** 3333333333444 0123456789012 46: - :46 47: --- :47 48:--e*- - :48 (*33) N 49: --- --- :49 50: - --@--:50 51: --- :51 52: - :52 (@) System belonging to us (N) Neutral ship (e) Explorer ship belonging to us (*) System in sector 4833, size: 7, owner: Krang (neutral) *** All Known Ships *** Sector Owner Type Notes ====== ========= ================= ======= 4832 (ours) explorer `Explorer_1'. 4833 Krang interdictor
Colours are used to indicate ownership: our own ships and colonies are always displayed in white on our map, while other people have various colours. Grey represents unowned systems. Some players will have a single colour, while other will have a two-colour pattern where one colour is black. Other two-colour patterns indicate alien (computer controlled) empires, such as the yellow-green of the Krang in this example.
This example also shows a less dense dot pattern in a number of sectors. This indicates that we have scanned these sectors previously, but don't have any fresh information about them; the information displayed in these sectors may thus be obsolete.
