The New Frontier Post, game turn 1 From: jrevell572@aol.com (JRevell572) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE NEW FRONTIER POST ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Issue 1, 1st February 2027 The Age of Space Colonisation has begun! Following the UN's descision to allow commercial access to the Stargate Network the race is now on between budding entrepeneurs to exploit the vast opportunities to be found on distant worlds. Kennedy Space Center, Baykonur Cosmodrome, and Launch Point Kourou all report that private companies are making preparations to launch into space. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HAMNX, Inc (HMX) announces Stock Flotation! Announcing the flotation of it's shares on the market, CEO Steve Hamilton said: "HAMNX, Inc is in a prime postion for the exploration and exploitation of currently untapped parts of the Starsystems currently available to mankind." HAMNX Stock is currently valued at CR10.00 per share. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stock Market Report Company Code Price Change Acme Defence Systems Inc ADS 12.10 0.20 Belgard Electronics BLE 24.00 0.00 Dalby Holdings DHD 33.80 3.80 FGD Gmbh FGD 19.70 0.40 HAMNX Inc HMX 11.50 1.50 KORUNDHA KOR 10.00 0.00 Macrosoft MST 43.50 -4.20 Personns Spacefaring Company PSC 10.00 10.00 Skynet Communications SCM 7.80 -5.60 Sojuz Space Exploration SSE 10.00 0.00 TNF Share Index 182.40 6.10 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Commodity Market Code Price Per Ton Buy Sell Helium 65 900 1000 Neon 66 720 800 Argon 67 630 700 Fertilizer 100 450 500 Explosives 101 1800 2000 Silicon 102 360 400 Ferroconcrete 103 180 200 Iron 104 360 400 Copper 105 720 800 Duralloy 106 720 800 Silver 107 2700 3000 Gold 108 5400 6000 Florine 109 1080 1200 Chlorine 110 900 1000 Uranium 111 9000 10000 Ytterbium 112 7200 8000 Lanthanum 113 7200 8000 Lubricants 114 405 450 Petroleum 115 270 300 LPG 116 270 300 Plastics 117 225 250 Munitions 150 9000 10000 Electronic Parts 151 5400 6000 Mechanical Parts 152 4500 5000 Sensor Parts 153 10800 12000 Engine Parts 154 9900 11000 Computer Parts 155 10800 12000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rules Amendments A few teething problems have emerged straight away so I've made the following amendments to the rules. All these changes will be effective next turn. A new branch instruction ON BOARD? has been added so that spacecraft can check that a robot has boarded sucessfully Two new commands WAIT and WAIT UNTIL have been added so that robot operations may be coordinated more easily. The SCAN sector command has been modified. The time taken to scan a sector is now dependent upon the size of the sector rather than being fixed at 7 days. Two new terrain types now appear on the Geophysical Scan, i/I denotes an icecap, v/V denotes an active volcano. Full details of these new rules may be read at the games web page: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2979 Up