index.html at Merchant Empires

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Merchant Empires Manual</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Merchant Empires Manual">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Merchant Empires Manual">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#aa0000" TEXT="#000000" > 
<FONT FACE="Helvetica">
<HR WIDTH="100%" SIZE=2 ALIGN="CENTER" NOSHADE>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT">

<A HREF="index-1.html">Next</A>
Previous Table of Contents</P>
<H1>Merchant Empires Manual</H1>

<SMALL>
</I></SMALL>
<BR><I><SMALL>Version 0.1, 25 May 2000</SMALL></I><BR>
<P><HR>
<EM>This Manual describes Merchant Empires</EM>
<HR>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="index-1.html">Quick Start</A></H2>

<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="index-2.html">Game Universe</A></H2>

<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Time</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Races</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Ports</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Ships</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.5">2.5 Planets</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.6">2.6 Locations</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.7">2.7 Galaxies</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.8">2.8 Inter-galaxy warps</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.9">2.9 The Imperial Government</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-2.html#ss2.10">2.10 Imperial Starbases</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="index-3.html">Merchants</A></H2>

<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Experience</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Relations</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Alliances</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Politics</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Turns</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-3.html#ss3.6">3.6 Alignment</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="index-4.html">Trading</A></H2>

<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Buy low, sell high</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Hierarchy of Goods</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Supply and Demand</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Upgrading Ports</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="index-5.html">Combat</A></H2>

<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Ratings</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 Forces</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Raiding Ports</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Protection</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Spoils</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.6">5.6 Planetary Combat</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-5.html#ss5.7">5.7 Participation</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="index-6.html">Reference</A></H2>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Terminology</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Ship List</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Weapon List</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 Ship Technology List</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</a> <a HREF="index-7.html">Conduct and Cheating</a></H2>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 Conduct</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-7.html#ss7.2">7.2 Cheating</A>
</UL>
<P>
<H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="index-8.html">Bugs, Discussion, and Technicals</A></H2>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index-8.html#ss8.1">8.1 Bugs and Discussion</A>
<LI><A HREF="index-8.html#ss8.2">8.2 Technicals</A>
</UL>

<H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="index-9.html">Copyright</A></H2>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT">

<A HREF="index-1.html">Next</A>
Previous Table of Contents</P>
<CENTER>
<HR WIDTH="100%" SIZE=3 ALIGN=CENTER NOSHADE>
</CENTER>    
</FONT>

</BODY>
</HTML>