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Welcome to Tactical Station 101, a brief guide to manning the Tactical Station found on the bridge of Starship Avalon.

1st Topic - Sensor System

First of all, let's begin by going over the location of the Tactical Station. It can be found just aft along the Starboard Side wall behind the Conn on the Bridge, which is located on Deck 1. To use the following commands, you need only be standing at the station. The dream features a fully interactive sensor system which you can use to track objects outside of Avalon. To get a sensor reading, you type !sensors while standing at the station. You should get something reading like the following:

Sensor Analysis - Transponders Detected:
Last CONTACT Info
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Bearing: 300 ° mark 0 °
EMF: 61 HZ

So, to begin, let's break down each line of this readout. Transponders are found throughout the universe, and signify navigational becons about as well as other ships. The Second Signals this is the last confirmed sensor lock the system had on it's "target".

Bearing: Bearing signifies the contacts location in relation to Avalons current location. These run in degrees, from 0° to 359°. Think of this as a large clock, with Avalon at it's dead center. 90° would be 3 o'clock, 180 degrees being 6 o'clock, 240 degrees 9'oclock, with 0 as straight ahead.

Mark: Mark is the contact's relative speed in terms of Warp Factor.

EMF: Short for Electomagnetic Frequency, the EMF identifies how large a ship is and it's type:

where # = 0-60 = Probe/aux craft
where # = 61-90 = Civillian / Freighter
where # = 91-99 = Military, and where over 98 = Unknown but probable military

Weapons Systems: Currently we only have one active command (the torpedo command is being retooled) which is !fire - which fires the ship's phasers. We are currently working on adding more weapons commands which will be added here later. While we don't employ a targeting system, it is up to you, the player, to make a good post about where your "Shots" are going.