From: greyhelm@cis.ksu.edu (Karl S. Hagen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.empire
Subject: Kansas Blitz Update
Date: 26 Jul 1992 06:59:52 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cygnus.cis.ksu.edu


    Here is the info for the Kansas Blitz.  Again a reminder
   Houra restrictions will not let you on but you can at least try
   and confirm connection.  Games starts at 1pm Central Sunday July 26th

		HOST: tony.ksu.ksu.edu
		PORT: 1618

                          lcm hcm crew avail tech  $
Zeppelin                    6   2   1     6   30 $1000
Sopwith Camel, fighter 1    8   2   1     7   50 $400
TBD-1 Devastator, lt bomb  10   3   2     9   50 $550
C-56 Lodestar, transport   12   5   2    12   70 $800
B-26B Marauder, hvy bombe  20   6   3    17   90 $1100
B-24 Liberator, long bomb  20   6   4    17   90 $1100
P-51 Mustang, fighter 2    10   6   1    12   90 $800
B-25 Mitchell, lt bomber   12   8   2    15   90 $900
Chinook, chopper 1         10   4   1    10  100 $900
P-38 Lightning, escort 2   12   5   1    12  110 $600
C-45 Expediter, transport  14  10   3    18  110 $1200
C-47 Skytrain, long trans  14  10   4    18  110 $1200
B-29 Super-Fortress, hvy   20  15   9    26  110 $2000
B-17 Flying-Fortress, lon  20  15   6    26  110 $2000
C-54 Skymaster, long tran  28  18   5    33  130 $2000
U-2, spyplane 1            15  10   1    18  150 $1000
F-4 Phantom, jet fighter   16   5   1    14  150 $2000
A-6 Intruder, jet lt bomb  14   7   2    15  150 $1500
AH-1 Cobra, chopper 2      15   8   1    16  150 $800
UH-60 Blackhawk, chopper   15  12   4    20  150 $800
B-52 Strato-Fortress, jet  35  20   8    38  170 $5200
C-141 Starlifter, jet tra  30  20   4    36  170 $2100
F-14E, jet escort          15   5   1    13  190 $1600
AV-8B Harrier, jet fighte  16   5   1    14  190 $2000
E2-C Hawkeye, spyplane 2   15  10   1    18  200 $1000
AH-64 Apache, chopper 4    15  12   2    20  200 $1000
FA-18 Hornet               17   6   2    15  210 $3500
F-16 Falcon                14   4   1    12  210 $3000
FB-111 Aardvark, jet f/b   17   6   2    15  230 $3200
SR-71 Blackbird, spyplane  18  13   2    23  250 $2000
B-2, stealth bomber        45  35   3    58  450 $8000
F-117A Nighthawk, stealth  35  25   1    43  450 $8000
V-2, ssm 1                 10   6   0    12  150 $400
SCUD, ssm 2                12   8   0    15  200 $500
irbm 1                     15  15   0    23  270 $1000
irbm 2                     18  18   0    28  300 $1500
Atlas, icbm 1              30  30   0    46  350 $2000
Titan, icbm 2              45  45   0    68  400 $2000
Minuteman, icbm 3          60  60   0    91  450 $3000
MX, icbm 4                100 100   0   151  500 $4000
Polaris, slbm 1            25  25   0    38  250 $1500
Trident, slbm 2            25  25   0    38  300 $2000
Silkworm                   15  15   0    23  150 $600
Harpoon                    20  10   0    21  175 $650
Tomahawk                   25  25   0    38  200 $800
Nike, sam 1                 5   4   0     7  150 $300
Sea Sparrow, sam 2         10   6   0    12  170 $300
Hawk, sam 3                15   8   0    16  200 $500
Standard ER, sam 4         20  10   0    21  250 $500
landsat 1                  20  20   0    31  350 $4000
landsat 2                  25  25   0    38  400 $6000
KH-7                       30  30   0    46  450 $8000
KH-14                      35  35   0    53  500 $10000
anti-sat 1                 13   8   0    15  350 $400
anti-sat 2                 15   8   0    16  400 $500
anti-sat 3                 18   8   0    18  450 $600
anti-sat 4                 35  35   0    53  500 $700
Patriot                    45  45   0    68  200 $400
abm 2                      35  35   0    53  250 $500
abm 3                      25  25   0    38  300 $600
abm 4                      25  25   0    38  350 $700
	
                     acc load att def ran fuel abilites
Zeppelin              40    1   0  -3  15    1 tactical cargo VTOL
Sopwith Camel, fight  30    1   3   4   9    1 tactical intercept VTOL light
TBD-1 Devastator, lt  30    2   1   2   9    1 bomber tactical VTOL light
C-56 Lodestar, trans   0    4   0   1  15    2 cargo
B-26B Marauder, hvy   85    6   1   2  15    2 bomber
B-24 Liberator, long 120    4   0   2  27    4 bomber
P-51 Mustang, fighte  25    1   8   8  13    1 tactical intercept light
B-25 Mitchell, lt bo  25    4   1   4  13    1 bomber tactical light
Chinook, chopper 1     0    6   1   4  11    1 cargo VTOL light half-stealth
P-38 Lightning, esco   0    0   8   8  23    2 light
C-45 Expediter, tran   0    6   0   4  23    3 cargo
C-47 Skytrain, long    0    4   0   4  39    5 cargo
B-29 Super-Fortress,  75   10   2   3  23    3 bomber
B-17 Flying-Fortress  75    4   1   6  39    5 bomber
C-54 Skymaster, long   0    6   0   4  39    9 cargo
U-2, spyplane 1        0    0   0  12  41    5 spy
F-4 Phantom, jet fig  40    2  16  16  17    4 tactical intercept light
A-6 Intruder, jet lt  20    5   4  12  17    5 bomber tactical light
AH-1 Cobra, chopper    5    3   4   8  17    2 bomber tactical VTOL light half-stealth
UH-60 Blackhawk, cho   0   10   2   8  17    3 cargo VTOL light half-stealth
B-52 Strato-Fortress  65   16   4   6  35    8 bomber
C-141 Starlifter, je   0   12   0  12  27    7 cargo
F-14E, jet escort      0    0  16  16  35    5 light
AV-8B Harrier, jet f  30    2  16  16  17    5 tactical intercept VTOL light
E2-C Hawkeye, spypla   0    0   0  16  51    5 light spy
AH-64 Apache, choppe   5    5   8  12  23    3 bomber tactical VTOL light half-stealth
FA-18 Hornet          45    5   8  24  17    5 bomber tactical light
F-16 Falcon           30    2  24  24  21    4 tactical intercept
FB-111 Aardvark, jet  40    8   8  12  23    6 bomber tactical light
SR-71 Blackbird, spy   0    0   0  24  61    8 spy image
B-2, stealth bomber   60   12   3   6  41    4 bomber stealth
F-117A Nighthawk, st  30    3  16  16  21    3 tactical intercept stealth
V-2, ssm 1            60    5   0   5  13    0 missile light
SCUD, ssm 2           50    7   0   6  17    0 missile light
irbm 1                60    5   0   3  21    0 missile
irbm 2                50    7   0   3  25    0 missile
Atlas, icbm 1         70    9   0   3  33    0 missile
Titan, icbm 2         50   10   0  10  45    0 missile
Minuteman, icbm 3     20   15   0  10  57    0 missile
MX, icbm 4            20   30   0  50  69    0 missile
Polaris, slbm 1       70    8   0   3  19    0 missile light
Trident, slbm 2       70   11   0   3  39    0 missile light
Silkworm              40    3  12   1   9    0 tactical missile
Harpoon               45    4  12   1  13    0 tactical missile light
Tomahawk              20    6  12   1  21    0 tactical missile light
Nike, sam 1           30    4  16   1   7    0 intercept VTOL missile
Sea Sparrow, sam 2    20    4  16   1  11    0 intercept VTOL missile light
Hawk, sam 3           10    4  24   1  17    0 intercept VTOL missile
Standard ER, sam 4    10    4  24   1  25    0 intercept VTOL missile light
landsat 1              0    0   0   2  41    9 satellite
landsat 2              0    0   0   2  61    9 image satellite
KH-7                   0    0   0   2  81    9 spy satellite
KH-14                  0    0   0   2  99    9 spy image satellite
anti-sat 1            60    6   0   6   9    4 missile light satellite
anti-sat 2            40    8   0   6  13    5 missile light satellite
anti-sat 3            20    8   0   6  21    6 missile light satellite
anti-sat 4            10   16   0   6  99    9 missile satellite
Patriot                0    0  40   0   9    8 missile SDI
abm 2                  0    0  50   0  15    7 missile SDI
abm 3                  0    0  60   0  21    7 missile light SDI
abm 4                  0    0  70   0  29    6 missile light SDI
              lcm hcm avail tech  $
fishing boat   25  15    12    0 $300
cargo ship     60  40    29    0 $1000
ore ship       40  40    25    0 $1000
tanker         40  40    25    0 $1000
slave ship     60  40    29    5 $1000
ocean liner    60  60    37    8 $1500
destroyer      25  35    20   20 $1000
patrol boat    20  10     9   20 $500
submarine 1    30  30    19   20 $1000
light cruiser  40  50    29   30 $1200
lander 1       60  40    29   40 $800
minesweep      25  25    16   40 $500
heavy cruiser  60  80    45   55 $1500
lander 2       60  40    29   60 $1000
submarine 2    40  40    25   60 $1500
oil derrick 1  35  35    22   35 $1000
cargo sub      50  50    31   65 $1500
battleship     80 120    65   65 $3000
oil derrick 2  50  50    31   65 $2000
landing ship   60  40    29   80 $1200
escort carrie  50  80    43  140 $2000
light carrier  60 100    53  155 $2000
aircraft carr  70 120    63  170 $3000
fishing trawl  80  30    29  200 $1500
missile friga  40  40    25  275 $1200
aegis cruiser  60  60    37  300 $1500
nuc air carri  80 140    73  350 $3000
nuc attack su  70  70    43  350 $2000
nuc missile s  90  60    43  370 $4000
	
              def spd vis spy rng fir pln cargoes & abilities
fishing boat   10  20  15   2   0   0   0 30c 10m 900f 15u fish
cargo ship     50  25  35   3   0   0   0 50c 50m 300s 50g 900f 1400l 900h 250u 
ore ship       40  25  50   3   0   0   0 30c 5m 990i 990d 200f 45u 990r 
tanker         80  25  60   3   0   0   0 30c 5m 990p 200f 990o 25u 
slave ship     20  25  25   3   0   0   0 20c 80m 200f 1200u 
ocean liner    15  20  35   2   0   0   0 350c 15m 700f 
destroyer      80  35  20   4  10   2   0 80m 40s 4g 80f dchrg sonar mine
patrol boat    30  50  10   4   6   1   0 10m 10s 2g 30f 
submarine 1    30  25   3   2   2   2   0 5m 25s 4g 80f torp sub
light cruiser  75  30  30   5  12   2   0 100m 40s 4g 100f mine
lander 1       40  30  30   2   0   0   0 40m 300f land
minesweep     127  30  20   3   0   0   0 25m 90s 25f sweep
heavy cruiser  95  30  30   5  14   3   0 120m 100s 6g 200f 
lander 2       50  25  35   2   0   0   0 150m 300f land
submarine 2    60  30   2   3   4   3   0 25m 25s 4g 80f torp sonar mine sub
oil derrick 1  20  10  40   2   0   0   0 500c 80m 300f 999o 500u oil
cargo sub      60  35   2   3   0   0   0 5c 10m 100s 20g 900f 500l 300h 100p sonar sub
battleship    127  30  35   6  16   4   0 200m 200s 8g 900f 
oil derrick 2  40  10  80   4   0   0   0 990c 80m 990f 990o 990u oil
landing ship   60  30  30   2   0   0   0 400m 300f land
escort carrie  60  30  35   8   2   2  10 50m 100s 4g 150p 180f plane
light carrier  80  30  35   8   2   2  20 175m 250s 4g 300p 180f plane
aircraft carr  80  35  35   8   2   2  40 350m 500s 4g 500p 900f plane
fishing trawl  30  40  20  10   0   0   0 25c 10m 120f fish sonar
missile friga  50  40  30   4  10   2  10 80m 60s 3g 60p 80f miss
aegis cruiser  70  40  15   3   2   2  50 50m 300s 3g 300p 70f miss
nuc air carri  90  40  40   9   3   2 100 450m 350s 8g 500p 250f plane miss
nuc attack su  90  50   1   3   6   6   0 10m 90s 6g 500f torp sonar mine sub sub-torp
nuc missile s  90  40   1   3   0   4  20 50m 300s 300p 600f miss sonar sub
Blitz Updates occur every 6 minutes. 
The next update is at Sun Jul 26 02:00:00.

There are no regularly scheduled updates.

Demand updates are disabled.

Game hours are: 00:00-1:00 13:00-24:00
The current time is Sun Jul 26 01:56:45.
BSD Empire 1.1 patch level 5 (KSU distribution 1.04)

The following parameters have been set for this game:
World size is 64 by 64.
There can be up to 20 countries.
By default, countries use their own coordinate system.

An Empire time unit is 1000 seconds long.
An update consists of 60 empire time units.
Each country is allowed to be logged in 1000 minutes a day.
It takes 25.00 civilians to produce a BTU in one time unit.

A non-aggi, 100 fertility sector can grow 0.12 food per etu.
1000 civilians will harvest 1.3 food per etu.
1000 civilians will give birth to 5.0 babies per etu.
1000 uncompensated workers will give birth to 2.5 babies.
No food is needed!!
1000 babies eat 12.0 units of food becoming adults.

Banks pay $250.00 in interest per 1000 gold bars per etu.
1000 civilians generate $8.33, uncompensated workers $3.78 each time unit.
1000 active military cost $83.33, reserves cost $8.33.

Happiness p.e. requires 1 happy stroller per 5000 civ.
Education p.e. requires 1 class of graduates per 4000 civ.
Happiness is averaged over 48 time units.
Education is averaged over 192 time units.
The technology/research boost you get from your allies is 33.33%.
Nation levels (tech etc.) decline 1% every 96 time units.
Tech Buildup is limited to logrithmic growth (base 2.00) after 0.75.

Options enabled in this game:
        ALLYHARBOR, SHOWPLANE, DROPANY, REJECTS, BMAP, AUTONAV, SCUTTLE, 
        CONVASAT, ORBIT, ABM, GRIND, PINPOINTMISSILE, SAIL, SHIPNAMES, 
        NONUKESUB, BETTERABM, RANGEEDIT, MISSDEF, SHIPSAM, NOFOOD, BIND, 
        DEMANDUPDATE, UPDATESCHEDULING, MERC, TACARGO, PLIMIT, BETTERARMOR, 
        NEWSUBS, NOMOBCOST, REREAD

The person to annoy if something goes wrong is Scott Bauer -=- Karl S. Hagen
		(zog@matt.ksu.ksu.edu -=- greyhelm@cis.ksu.edu).
You can get your own copy of the source by ftp'ing to:
	 empire.bbn.com (128.89.5.235)
Bridges require 30 tech, 100 hcm, 200 workers,
41 available workforce, and cost $1000
              lcm hcm  oil  rad avail tech $
10kt fission   50  50   25   60    48  250 $  2000
15kt fission   50  50   25   70    50  265 $  2000
50kt fission   60  60   30   80    59  280 $  3000
100kt fission  75  75   40  100    74  295 $  4000
250kt fusion   50  50   45   50    50  310 $  4000
500kt fusion   60  60   50   60    59  325 $  4000
50kt fusion    40  40   35   40    40  340 $  3000
1mt fusion     75  75   50   80    72  355 $  4000
3mt fusion    100 100   75  100    96  370 $  4000
5kt fusion     15  15   15   20    17  385 $  1000
5mt fusion    120 120  100  120   117  400 $  4000

              blst dam lbs tech $        abilities
10kt fission     3  70   8  250 $   2000 
15kt fission     3  90   8  265 $   2000 
50kt fission     3 100   8  280 $   3000 
100kt fission    4 125   8  295 $   4000 
250kt fusion     4 110   8  310 $   4000 
500kt fusion     5 120   8  325 $   4000 
50kt fusion      3  90   6  340 $   3000 
1mt fusion       6 150   8  355 $   4000 
3mt fusion       7 170   9  370 $   4000 
5kt fusion       2  80   3  385 $   1000 
5mt fusion       8 190  10  400 $   4000