Hi Lori, If I understand you right you are confused by the bearing system. That is in plotting a course at say 90 degrees? In that case this isn't specific to Star Trek, but is common for any kind of ship or aircraft for that matter. Instead of triditional North, South, East, and West directions you are familiar with they use the bearing system which ranges from 0 degrees to 359 degrees. I believe I discussed this at length in the manual, but if you haven't seen it here is a quick overview. Imagine your starship is in the center of a large circle. Using the absolute bearing system do north would be 0 degrees. If you turn to right you would be turning towards the East side of the map. which would be do East, therefore, would be 90 degrees. Once you turned around, do South, you would be facing 180 degrees. If you kept turning West eventually you would be facing West which is 270 degrees. Does that make sense? Now, to complicate matters for you there is absolute and relative bearing systems here. What I discussed above is the absolute bearing system used for navigation and plotting courses. There is another type of bearing system, relative bearing system, used for combat situations. Using the relative bearing system 0 degrees is dead ahead, the bow, and 180 degrees is behind or the stern of the ship. If something is 90 degrees to port that is directly to your left, and if it is 90 degrees to starboard it is directly to your right. So if an enemy starship was attacking 45 degrees to port that would mean it is 45 degrees left of the bow. Does that make sense?
HTH On 6/12/10, Lori Duncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone I'm looking to play Final Conflict, but as I know nothing about > startreck what do I do to get started? Like Loanwolf I don't know how to > plot courses, but could learn if someone could give me a shuve in the right > direction! Are there any reviews/walkthroughs on it? Thanks from Lori. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
