| Command | Description | NOTES: | 
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| / | broadcast a message |  | 
| ABANDON | abandon the base being orbited |  | 
| ATTACK [] | attack a base from orbit. |  | 
| Bank [] | deposit, withdraw, or show balance |  | 
| BASE | list your bases |  | 
| COMBAT | enter or leave the combat terminal mode |  | 
| DESTRUCT | self destruct your ship |  | 
| DRYDOCK [SAVE] | enter dry dock |  | 
| END | leave flight mode, when orbiting a planet |  | 
| ENVIRONMENT | report on a planet |  | 
| ENVIRONMENT [] | examine the current planet, or the one specified |  | 
| ENVIRONMENT [] | display current star system, or the one specified. |  | 
| ESTABLISH [] | establish a new base |  | 
| FIGHTER | transfer fighters between ship and a base |  | 
| FIRE [] | fire lasers. |  | 
| HELP [] | give instructions |  | 
| IMPULSE [[][,<% of light speed>]] | impulse drive |  | 
| INFO [] | print a list of commands, or a short intro |  | 
| LIBRARY | reprot on a planet |  | 
| LIBRARY [] | examine the current planet or the one specified |  | 
| LIBRARY [] | display current star system or the one secified. |  | 
| LOAD | toad a torpedo tube. |  | 
| LOCK | lock lasers on a target. |  | 
| MAP | display a map of the known galaxy |  | 
| MISSILE , | fire missiles at a ship |  | 
| NAVIGATE [] | navigate (normal space) |  | 
| NAVIGATE [[][,]} | Navigate (hyperspace) |  | 
| OCCUPY [] | land troops on a base |  | 
| PAY | pay off a colony's loan with cash |  | 
| PICTURE [] | set frequency of a picture update, or print a picture |  | 
| PROBE[] | fire a probe to a system, or recall the probe. |  | 
| RANGE[] | set scanner range. |  | 
| REDRAW | reprint the screen |  | 
| SCAN [] | find range and heading to star, or all neaby stars |  | 
| SCOOP | scoop a gas giant for fuel |  | 
| SEARCH [] | search hyperspace for other ships |  | 
| SEND, | send an interger messsage to another ship |  | 
| SHIELD [(,)] | set energy in shields |  | 
| STATUS | print a list of commands, or a short intro |  | 
| SURVEY[.] | survey a base |  | 
| TAX | collect taxes from a base |  | 
| TORPEDO[,] | fire a torpedo |  | 
| TRANSFER, | tranfer metal to another ship |  | 
| TROOPS | transfertroops between ship and base |  | 
| TUNE, | tune the two hyperspace radios |  | 
| WARP [[][,]] | warp drive (hyperspace). |  | 
| WHO | identify a ship |  |