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Compiled by:
Jonathan Shekter aka KillThemAll! ( jshekter@interlog.com )
With material from:
Jonathan Ellis    aka maniac       ( jonellis@phoenix.princeton.edu )
Andrew Markiel    aka Grey Elf
John Kirk Hammond aka Lance
Herbert Enderton  aka Red Shirt    ( hde@cs.cmu.edu )
Eric Mehlaff
Dean Yasuda
and others...

Pre-release revision 1.1a, April 1995

Contents:
   * 1. Introduction  (Shekter)
   * 2. Basic Instructions
        o 2.1 Connecting To A Server (Ellis, Shekter)
        o 2.2 Logins (Shekter)
        o 2.3 The MOTD, Teams and Ships (Mehlaff, Ellis)
        o 2.4 The Game Screen (Shekter)
        o 2.5 Essential Commands (including messaging) (Shekter, Mehlaff)
        o 2.6 How Not To Be Obviously A Twink (Shekter, Ellis)
   * 3. Finer Points And Strategy
        o 3.1 Dogfighting (Hammond, McCoy)
        o 3.2 Escorting (Shekter)
        o 3.3 Ogging (Ellis)
        o 3.4 Defending a planet (Shekter)
        o 3.5 Start-of-game bombing (Shekter)
        o 3.6 Scout bombing (Yasuda)
        o 3.7 Taking Planets (Markiel)
   * 4. Miscellaneous Stuff (Shekter)
        o 4.1 UDP, Short  Packets, and SLIP
        o 4.2 Ghostbusts
   * 5. Resources
        o 5.1 Where To Find More (Ellis)
        o 5.2 Netrek Glossary (A whole bunch of people)
   * 6. Configuration (Shekter)
        o 6.1 Complete command list
        o 6.2 Keymaps
        o 6.3 Generic Xtrekrc Reference
        o 6.4 Macros
        o 6.5 RCD
        o 6.6 Default Macros And Distresses
   * 7. Example .xtrekrc (Ellis)