RUN RAVAGE

The RAVAGE program allows you program fire of a single ship onto an island. This is especially useful because otherwise you'd have to use the CA[nnon] command to fire on each land sector one at a time.

You're prompted for the Island to hit, who on the Island to hit, whether to use the old hit map (you can make a ship follow the path of the previous RAVAGE program), number of rounds per sector, then which ship number to use. If you're using a Battleship you're also prompted for minimum range (because Battleships have a longer range of 7.)

You're shown a mini-display (similar to a radar display) of land sectors shown by "E" (Enemy held areas?) and "X" (Areas within range.) You then plot movement so you can close into the island and fire. You move similarly to the SA[il] command.

Once you are done plotting movement, you enter a -1 and your fires are executed until every available shell is fired or you've hit every possible sector.

A sample listing follows:
I put user input in BOLD

[Battleship #28:1 22.0]: run ravage

                     Ravage 1.0  (c) 1988

Captain, should I keep a log of empire input? (Default = NO)
Captain, should I keep a log of empire output? (Default = NO)
Program file? (Default = EMPIRE.PUB) 
What is your nation's name or number (Default = 1)? 
What is your nation's password (Default = xxxxxx)? 
Hitting island:1
Ravage who:4
Use old hit map?  (Default = YES)no
Rounds per sector:10
Ship number:28
Battleship #28
Guns:       4
Explosives: 250
Time:       6.70
Minimum range:4
NEWBIE 1 waters: 27,3
               
               
 XXXEEEEEEEX   
 XXXEEEEE EX   
 XXXEEE*E  X   
 XXXEEEE       
EXXXEEEE       
EXXXXE         
EEXXXXXX XX    
EE XXX     X   
E EEXX     E   
E EE           
Direction (-1 to finish):135
Distance:1
NEWBIE 1 waters: 28,4
               
               
EXXXXEEEEEX    
EXXXEEEE EE    
EXXXEEEE  E    
XXXXEEE*       
EXXXEEE        
EXXXE          
EXXXXEE EE     
E XXX     X    
 EEXX     X    
 EE            
E              
Direction (-1 to finish):180
Distance:2
NEWBIE 1 waters: 28,6
               

EEEXXXXXXXX    
EEXXXXXX XX    
EXXXXEEE  X    
EXXXEEE        
EXXXEEE        
XXXXE  *       
EXXXEEE EE     
E XXE     E    
 XXXX     X    
 EX            
E              
E              
 E      E      
Direction (-1 to finish):-1
Hitting 21,1
Hitting 22,1
Hitting 23,1
Hitting 31,1
Hitting 21,2
Hitting 22,2
Hitting 23,2
Hitting 31,2
Hitting 21,3
Hitting 22,3
Hitting 23,3
Hitting 31,3
Hitting 21,4
Hitting 22,4
Hitting 23,4
Hitting 21,5
Hitting 22,5
Hitting 23,5
Hitting 21,6
Hitting 22,6
Hitting 23,6
Hitting 24,6
Hitting 22,7
Hitting 23,7
Hitting 24,7
Hitting 25,7
  *** Empire Error ***
  *** Battleship #28 has no explosives ***
Save new hitmap?  (Default = YES)no

[Battleship #28:1 22.0]:  
 

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