Starting a Netrek Game

Each team chooses a Captain. The Captains set up the game, by telling the computer to start the server, how long the game will be, and when to start the game. The following instructions are for the team Captains.

One of the Captains clicks on the icon to start the Netrek server.
The Romulan Captain completes the following steps first. Then the Federation Captain has his turn.
Join your team. See Joining a Team.
Encourage your teammates to join now, so that they are ready to play when the game starts.
You will now send messages to yourself. For each message:
- place the cursor inside the top lefthand square of the playing field. Do not click.
- type m to start a message.
- type your player number or letter. This is the number or letter beside your ship. Do not include your team's letter.
- type the message
- press the Enter or Return key
Send the following messages:
- m#captain<enter>
  tells the computer that you are your team's Captain.
- m#rom or fed<enter>
  chooses whether you are the Romulan or Federation team.
- m#gametime<space>30<space>5<enter>
  sets the game to 30 minutes with five minutes overtime.
- m#start<enter>
  starts the game.

The game will start as soon as both Captains have completed the above steps.

Everyone will blow up. They must re-enter the game immediately, to avoid losing connection to the game computer. After a minute, they will blow up again. The players then re-enter the game to play in earnest.

Once started, the game clock will run automatically until either the end of period, or a team wins the game.

Introduction | Joining a Team | Playing | Winning