INTRODUCTION

                                  Star Quest


Star Quest is a multi-player computer-moderated play-by-mail game of space 
exploration, alien contact, trading, diplomacy, conquest and adventure. You 
are the commander of a space empire and you decide how to deploy your empire's 
assets and resources. 

                              Winning Star Quest

You do not have to play Star Quest to win, great enjoyment can be had from 
just playing the game and the interaction between the players, BUT for those 
who wish to go for victory the following victory conditions apply.

VICTORY POINTS     
Empires accumulate Victory points per turn from the empire's current positions 
on the first five Ranking Tables (see below). Each empire accumulates points 
equal to 101-current rank position, e.g. if your Empire is in position 21 on 
the tech table you get 101-21 = 80 VPs.

NOTE
Victory point accumulation only starts on SD 5 of the game although empires 
are ranked from SD 1. 
   
VICTORY
The first empire to accumulate 25,001 Victory points wins the game.

Empire & Alliance Rankings

Empires are rated against each other in six areas, the first five of which 
are used for Victory Point purposes: 

(1) Ships -
(2) Units -
(3) Technology -
(4) Wealth -
(5) Colonisation -
(6) Overall - current Victory Point totals.

Starting Star Quest

When you join Star Quest you will receive a Operational & Technical Manual, a 
Star chart and your initial empire set-up.

The Operational & Technical Manual covers all you need to know to start playing 
Star Quest. By playing Star Quest you will discover facets of the game not 
mentioned in the rules or only briefly explained in the rules.

The Star Chart shows the location and ID number of all the 749 stars that make 
up the Star Quest Universe. The area covered is a sphere 100 light years in 
diameter.  Stars on the chart are positioned in a three dimensional array as 
measured by Cartesian X, Y, and Z co-ordinates in lightyears.  

Although the number of Stars does not vary, the number of planets and orbits 
around each star varies from game to game.

Your initial Empire set-up will tell you what and where your possessions are, 
your current technology values and other useful information.

Stardate (SD)

Processing is carried out by the computer, working on the last orders submitted 
for each Empire. Each processing is identified by a Stardate number, where 
Stardate 3000 is game start and incremented each move after that. Processing is 
performed every two weeks, except where holidays or postal delays prevent
this.

Empires

You control one, or two, of the 100 empires in the game.Each empire controls a 
varying number of worlds, ships and units.

For more information or to join, contact:

The PBM Express
PO Box 885
3300 AW Dordrecht
The Netherlands
tel: 078-316453
fax: 078-316474
bbs: 078-316476 (8N1)