                               Command : TRACK

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: track <SHIPS|VEHICLES|SECTS> [on|off|all|ident|hostile]

Normally, when an aircraft flies through a ship  or  sector's  radar  coverage
area,  the  radar site owner receives a telegram stating when, where, and with
what radar contact was made.  The default condition of any newly-created radar
site  is  to report all contacts, which can rapidly lead to massive numbers of
telegrams if there is a lot of flight activity in the  area.   By  restricting
reports  to  only  those  contacts  that  are identifiable or hostile, you can
reduce contact telegrams to only those of selective importance.

The `track' command lets you adjust the aircraft  radar  tracking  ability  of
your  individual  ships,  vehicles, and radar stations.  By using `track', you
can individually turn sites on or off, or cause them to report  all  contacts,
only positively identifiable contacts, or only hostile identifiable contacts.

`Track' takes two parameters.  The first parameter can be  either  a  standard
sector  specifier  (a  coordinate,  range,  radius,  or  realm), or a standard
ship/vehicle specifier (a ship id, id list, fleet id, ship name, or '*').  You
can  generate a report for either land radar sectors or for vehicle radar, but

                               Command : TRACK

not a combined report (i.e., if you specify a sector coordinate or  realm,  it
will report only the sectors themselves, not any vehicles in that sector).

The second parameter either sets the tracking  mode,  or  causes  the  current
modes to be listed:

        on      turn aircraft tracking on
        off     turn aircraft tracking off
        host    track hostile idents
        iden    track idents
        all     track all aircraft

        .       report station status

   [##:##] Command: track * . ?eff=100
veh#                     x,y      eff  rng  tracking
  30       terminator  -13,-41   100%    1  OFF LINE

                               Command : TRACK

  31  fishing trawler   43,-1    100%    6  all contacts
 109            oiler   -7,1     100%    1  OFF LINE
 170  assault vehicle   -1,-33   100%    1  OFF LINE
 180  armored carrier    2,-34   100%    1  all contacts
 181  armored carrier   -9,-31   100%    1  all contacts
 514       battleship  -47,9     100%    4  HOSTILE idents only
 559        destroyer  -19,49    100%    1  HOSTILE idents only
    8 vehicles

See also : radar, satellite

