                             Command : COMMODITY

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: commodity <SECTS>

The commodity report provides information pertaining to the  various  commodi-
ties in some or all of the sectors you occupy.

In the syntax of the commodity command <SECTS> is the area on which  you  wish
information, (see info syntax).  A typical usage might be:
   [##:##] Command: commodity -6:6,-3:3
which would list data for the area extending three sectors out from the  capi-
tal in each direction.

The commodity report lists each of your sectors with the following heading:

   COMMODITIES deliver-- distribute
    sect     sgpidbolhr sgpidbolhr  sh  gun  pet iron dust  bar  oil  lcm  hcm rad

These columns represent:

                             Command : COMMODITY

      sect  the x and y coordinates of the sector
sgpidbolhr  Ten delivery columns corresponding  to:  shells,  guns,  petroleum
            (refined),  iron,  dust (gold), bars of gold, oil, light construc-
            tion materials,  heavy  construction  materials,  and  radioactive
            materials.
sgpidbolhr  Ten distribute columns corresponding to: shells,  guns,  petroleum
            (refined),  iron,  dust (gold), bars of gold, oil, light construc-
            tion materials,  heavy  construction  materials,  and  radioactive
            materials.
        sh  the number of shells in storage
       gun  the number of guns in storage
       pet  the number of units of refined petroleum
      iron  the number of units of iron ore
      dust  the number of units of gold dust
       bar  the number of gold bars
       oil  the amount of crude oil
       lcm  the number of units of light construction materials
       hcm  the number of units of heavy construction materials
       rad  the number of units of radioactive materials

                             Command : COMMODITY

For example:
   [##:##] Command: commodity -3:3,-2:2

   COMMODITIES deliver-- distribute
    sect     sgpidbolhr sgpidbolhr  sh  gun  pet iron dust  bar  oil  lcm  hcm rad
     6,0   k .......... ...1....0.   0    0    0  100    0    0    0    0    1   0
    -1,1   j .......... .......0..   0    0    0   95    0    0    0    1    0   0
     1,1   t .......... .......1..   0    0    0    0   50    0   54  100    0   0
    -3,3   g ....g..... ..........   0    0    0    0   43    0    0    0    0   0
    -6,4   m ...j...... ..........   0    0    0   65    0    0    0    0    0   0
    -4,4   m ...u...... ...0......   0    0    0  144    0    0    0    0    0   0
    -2,4   g .......... ..........   0    0    0    0   23    0    0    0    0   0
     2,6   t .......... .......1..   0    0    0    0   38    0   53  130    0   0
     4,6   l .......... ..........   0    0    0    0    0    0    0  100    0   0
     4,8   t .......... .......1..   0    0    0    0   37    0   53   20    0   0
     6,8   h .......... ..........   0    0    0    0    0    0    0   35   15   0
   11 sectors.

The direction of delivery is indicated by the same characters that are used in
the move, navigate, and other commands to indicate direction.  The presence of

                             Command : COMMODITY

a distribution threshold for a particular commodity is indicated by a digit in
the  appropriate  column  under distribute, representing the hundreds digit of
the threshold value.

See also : census

