To Install the Program:

• Go to the Zip file for BotF2 that you downloaded from the site and double click on it.
• Select: Extract All Files (this is small in windows XP) from the Folder options on the left
• You get a window with: Welcome to the Compressed (zipped) Folders Extraction Wizard
• Click the Next> button at the bottom and get the following window.
• Enter C:\Program Files\Star Trek BotF2 as you see in the example to the left. *Then Click Next> at the bottom.
• You do not have to place the program in C:\Program Files. This is just one suggestion.

To make a desktop Icon:

• Click the Windows Start Button
• Double Click My Computer
• Double Click the C: Drive
• Double Click on Program Files (or your directory for the game)
• Find and Double Click on the folder Star Trek BotF2
• Find the Icon for BotF2Client.exe in the folder
• Right click on it and select create shortcut which is 4th from the bottom -- You will get this
• Click on the blue area and type: “Star Trek BotF2” (replacing “Shortcut to BotF2 Client.exe Shortcut”)
• Hit the enter key and then use your pointer to drag it to your desktop
• Close all the windows

• CONTINUE: Return to current game (i.e. after saving)

• Start a new SINGLE PLAYER Game

• Start a new MULTIPLAYER Game

• LOAD a saved single player GAME OR LOAD a saved multiplayer GAME

• SAVE a single player GAME OR SAVE a multiplayer GAME

• 1) Graphic OPTIONS 2) Music and Audio OPTIONS 3) Updater OPTIONS

• Game Programming and Design CREDITS

• RETIRE from a Game

• EXIT Program

To host a multiplayer game:

Enter your player name and select HOST GAME at the bottom.

Your game will then appear to other potential players in the box labeled Servers on Network.

For other players to see your host game they can enter your IP address

(Example 192.168.1.22 in the graphic) in the area labeled Direct Connect:

Once you select HOST GAME you will be given a new screen with similar game options as

the SINGLE PLAYER game. Select your options. Wait for other network players to join the game.

After all their names appear on screen,

launch the game with the button in the lower right corner of the main panel.

To Join a Game:

If your program detects other games on the network it will show them in the large box labeled Servers on Network.

You can select one and click on JOIN GAME at the bottom.

You will then be given the option as to which empire you want to play.

As you highlight your saved games,

information regarding the game is displayed to the right in yellow.

This list contains ALL saved games, whether single or multiuser.

Auto: BotF2 saves each turn for recovery from crashes.

Highlight and load this option to take up where you left off in the last game you were playing.

Once the game has started you will see the galaxy panel as seen below.

Your selected empire begins in the solar system in the center of the red area (The area is green if Romulan or blue if Federation etc).

Using the scroll wheel on your mouse OR the Zoom in / Zoom out buttons at the bottom you can zoom the galaxy map in and out.

Each map square is a sector of space that may be highlighted with your cursor. Sectors require exploration.

If you double click on an unexplored or empty sector it will center in the galaxy display area.

If you double click on one of your colonized sectors you switch to the system management display.

The blue crystal icon indicates dilithium in the solar system.

The icon to its left indicates the presence of raw materials in the system.

Both are desirable for ship construction.

The size of the sun image is scaled to the number of planets in the system (maximum of 10).

Planet Types (B, G, M, K, J etc) – List on Page 28

Planets that are terraformed have green letters

Planets that cannot be terraformed have blue letters

Planets that can be terraformed will have red letters

NOTE: the terraforming option is not yet available

Moons come Small, Medium and Large. Any planet can have up to 5 moons.

Moons will add to your system population when a structure is built on them.

The small sunburst icon indicates extra energy production capacity for the entire system.

The small green plant icon indicates extra food production capacity for the entire system.

Asteroids (far left) can be mined for raw materials. The asteroid sweeper increases this by 40% (in build menu page 17).

Systems with gas giants (Type B planets) or crystalline planets generate 10 deuterium/turn/planet.

Other stellar bodies that can appear in sectors include Neutron Stars, Quasars, Radio Pulsars, X-Ray Pulsars, Black Holes, Nebulae, Rogue Planets and eventually wormholes.

Rogue planets will be found in Nebulae much like the Omarion Nebula where the Dominion home world is found.

• Click to TURN to play turn (you are about to play TURN 1).

• Click for SUMMARY of events that occurred at last turn.
  • Summary of entire empire:
    • Credits can be used for diplomacy with minor races but will have minor effect on empires. They are also used for ship maintenance. Not implemented yet.
    • Current Credits per Turn (for the previous turn). Credits are taxes paid by the empire’s population and increase as your population increases.
    • Morale: Empire population average. See page 29.
    • Research Points are displayed as total accumulated followed by current points per turn after the slash (from the powered research facilities in your empire).
    • Intelligence Points are similarly based on the total number of Intel facilities in your empire.

• Requisition summary for entire empire: The Requisition materials are necessary for ship building. (Note: This example also shows the starting resources for each player at the beginning of a new game at the beginning tech level. You get more if you start at higher levels.)
  • Dilithium, deuterium (starship fuel) and raw materials are stockpiled and available to the entire empire.
    • Dilithium on hand / Produced last turn
    • Deuterium on hand / Produced last turn
    • Officers on hand / Trained last turn
    • Raw Materials on hand / Mined last turn

Make sure:

• The dilithium refinery is built and powered.
• The deuterium plant is built and powered.

• ECONOMY: This button changes the GALAXY display to show TRADE ROUTES. The Task Force display changes to show trade route(s) available in your currently highlighted system.
• MILITARY: This is the default setting when the game starts. The button replaces the TRADE ROUTES display (in the lower left corner) with the TASK FORCES display.
• ZOOM IN: This button magnifies the GALAXY display. Each sector appears bigger and its text larger.
• ZOOM OUT: This button lets you see more sectors in the available space. The detail gets smaller and text can become too small to read.
  • Note: the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT buttons have the same effect as the scroll wheel on pointing devices (mouse or track ball).

• Multiplayer chat: Select the CHAT button to communicate with others in a multiplayer game. The option is given to either send a message to all players or select a subset of players. The SYSTEM display changes to a text line for typing a message. At this time the CHAT button does not highlight pink when it is selected and either the MILITARY or ECONOMY button appears to remain active. You must re-click the CHAT button to close the text space and cancel CHAT mode.

As a system’s population expands a new trade route is created at multiples of 150.

The graphic at left shows an UNASSIGNED trade route for the solar system currently highlighted.

Assigning a trade route increases the number of credits accumulated with each turn.

Your trade routes are seen by selecting the ECONOMY button between the galaxy and system display.

Detail on trade routes, trading and how to assign them is discussed on page 26.

You will often jump between the ECONOMY and MILITARY buttons in managing your empire.

When the MILITARY setting of the GALAXY display is selected, a list of the ships you have (if any) in a selected sector appears in the lower left corner of the GALAXY panel under the title TASK FORCES (see next section). The graphic at the right shows a sector (Sol) with one or more ships in it as indicated by the Starfleet emblem in the corner.

In the original BOTF, switching from MILITARY to ECONOMY hid the icons for military ships.

The task force display of the main galaxy interface lists the ships in the currently selected sector. In the example screen shot you might think of each individual ship as its own “task force” as none of them are grouped yet. However, you can REDEPLOY more than one ship into a Task Force group.

The only purpose of Redeployment is to make ship movement easier. Grouping in task forces, saves you the tedium of individually directing each ship to the same place. At the bottom of the display is the button to REDEPLOY SHIPS.

When you select the REDEPLOY SHIPS option, the GALAXY display is replaced by a display showing the ships listed in the Task Forces display (seen at left). The REDEPLOY SHIPS button also changes to ACCEPT DEPLOYMENT as seen above.

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Click on ACCEPT DEPLOYMENT to return to the GALAXY display after redeploying your ships.

Detail on how to redeploy ships is described on page 25 (Part 2) of this manual and is currently under revision by the programmer.

In BotF2, ships can be renamed (this currently has a bug in the programming). The new name will appear in place of the text you see in the TASK FORCES display example above. Thus, the “Heavy Cruiser II” might be renamed as “NCC 530 USS Venture.”

In renaming ships you may want to adopt a convention of numbers for the different types of starships so that you can identify what type of ship it is. An example would be numbers in the 500’s for Heavy Destroyer II’s. You could also say HDII USS Venture or something that makes sense to you.

While you are in REDEPLOY SHIPS mode you can look at each ship’s status by selecting one of the ships in the vertical TASK FORCES list.

The status of all the ships appears in the display at the bottom of the panel as depicted in the picture to the left.

The three colored indicators to the left of each ship are (from left to right):

• Shield strength (maroon)
• Hull integrity (green)
• Deuterium (yellow)

Ships draw deuterium from your empire’s stockpile when they are moving inside their refueling range (shipyards and outposts). They only consume fuel reserves when outside the refueling range.

Place on Screen:

Right clicking on a ship in the task force panel brings up options appropriate to the ship in its current location.

Most ships have weapons but currently not all have the option to engage (enter battle with rival ships).

• Battle capable ships can:
  • Engage
  • Avoid
  • Escort (if other ships are in the same sector)

• Construction ships can: (this currently has a bug in it and may cause crashes)
  • Avoid
  • Build station (the selection of station(s) to build is limited to your tech level)

• Colony ships can:
  • Engage
  • Avoid
  • Escort or Colonize system (if they are in a system that can be colonized)

• Hospital ships can:
  • Avoid
  • Engage

• Transport ships can:
  • Avoid

Ship’s scanning:

Scan Power is not the same as Sensor Range. Range signifies the outer limits a scan can reach. Scan Power signifies the accuracy and resolution of a scan. Scout ships have the highest resolution scanning capability.