                                Command : SAIL

NAME
   sail - Give sailing orders to a ship

Level: Expert

SYNTAX
   [##:##] Command : sail <SHIP/FLEET> [<PATH>|q[uery]|-]

You  use  the "sail" command to give a sailing path to ships.  At each update,
ships with a sailing path "auto-navigate" along the  path  that  was  set  for
them.  Telegrams notify you of arrivals or problems encountered while attempt-
ing to follow the path.

Radar operates continuously as the  ship  moves  along  the  path,  constantly
adding sector information to the known world map.

Ship  movement  is  performed before mobility is increased.  This insures that
after the update, ships with a sailing path will still have some  mobility  so
that you can always manually navigate to some extent.

Note  that  ships sailing can encounter exactly the same interdiction as ships
navigating.

   [##:##] Command : sail <SHIP/FLEET> q

"sail", with the "query" parameter,  shows  the  current  sailing  path.   The
report indicates:

        shp#          ship number
        ship type     type of ship (cargo ship, destroyer, etc)
        x,y           ship's current position
        mobil         ship's current mobility
        mobquota      mobility available per update to sail
        follows       ship that is being followed
        path          the current sailing path

   shp#     ship type       x,y    mobil mobquota follows path
      1 cargo ship        -27,19    44      32          1 jjjuujj
     12 cargo ship        -27,19    40      32          1
     34 fishing boat       15,32    58      32          3 ggbbgyyg
     58 cargo ship         18,34    62       0          4
   4 ship(s)

   [##:##] Command : sail <SHIP/FLEET> -

"sail",  with  the "-" parameter, causes the sailing path for the ships speci-
fied to be removed.

The PATH is a normal empire path specification. You may *not* give a  destina-
tion  sector  on the command line, or at any time while giving the route.  Use
the "order" command if you wish this functionality.

When getting a path interactively, empire will show you  the  information  you
have  (from  your  bmap)  concerning  the  current area, to help you plot your
course.

SEE ALSO
   follow, unsail, mquota, Ships

