Ship Building 101
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Introduction:
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Building and operating a ship on the Narnian seas is a fairly simple
task. It will require a great deal of work at first, to get the ship
ready for its first voyage. Much of it is technical, and it is 
absolutely essential that is it done properly, but there is nothing
difficult that will be asked of the ship builder.

The first thing you should do is read this entire set of instructions
through, at least briefly, before starting. There will be a quiz on 
this.

Creating your ship:
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You must create the Ship Hull, the object that represents the ship 
itself. This is relatively simple:

@create Ship Name

Note: Do NOT prefix the ship name with 'The'. 

Then you'll need to type these commands. In place of Ship, put the name
of your ship. Things in <these> are where you should customize the ship.

@lock Ship=#0
@set Ship=QUIET
@set Ship=ENTER_OK
@set Ship=MYOPIC
&LONGITUDE Ship=0
&LATITUDE Ship=0
&HEADING Ship=east
@Listen Ship=*
&OARS Ship=stowed
&SAILS Ship=furled

&CAPTAIN_NAME Ship=<The name of the ship's captain, for +ships>
&COUNTRY_NAME Ship=<The ship's country of origin, for +ships>
@Ealias Ship=<Ship Name;more aliases, like an exit>
&ROWSPEED Ship=<Ranges from 2-8>
&SAILSPEED Ship=<Ranges from 0.5 to 0.9>
&SAIL_COLOR Ship=<whatever, like 'brilliant white'>
@Desc Ship=<Describe the ship. Please use [v(sails)], which will be
 furled or unfurled, and [v(oars)], which will be stowed or deployed.>

The Helm:
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Once the Hull is laid in, you need to build the rooms which make up
the interior of your ship.

The FIRST thing you should do is make the Helm Room. This is the room
in which the ship's tiller or wheel will be located, often towards the
rear of the ship. The room, like all of the ship rooms, should be set 
FLOATING (appropriate for a ship, isn't it?).

Once you have the room dug, you must set an attribute on the Ship Hull 
that you created way back when:

&HELM_NUM Ship=<The number of the Helm room, like #1234>

Now, you must make a decision. The ship, when entered, will send you
to a certain room on the ship. For something like a small sailboat, 
this can be the same room as the Helm. A larger ship, like a schooner,
would have the gangplank leading amidships, well forward of the tiller.

Whatever you decide, this must be set on the Hull as well:

&DECK_NUM Ship=<The number of the Deck room, like #1243>

The Relay:
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At this point, you can create the Ship's Relay.

@create Ship's Relay
@set Ship's Relay=AUDIBLE

This must also be recorded on the Hull:

&RELAY_NUM Ship=<Number of the relay, like #2143>

The purpose of the relay is to transmit what the ship sees to the 
exterior rooms within the ship. If you have rooms 'below deck', or
private cabins, you'll want to exclude these. But as you build the 
ship, compile a list of the rooms, and record this on the Relay, 
like so:

@ForwardList Ship's Relay=<list of room #s, like #234 #456 #678>

At this point, all that is left is to finish up the rest of the ship,
get all the rooms built (and into the Ship's Relay @ForwardList), and
to get the ship set up to sail.

Christening the Ship:
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Send +mail to Reepicheep or Tash with the following information:

 - The object number of the Ship Hull.
 - Whether you want a Wheel or Tiller in the Helm room.
 - The name of the exit off the ship (default is Gangplank).
 - Any special 'UseLock' you want to limit control of the ship.

When the mail is read, the Ship Hull will be inspected. If it is
not acceptable, you will receive mail telling you what needs to be
fixed. If it is acceptable, the Ship's Hull object will be @chowned 
away from you. If you wish to change the description at a later
date, set in in an attribute on yourself and send +mail to
Reepicheep or Tash with the attribute name.

The ship will be added to the shiplock, the Ship's Relay will be 
relocated (but you will retain ownership), and the ship itself will
appear at the Port of Cair Paravel, ready for its first voyage.