Command : COMMODITY

Basic

[##:##] commodity <SECTS>

The commodity report provides information pertaining to the various commodities 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:
[##:##] commodity -6:6,-3:3

which would list data for the area extending three sectors out from the capital 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:

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 construction 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 construction 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

For example:
[##:##] 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 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 , Commodities , Sectors