                              Command : DECLARE

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: declare <POSITION> <CNUM/CNAME>

The declare command allows you to officially declare your diplomatic relations
with other countries.

<POSITION> may be alliance,  neutrality,  hostile,  or  war;  <CNUM/CNAME>  is
either the name or number of the other country in question.

Your official relations with other countries affect  various  aspects  of  the
game; for instance, if a country with whom you are at war spies on one of your
sectors and you catch the spy he/she will be shot!  If you had been neutral or
merely  hostile  to  the spy's country she/he would merely have been deported.
If the spy was from an allied country he/she would  never  be  caught  in  the
first place.

Similarly, a plane from an allied or neutral country will not be  shot  at  by
your sectors when it flies over them.

Declare also asks whether you want to change your multiplier for this country.

                              Command : DECLARE

The newspaper is very interested in declarations of war or alliance  --  don't
expect to keep such declarations secret.

See also : fly, nation, spy

