Contents

Federation. 5

Borg. 5

Breen. 5

Cardassian. 6

Multiplayer Guidelines. 12

Using Technologies. 13

License/Copyright: 22

Weblinks. 23

Introduction

Thank you for downloading Kobayashi Maru the successor to the highly successful

FBCMP. We hope that you will enjoy this project as must as we enjoyed working with it

during construction and beta testing.

Kobayashi Maru is an enhancement to Star Trek: Bridge Commander, it brings many

advanced features to both quick battle and multiplayer to deliver to you a new and

exciting experience.

Features

Ships/Stations/Shuttles:

Federation

Achilles

Aegian

Akira

Ambassador

Centaur

Chayenne

Constitution

Construction Ship

Defiant

Excalibur

Excelsior

Eximus

Galaxy (MVAM)

Intrepid

Miranda

Nebula

Nebula (Sensor variant)

Norway

Nova

Prometheus (MVAM)

Rhode Island

Sebre

Sovereign

Steamrunner

USS Lakota

Danube Mk1

Danube Mk2

DeltaFlyer

Peragrine

Shuttle

Sovereignyacht

Type11 Shuttle

Type9 Shuttle

Venture

DS9

Drydock

Drydock (repair)

Fed Outpost

Fed Spacestation

Fed Starbase

Starbase 220

Starbase 329

Breen

Breen Frigate

Cardassian

Freighter

Galor

Hideki

Hutet

Hybride

Keldon

Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform

Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform Asteroid

Outpost

Starbase

Dominion

Attack Ship

Battlecruiser

Battleship

Karemman Transport

Ferengi

Marauder

Kessok

HeavyBattleship

LightBattleship

Klingon

Bird of Prey

FekIhr Mk2

Ktinga

Kvort

Neghvar

ST6 Bird of Prey

Vorcha

Klingon Shuttle

Klingon Imperial Starbase

Romulan

Falcon

Firehawk

Griffin

Norexan

Preator

Raptor

Scimitar

Shrike

VaskhoIhr

Venator

Warbird

Romulan Shuttle

Romulan Outpost

Other

8472 Bioship

Comm Phalanx

Escape Pods

Frighter

Hidden Core

Junk

Kazon Raider

Merchantman Frighter

Mine

Miradorn

Solarformer

Sona Battleship

Transporter

Workbee

Scripts:

A collection of the best scripts available for BC have been combined

together to work both in QB and many in MP.

Advanced Scanning

Advanced Technologies

Away Team

BC Lost Dialogue

BC-Hud Mod

Blind Fire Attack Mode

Bridge Plugin Core

Cloak Counter-Measures

Cloak Firing

Construct

Core Ejection

Detect cloaked Ships

Fleet Orders

GUI Mod Lite

Inccurate Phasers

Key Foundation

Mine Launching

Moving Parts

MVAM Infinite

New AI

Point Defense Phaser

Quickbattle Replacement

Random Encounters

Secondary Targeting

Shuttle Launching

Submenu

Surrender

Thrusters

Tractor Beam Inversion

Unfied MainMenu

Warp Speed´s

New Effects:

NanoFX2 has been integrated into Kobayashi Maru and works both in QB and in MP

games to deliver an immersive Bridge Commander experience. Experience amazing

explosions, plasma leaks, in-warp battles, nova explosions as well as many more effects.

CA Enhancement Pack: Kobayashi Maru also features many elements from the

upcoming CA Enhancement pack which includes improved weapons, backgrounds,

starfields, systems, planets and many other enhancements.

New Systems: - A series of amazing new systems have been added for you to explore or

wage war in. Including BanzaiZAP, ZMSystems, Multiplayer systems and much more…

New Bridges: - The best bridges out there for Bridge Commander have also been

included in the project. Now you can wage war in your favorite ship complete with an

extended list of bridges to utilize.

New Multiplayer:

Turkey Shoot mode is once again included and this time has been

tweaked to offer a more stable multiplayer experience. To further the multiplayer game,

Kobayashi Maru allows the use of many advanced scripts, including blind fire, shuttle

launching, thrusters and many more…Participate in battles beyond any other seen in

multiplayer, wage war, evade incoming fire, employ tactics and survive…

Fed vs. Non-Fed is the same as Turkey Shoot but you can fight with Federation Based Ships/Stations against non Fed Stations/Ships

Other Features

New Ship Textures for many Ships

A lot of Bugfixes since 0.9.1

New Intro

New Loadingscreen
Requirements

*A Fresh/Unmodded copy of Bridge Commander installed,

*The Official 1.1 patch installed.

Installation

1) Extract the contents of the archive into a temporary directory.

2) Copy and Paste all the folders directly into your bridge commander directory.

3) Overwrite files and folders when asked.

4) Run km_clean.bat (this will delete the fox files and reset bc to standard settings)

5) Load BC.

6) Turn on all desired Mutators.
(Under Customize click Master switch, then Custom Options/Mutators, re-enter the Custonize Menu and look under Mutators, activate them all, Done!)

7) Have fun!

Note: If you would like to participate in Multiplayer games, it is necessary to have a fast

internet connection to ensure the game runs properly for yourself and others.

If you experience any problems, please consult the FAQ before contacting us.

Multiplayer Guidelines

This section is to guide players on how to reduce issues which you may encounter on Multiplayer
games. As a note, these are not due to failures with Kobayashi Maru, but due to the general
nature of Bridge Commander itself.

*Do not add a great deal of systems when hosting a game. Try to stick to 3 or 4 systems at max,
and take into consideration that some systems contain multiple planets, nebulas, AI ships/stations
or other items. We have found that it is better to make the starting system one devoid of spatial
phenomenon or AI ships, such as SPACE or ASTEROIDS.

*Do not add large numbers of AI ships at a time. If you have a good computer you may not think
twice about adding 20 federation vessels Vs 20 Dominion ships, but doing such a thing is not
recommended. It will cause lag for the game while each players computer attempts to load all of
the models at once. During our beta tests there were a few instances when players actually left a
game because they believed it had frozen, when in fact their computers were loading large
numbers of AI ships.

*Do try to regulate a battle involving AI ships as opposed to starting a battle with large numbers
of ships. This will ensure the game runs well for everyone. This is especially important with
battles involving pulse weapons, as these are known to cause a great deal of lag on some
computers.

*Try to reduce the use of mines for strategic purposes as opposed to quick and cheap ways of
eliminating small enemy vessels. Mines are useful providing they are used effectively.

*Do not use large ships or detailed models during a large battle. (e.g. Excalibur) This can
seriously affect a game depending on the amount of ships in game.

*Try not to abandon ship during battles which are suffering from lag as this will make the game
worse, be considerate of other users.

*Do not transport onto a player controlled ship. In the event of such an occurrence, try to leave
the player ship as soon as possible by transporting to an AI vessel or shuttle.

*Do not warp over and over as this can ruin a good game. If you need time to repair, warp to a
system which you can hide within, or try to lose the enemy by warping to a system with many
planets. This means a player must scan for your warp signature…

*Do not destroy a player ship during warp. The destroyed player will be forced to rejoin the game.

* Do have fun while playing Kobayashi Maru online.

* Consider the fun of others and be fair.

Using Technologies

A simply guide on the new technologies and how to use them:

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-Engage Warp: Causes your ship to warp at high speeds within a system. Click once to enter insystem
warp, click again to drop out of warp. (QB ONLY)

-Surrender: Causes your ship to drop shields and de-activate weapons. Enemy ships will not
attack you unless you fire upon them first. Click once to surrender your ship. (QB ONLY)

-Order: Allows you to order allied ships to perform a series of preset tasks. Select a task from
either the fleet menu to order your entire fleet or ship menu to order a single ship. (QB & MP)

-Dock at Target: Causes your ship to dock at the selected target if it is possible. Click once to
dock. (QB & MP)

-Send Distress Call: Causes your helm officer to send a distress signal. If an allied ship is within
nearby they will warp to your position and offer assistance. If the signal is picked up by enemy
ships in range they may warp to assist your enemy. Assistance is not always guaranteed. Click
once to send the signal and then wait. (QB ONLY)

-Orbit Planet: Your ship will order a planet, or you can orbit your current target. Click to select.
(QB & MP)

-Thrusters: Sets the speed of your thrusters which allows your ship additional movement. Click
to select your thruster power and set your thruster controls from the main menu. (QB & MP)

-Tractor Modes: Allows your tractor beams to either Push, Pull, Tow or hold ships in which it is
locked onto. Select the desired mode and activate tractor beams. (QB ONLY)

-Point Defense Phaser: Works only on the Nebula Classes and Sovereign. Your tactical officer
will target incoming torpedoes with your ships phasers if he is able. Click once each time to
activate “PDP”. (QB & MP)

-Single Phaser: Configures your ships phasers to fire either single phaser fire or multiple phaser
fire. Click button once to activate single phasers (1) or click again to activate multiple phasers (0).

(QB ONLY)

-Tractor Inversion: Use when your ship is locked in a tractor beam. This causes your own ship
to generate an inverse pulse which is capable of damaging the other ships tractor beam and
potentially freeing your ship. The success of this technology is not always guaranteed and
requires time to re-charge. Click button when locked inside tractor beam. (QB & MP)

-Blind Fire: This causes your ship phasers to fire in any of the preset patterns and is able to
reveal the location of cloaked ships upon successful impact for a short time. Impacting a cloaked
ship will add an additional target to your list allowing you to target that location. In order you use
this technology you must select a firing pattern by clicking the desired button. You may also use
the Mouse Pick function to manually target a particular area with phasers, torpedoes and pulse
weapons if able. In order to exit blind fire mode you must click the Cease Fire button or press the
desired key (if one is configured). (QB & MP)

-Secondary Targeting: Allows your ship to fire simultaneously on two targets with its weapons.
Click the Take Second Target button to lock onto that particular target, then continue to fire on
another target at the same time. Click clear target to return to standard target mode. (QB & MP)

-Phaser Intensity: Configures your phasers to fire high or low energy yields. Decreasing the
intensity bar allows you to fire more pulse weapons if the ship is able.

-Self Destruct: Activates the ship self destruct sequence providing the controls are intact. Select a
desired time if you require time to exit your ship then select the self destruct button. Press the
button a second time to cancel the self destruct countdown. (QB & MP)

-Abandon Ship: Orders your crew to evacuate the ship allowing yourself and your crew to
survive if your ship is critical. You will be transferred into an escape pod, giving you time to
transport onto an allied ship in range. Select the abandon ship button and click yes to evacuate
from your vessel. (QB & MP)

-Core Ejection: Federation vessels only. Ejects your ships warp core in an emergency and causes
severe power loss to all major systems. Used when your warp core is heavily damaged or in
tactical situations. Click the eject core button to release the warp core, or lock onto the core with a
tractor beam to bring the core back to your ship. (QB ONLY)

-MVAM: Galaxy and Prometheus class only. Activates the “Multi-Vectoral Assault Mode” and
causes your ship to separate into additional sections. This allows for additional firepower or
evasive tactics. Select the section you wish to board then press the Separate button. If all sections
are still intact you may reintegrate the ship by pressing the button. (QB ONLY)

-MP3 System: Plays music tracks located inside “scripts\Custom\mp3” folder. Activate by
pressing the button and select desired tracks to play. (QB ONLY)

-Interstellar Library: Opens the ships library console which contains detailed information about
ships, systems and species. This library is extremely useful in learning additional information
about your enemy as it may contain their strengths and weaknesses. Activate by pressing the
library button and select the desired information section. (QB & MP)

-Scan Area: Causes your science officer to scan the area to acquire tactical data on any ships in
range. It also allows you to detect recent warp signatures making it useful to follow ships through
warp. Press the Scan Area button to activate the scan and in multiplayer select the scan window to
display the results. (QB & MP)

-Launching: Ships fitted with a shuttle bay are able to deploy shuttles or mines if they are
available. Open the “Player Selected” menu for additional options.

*GET ON BOARD transfers you onto a shuttle immediately once you launch it.

*GET TARGET allows you to launch your allied target shuttles if they are able.

*PLAYER returns your shuttle launching to normal so you do not board it.

In order a launch a mine you must cycle through available shuttles until you find the mine option,
the launch it. DO NOT TRY TO BOARD MINES!!!
In order to return shuttles, select the desired shuttle and select “Return Shuttle”. The shuttle will
then return to your shuttle bay if it is able. (QB & MP)

-Transport: Allows you to transport onto an allied vessel which is in range. Press the Transport
button while targeting an allied ship within 50km to board that vessel. (QB & MP)

-Advanced Power Control: Allows you increased control over your power systems. Some
systems will take damage if they are increased to 200%. Click the button to open the additional
options. You may also save pre-set power configurations and load them using the configuration
buttons. (QB ONLY)

-Away Team: Transports an away team over to an enemy ship with shields down. The away team
will attempt to gain control of the ship. The success of the away team depends upon the number
of enemy crew onboard the vessel. You may also donate or rescue crew to/from an allied vessel if
the ship requires it. Select the desired option and then click transfer to lower your ships shields
and transport the away team. (QB ONLY)

-Mine Control: Allows a ship with a shuttle bay to deploy deadly Blast Mines. You are able to
set a countdown for the mines in which they will detonate. Exploding mines will cause severe
damage to any ships in range and pose a significant threat to small or weak vessels. Select the
number of mines you wish to prepare and set a countdown time, mines can also be destroyed by
weapon fire. You may deploy the mine using the shuttle launching function once the mine is
ready. (QB & MP)

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problems with Kobayashi Maru we ask that you do either of the following:

1) Read the FAQ first incase your problem is already discussed. We have tried our best to
anticipate any possible problem you may encounter but of course we cannot always win.

2) Visit our forums here http://bckobayashimaru.de/phpBB2/index.php and
report your problem in the feedback forum. If necessary and possible it might be best to
provide a console report or screenshot.

Final Note:

There are many features within Kobayashi Maru, many of which you must find out for yourself.
We worked extremely hard in perfecting this project and hope that you enjoy it as much as we
have working on and testing it. We would appreciate any feedback you can provide on all aspects of Kobayashi Maru.
Please visit our forums http://bckobayashimaru.de/ and tell us what you think in the
feedback section. We welcome opinions and suggestions providing they are feasible.

Credits

We would like to thank all of the original authors who have allowed us to use their work within
Kobayashi Maru. We made it a key point during the projects development to acquire permission
for everything we have used, however in the event that we have forgotten to credit you for your
work we deeply apologize.

FTB / Trekmods:
Foundation by Dasher42
FoundationTechnologies by Dasher42, Apollo and MLDaalder
- http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/~bridgecommander/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16516
Foundation Music by Dasher42
Shuttle Launching Framework by Sleight42
- http://defiant.homedns.org/~erik/STBC/TechFramework/TechFrameworkcurrent.zip
Sol System by Dasher42
- http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Dashers_Solar_System_with_NanoFx2;23877

Manual:
Original Manual by Dragon, edited for 1.0 by Hary74656
Disclaimer

We accept no responsibility for any damage which may be done to you or your computer as a
result of installing and playing Kobayashi Maru or its Contents. The project underwent extensive testing prior to use and therefore should run well on almost all computers.
Star Trek is copyrighted to Paramount and Viacom

License/Copyright:

1. Each Mod included in Kobayashi Maru comes with its own license.
Please check the relevant readmes files in the doc/ folder.

2. For all other Mods that have their own license: Contact their Author.

3. If you are unsure, contact us at http://bckobayashimaru.de

4. You must contact us if you want to redistribute Kobayashi Maru, or any parts of it!
- its for your own good

5. If you wish to update or modify Kobayashi Maru in any way, we require that you
contact us before doing so.

Weblinks

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Forums - http://bckobayashimaru.de/phpBB2

Bugtracker - http://bckobayashimaru.de/index.php?show=55

FAQ - http://bckobayashimaru.de/index.php?show=111

Supportrules - http://bckobayashimaru.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=489

Staff List - http://bckobayashimaru.de/index.php?show=77