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Begin is a turn-based tactical starship simulator for Windows. You command between one and a hundred ships in combat against an enemy fleet with extensive control over systems and an intuitive command language (Examples: "fire all torpedoes", "tractor Saratoga", and "helm 270, warp 5"). You can torpedo, phaser, tractor, even capture enemy ships.

The first version was released in 1985, another major version in 1989, and then the newest release in 2009. Development continues and there is an active online community on Yahoo! Groups.

The game was inspired by Trek 73, a 1973 HP 2000C computer game written in HP Time-Share Basic

Contents 1 How to play 2 Library 3 Meta 4 External links

How to play

• Introduction - Introducing Begin
• Setup - Configuring the fleets
• Commands - Commanding your fleet
• Damage - Inflicting Damage
• Tips - Playing Tips
• Scoring - How good are you?
• Tactics - Sample Strategies
• Example games

Library

• Empires and Ships - The various space empires in Begin and their ships
• Weapons - The sharp edge of the sword
• Physics - Modeling space and time
• AI - Enemy and Ally behavior
• Events - Things happen

Meta

• Development - Current and future
• Mods and extensions - Begin has been modified by users in the decades since it was released.
• History
• Begin on linux - installation on Linux

External links

• Star Fleet Project - The official home page of Begin
• Begin Yahoo Community - Meet other Begin players!
• Begin: A Tactical Starship Simulation - Fan page with data on ships and weapons
• Facebook - Fan page on Facebook