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THE CRYSTAL CONFEDERATION (RACE 7)
	Origin:
		The Crystal Confederation is based on the Tholian race from Star Trek, the Original Series.
	About Race 7:
		The Crystals are a silicon based life form about 3 feet tall, with no limbs and with a metallic color.
			They have two large, glowing eyes in the middle of their polyhedron form.
		The Crystals like hot temperatures and therefore, favor Planets with temperatures reaching 100.
		Their Ships are very powerful and tend to favor Beam Weapons.
		However, their weapon of choice is the dreaded, Web Minefield. This Minefield will suck the fuel
			out of any enemy Ship unlucky enough to be caught in its grasp. Once deprived of fuel, the
			enemy Ship is a sitting duck, just waiting to be towed back to a Crystalline Starbase and
			captured.
	Advantages, Abilities, and Friendly Codes:
		(Host 3.20)
			All Torpedo Ships can lay Web Mines
			Enjoy Planet temperatures of 100 (Hconfig)
			Can capture Ships that are out of fuel
				Any Beam Ship can capture an enemy Ship by transferring Crew to the captured Ship.
					The capturing Ship will transfer the full compliment of the captured Ship or half of its own Crew,
						whichever is less.
					Enemy Crew is jettisoned into space and replace with new Crew.
				Some enemy will turn traitor and join the new Crew:
					The Federation (Race 1): 90% will turn traitor and join new Crew.
					The Privateers (Race 5): 100% will turn traitor and join new Crew.
					The Evil Empir (Race 8): 40% will turn traitor and join new Crew.
					The Colonials (Race 11): 70% will turn traitor and join new Crew.
			nbr		Beam Ships do not use their tow capture beam to take over fuelless enemy Ships.
		(Fhost)
			Get two free Torpedoes per turn at each Starbase (Fhconfig)
		(Gryphon)
			Honor Device. Hull Slot 64 (Onyx Class Frigate) and Hull Slot 66 (Opal Class Torpedo Boat) are equipped with Honor Devices
			B1C		Any Planet builds one Combot
			MMX		Any Ship can move a Web Minefield. First three characters of Ship name must be Minefield ID #. Fourth character of Ship name must be D(own), U(p), L(eft), or R(ight)
			NML		Institutes Martial Law to prevent gambling by Privateers. (Planet Friendly Code). N = any character
			OSC		Hull Slot 67 (Crystal Thunder Class Carrier) destroys all Fighters in forward Bays of enemy Ship. Can also use Osc, oSc, and osC
			RAV		Hull Slot 6 (Onyx Class Frigate) increases temperature of Planet by 1 degree/turn
			SNN		Keep Federatin (Race 1) from stealing Natives from Planet. (Planet Friendly Code). NN = any letters or numbers
		(Nemesis)
			Native Siliconoids give Megacredits to Crystals (Race 7)
			ATF		Hull Slot 64 (Onyx Class Frigate) can terraform quickly
			N*N		Hull Slot 61 (Emerald Class Battle Cruiser) can perform Alchemy. First N = N, M, T, or D (Mineral loaded) Second N = N, M, T, D, S, or $ (Mineral created)
			S*m		Hull Slo t61 (Emerald Class Battle Cruiser) can emulate an Alchemy Ship (Hull Slot 105)
			S*n		Hull Slot 61 (Emerald Class Battle Cruiser) can emulate a Neutronic Refinery Ship (Hull Slot 104)
			SDS		Any Ship sets self-destruct
		(Raceplus)
			Gather up fuel that gets caught in Web Mines
			MKN		Receive free Torpedoes over Siliconoid Planets. (Planet Friendly Code). N = 1-8, P, G
		(Starbase Plus)
			LWF		Starbase lay Web Minefield (Planet Friendly Code)
	Race 7 Ship List:
		Hull Slot # and Ship Name												Beam	Fight	Torp	Engines	Mass	Cargo	Fuel	Tech	Crew	Cost	D	T	M
		14 NEUTRONIC FUEL CARRIER												0	0	0	2	10	2	900	3	2	20	10	2	20
		15 SMALL DEEP SPACE FREIGHTER												0	0	0	1	30	70	200	1	2	10	2	2	3
		16 MEDIUM DEEP SPACE FREIGHTER												0	0	0	1	60	200	250	3	6	65	4	4	6
		17 LARGE DEEP SPACE FREIGHTER												0	0	0	2	130	1200	600	6	102	160	85	7	8
		18 SUPER TRANSPORT FREIGHTER												0	0	0	4	160	2600	1200	10	202	220	125	13	18
		59 SMALL TRANSPORT												2	0	0	1	30	50	180	4	15	25	2	2	20
		60 RUBY CLASS LIGHT CRUISER												4	0	2	2	120	370	390	3	136	95	32	47	43
		61 EMERALD CLASS BATTLE CRUISER												8	0	3	2	180	510	480	6	258	390	52	71	93
		62 SKY GARNET CLASS DESTROYER												7	0	1	2	90	30	120	5	80	110	32	43	25
		63 DIAMOND FLAME CLASS BATTLESHIP												10	0	6	2	451	90	400	9	510	410	70	93	390
		64 ONYX CLASS FRIGATE												8	0	1	2	153	10	150	8	320	280	25	35	95
		65 TOPAZ CLASS GUN BOAT												4	0	0	1	65	15	60	3	20	60	12	27	25
		66 OPAL CLASS TORPEDO BOAT												1	0	1	1	67	19	55	2	25	60	12	29	20
		67 CRYSTAL THUNDER CLASS CARRIER												6	8	0	4	320	80	290	10	422	480	42	61	233
		104 NEUTRONIC REFINERY SHIP												6	0	0	10	712	1050	800	9	190	970	125	150	527
		105 MERLIN CLASS ALCHEMY SHIP												8	0	0	10	920	2700	450	10	120	840	625	250	134
	Race 7 Ship Abilities:
		16 MEDIUM DEEP SPACE FREIGHTER
			(Starbase Plus)
				GBN		Get Beam Slot (N = 0-9) from Starbase
				GEN		Get Engine Slot  (N = 1-9) from Starbase
				GTN		Get Torpedo Tube Slot (N = 0-9) from Starbase
				UAP		Unload All Ship Components to Starbase
				UBN		Unload Beam Slot (N = 0-9) to Starbase
				UEN		Unload Engine Slot (N = 1-9) to Starbase
				UTN		Unload Torpedo Tube Slot (N = 0-9) to Starbase
		60 RUBY CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
			(Fhost)
				SSC		Plasma Sunscoops
		61 EMERALD CLASS BATTLE CRUISER
			(Nemesis)
				Alchemy Ship (Crystals (Race 7) only)
		64 ONYX CLASS FRIGATE
			(Host 3.20)
				Climate control				Warms the Planet this Ship is in orbit of by 1 degree per turn (up to a temp of 99 degrees)
				Climate Control				Warms the Planet this Ship is in orbit of by 1 degree per turn (up to a temp of 100 degrees) (Host 3.22.005)
			(Fhost)
				MTN		Maintenance Ship. Fixes damaged Ship. Both Ships need to set this Friendly Code
			(Gryphon)
				Climate control (Crystals (Race 7) only)
			(Nemesis)
				Terraform (Crystals (Race 7) only)
		65 TOPAZ CLASS GUN BOAT
			(Gryphon)
				Honor Device (Crystals (Race 7) only)
		66 OPAL CLASS TORPEDO BOAT
			(Gryphon)
				Honor Device (Crystals (Race 7) only)
		67 CRYSTAL THUNDER CLASS CARRIER
			(Gryphon)
				Oscillator Beam (Crystals (Race 7) only)
		104 NEUTRONIC REFINERY SHIP
			(Host 3.20)
				Converts Minerals and Supplies into Neutronium.
					1 KT of any Mineral + 1 Supply = 1 KT of Neutronium.
				NAL		Do not perform Alchemy function. (Registered only)
		105 MERLIN CLASS ALCHEMY SHIP
			(Host 3.20)
				Converts Supplies into Minerals.
					9 Supplies = 1 KT Duranium, 1 KT Tritanium, and 1 KT Molybdenum.
					This ship will perform Alchemy function even if the ship has no fuel on board.
				ald		Convert Supplies into Duranium only. 3 Supplies = 1 KT Duranium. (Registered only)
				alm		Convert Supplies into Molybdenum only. 3 Supplies = 1 KT Molybdenum. (Registered only)
				alt		Convert Supplies into Tritanium only. 3 Supplies = 1 KT Tritanium. (Registered only)
				NAL		Do not perform Alchemy function. (Registered only)