Quine 4000

Quine 4000

A Quine 4000 is a type of Personal Computer used by spacecraft pilots. The Quine 4000 allows users to view their missions, cargo manifests, finances and kill breakdown. Grayson Burrows owned a Quine 4000 which he registered just after he first landed on Achilles in 2669. He continued to use the device to manage his missions and manifests through at least the next year.

Interface

Registration

Please register your
new Quine 4000

Enter Name: _

Enter Callsign: _

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Startup

LOCATION:
{Base Name}
{Base Type}

SYSTEM:
{System}

READY!

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SAVE

Save game as:

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LOAD

Load game:
Save game not found.

MISSIONS

No missions. Mission %d of %d: initrf.pak

FIN

Cash:

left: %d Missions to date: %d QUADRANT: SYSTEM: Kills to date: %d playscor.iff Kill breakdown: Merchant: Hunter: Confed: Kilrathi: Militia: Pirate: Retro: Total:

MAN

Space left: %d No cargo loaded. Cargo page %d of %d: %.20s (%d)

PWR

The PWR button shuts off the Quine 4000.

Behind the Screens

The artwork for the Quine 4000 stored in Privateer's OPTIONS file includes a sixth button labeled RJCT. The wider MISSIONS button which replaces it is stored elsewhere in the game. It is not clear what the RJCT option would've meant.

The internal script for the Quine text includes a startup line which reads "Linking to GPS.". It does not display in the game.

The kill breakdown was added to the FIN menu for Privateer Righteous Fire. The CD-ROM release ports it back to the original campaign. The original 3.5" release of the game has a different screen which only displays your credit balance (with slightly different phrasing).