Marjors are BOTE, USO, etc... The games that draw even the retiree's out to play.
On another note, yes, you are missing something. Extern and Midnight are two different things that sometimes are run at the same time. If you run extern before midnight, you often get undesireable results. Alien Base ran it's extern at 9PM PST, but still had midnight happen at 12AM PST. This caused many people pod issues. Which I totally capialized on! heh.
Now, in an effort to illustrate things:
Computer command [TL=23:56:40]:[6084] (?=Help)? T
09:05:59 AM Sat May 26, 2018
Computer command [TL=23:56:27]:[6084] (?=Help)? B
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ARE YOU SURE CAPTAIN? (Y/N) [N] Yes
Your Camarilla has been destroyed!
Enter your choice: T
Show today's log? (Y/N) [N] Yes
Include time/date stamp? (Y/N) [N] No
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
enemy self-destructed!
[Pause]
Initializing...
Hello Enemy, welcome to:
Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold
(C) Copyright 1986 John Pritchett. All rights reserved.
Brought to you by EIS
Written by Gary Martin, Mary Ann Martin and John Pritchett
For Trade Wars support, visit EIS on the Net!
Web:
http://www.tradewars.com
http://www.eisonline.com
Email:
jpritch@eisonline.com
This copy of TW2002 is Registered to Coonpanion Maine Coons
http://www.coonpanion.com
and is being brought to you courtesy of
[Pause]
Who's Playing
The Men In Black are on the move!
[Pause]
You destroyed your own ship!
You must wait for 1 day(s) to get back in.
[Pause]
==-- Trade Wars 2002 --==
T - Play Trade Wars 2002
I - Introduction & Help
S - View Game Settings
H - High scores
A - View Announcement
X - Exit
Enter your choice: T
Show today's log? (Y/N) [N] Yes
Include time/date stamp? (Y/N) [N] Yes
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-- 05/26/18 -- 09:06:22 AM --
enemy self-destructed!
-- 05/26/18 -- 09:08:57 AM --
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Daily Journal S.D. 05/26/18 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
An unstable planetary mass was detected in sector 639
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= End Daily Journal =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Initializing...
Hello Enemy, welcome to:
Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold
(C) Copyright 1986 John Pritchett. All rights reserved.
Brought to you by EIS
Written by Gary Martin, Mary Ann Martin and John Pritchett
For Trade Wars support, visit EIS on the Net!
Web:
http://www.tradewars.com
http://www.eisonline.com
Email:
jpritch@eisonline.com
This copy of TW2002 is Registered to Coonpanion Maine Coons
http://www.coonpanion.com
and is being brought to you courtesy of
[Pause]
Who's Playing
The Men In Black are on the move!
[Pause]
You destroyed your own ship!
You must wait for 1 day(s) to get back in.
[Pause]
Enter your choice: T
Show today's log? (Y/N) [N] Yes
Include time/date stamp? (Y/N) [N] No
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
No log entries today.
[Pause]
Initializing...
Hello enemy, welcome to:
Trade Wars 2002 ver 3.13 MBBS Gold
(C) Copyright 1986 John Pritchett. All rights reserved.
Brought to you by EIS
Written by Gary Martin, Mary Ann Martin and John Pritchett
For Trade Wars support, visit EIS on the Net!
Web:
http://www.tradewars.com
http://www.eisonline.com
Email:
jpritch@eisonline.com
This copy of TW2002 is Registered to Coonpanion Maine Coons
http://www.coonpanion.com
and is being brought to you courtesy of
[Pause]
Who's Playing
The Men In Black are on the move!
[Pause]
Searching for messages received since your last time on:
No messages received.
[Pause]
<Scanning for Hazardous Sectors you have marked to Avoid>
No Sectors are currently being avoided.
You managed to destroy your ship your last time on.
Your ship is being initialized.
You must now christen your new Yokotosaki Malefactor
Choose a name carefully as you will have it for a while!
What do you want to name your ship? (30 letters)
.
. is what you want? Yes
You are being moved to sector 1
Sector : 1 in The Federation (unexplored).
Beacon : FedSpace, FedLaw Enforced
Ports : Sol, Class 0 (Special)
Planets : (M) Terra
Warps to Sector(s) : 2 - (3) - (4) - (5) - (6) - (7)
Command [TL=23:54:11]:[1] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>
<Computer activated>
Computer command [TL=23:58:57]:[1] (?=Help)? T
00:10:56 AM Sun May 27, 2018
Computer command [TL=23:58:57]:[1] (?=Help)? Q
<Computer deactivated>
Command [TL=23:58:56]:[1] (?=Help)? :
See? That should clear it up!