.SILENT SERVICE II
Microprose
1990 ver 457.01

This is a submarine game.  You captain a sub which has a mission to fire on
boats and sink them.

To install:     Go to A: drive and run INSTALL
                When it asks for the next disk just press A or B as appropriate
To start:       SILENT.BAT
To quit:        Press Ctrl+Q

There is doc protection but a wrong answer still gives training mode.

Massive ship that looks multi-story is CV AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Massive ship with massive guns and 2 spiky poles is BBH SUPER BATTLESHIP
Big ship with large stack and 1 tall pole is BB BATTLESHIP
Big ship with 2 poles that split toward the bottom and 4 machine guns is CA HEAVY CRUISER
Big ship with 1 pole, 1 stack, 3 stubby stacks is CL LIGHT CRUISER
Medium ship with 2 short poles and 2 big guns at one end and 1 big gun at the other end
 is DDAA DESTROYER
Medium ship with high front sloping away to the back is DD DESTROYER
Small ship with 2 poles and flag,stern on a lower level is DE DESTROYER ESCORT
Teeny ship is PC PATROL CRAFT
Big ship with 4 big wire antennas is TROOP TRANSPORT
Big ship that looks like an oil tanker is OIL TANKER
Big ship with 2 big poles 2 small poles and streamers is FACTORY SHIP

LARGE FREIGHTER and SMALL FREIGHTER still to be determined from these unknowns:

Big ship with 2 big poles each with 2 guns not
Small ship with 2 poles not
Medium ship with 3 big poles 2 small poles, flag, machine gun at front, streamers not


Controls:
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F1              View grid map
        Z       Closer
        X       Further away
        C       Put your position in the centre
        V       Full screen toggle
F2              View from on the deck (surfaced only)
F3              View through the periscope
        Z       Magnify       )
        X       Un-magnify    )  M on right (1 to 4)
F4              View through gun sights  (When the ruler turns white you can use torpedos)
        Z       Magnify       )
        X       Un-magnify    )  M-X on right (1 to 4)
F5              View gauges
F6              Status report
F7              Boat specifications
F8              'Exit not possible'

1               'All ahead slow'
2               'All ahead half'
3               'All ahead full'
4               'All ahead flank'
5               'All ahead stop'
6               'Reverse full'
7               'Debris launched'
8               'Periscope depth aye aye sir'
9               'Up scope'
0               'Long range selected/deselected'
Backspace       'Controls centered'
Enter           'Torpedo fired'
Cursor left     Rudder left
Cursor right    Rudder right
Cursor up       Up
Cursor down     Down

All is ok until the batteries go flat.  I don't know what to do after that.