Included in this BIG CHEAT save file is:

1 Centurion Bounty Hunter Heavy Fighter
	Equpied with:
		1 Cargo expansion (from the origional 50 to an expanded 75)
		1 Rear turret
		1 jumpdrive
		1 afterburner
		1 ECM package 3
		1 Engine upgrade 5
		1 Shield upgrade 5
		6 Steltec Guns (4 front firing, 2 on turret)
		1 Tractor beam (on turret)

This file starts off at the very begining of the game in the troy system.
The Steltec weapons come in handy.  Also the cargo expansion, not avaliable
anywhere else, is included.  There is 170,000 credits to buy misc supplies,
repair your ship, and get missle launchers or torpedo launchers, not included
because there are many personal preferences.

  ***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***
This file is a major spoiler in the game.  Everybody (pirates, militia, 
confed, merchants, hunters) are your friends.  Practically no one to fight.  

If you have a Hex Editor, read on, if not, you can use the SAV file.

Most of this information can be found, in one way or another, on Compuserve.

To get level 5 engine and shield upgrades along with the cargo expansion,
Play the game until you have around 700,000 credits and buy an Orion, along
with the level 5 shield and engines and the cargo expansion.  Then save the 
game under two different names.  Edit one of the files with a Hex Editor, and 
then goto hex-offset 28 and change it to either a centurion (02) or a galixy
(03).  Go back to the game and load the edited file to make sure that the
ship you choose is displayed.

To get the Steltec guns (centurion only) purchase the rear turret and lasers 
all around.  Save the game under 2 names, and edit one of them with a 
hex-editor.  The exact location will vary, but it should be near hex-offset
480.  Right after the numbers 41 50 47 55 4E 53 enter these:
00 00 00 18 09 01 00 00 09 02 00 00 09 04 00 00 09 03 00 00 09 07 00 00 09 05
00.  Then go into privateer.  Goto the ship dealer and look to see if you
have weapons.  Then look at sell on the computer.  If no weapons come up, but
you can see them on your ship, then you have done it correctly.

Finally, to change the name and callsign to your preference, look near hex 400
to 500 for ( and i hope your editor also shows ascii) and look for the words
Name and about 15 spaces after that Callsign.  Replace these with your own.

SOME INPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:

* Editing the files for privateer is not an exact science, and can sometimes 
cause problems.  It is important to realize that a backup of you file can 
help recover or discover problems in your files.*

*I in no way accept responcibility for the misuse of this information.*

*Privateer is copyright Origin Systems 1993.  All rights reserved*



