.TH Command GIVE
.SY "give <COUNTRY> <AMOUNT>"
The `\*Qgive\*U' command lets you easily give cash to another
player without going through the financial hassles of making
a loan or selling goods.  Each `\*Qgive\*U' transaction makes
the news as a "charitable contribution", and there are no
strings attached.  The money simply changes hands.
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SPECIAL DEITY FUNCTION
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For a deity, rather than move money, `\*Qgive\*U' can be used
to alter a number of nation and sector variables.  A deity can
use give to adjust the amount of one or more specific commodities
in a sector, or alter such things as efficiency, workforce, and
mobility.
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For example, to increase or decrease the amount of a commodity
in a sector:
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     give 17,21 20 m -15 f      add 20 mil, remove 15 food

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Non-commodity items can be changes by prefixing them with
one or two equals signs:
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     give 17,21 100 =eff        set efficiency to 100%
     give 17,21 127 =mob        set mobility to 127
     give 17,21 100 =work       set work percentage to 100
     give 17,21 100 =avail      set available workforce to 100
     give 17,21  20 =own        set owner to 20
     give 17,21  20 =oldown     set old owner to 20
     give 17,21  95 =road       set road improvements to 95%
     give 17,21 100 =rail       set rail improvements to 100%
     give 17,21   0 =loyal      set loyalty factor to 0
     give 17,21 255 =bunker     set bunker size to 255

     give 17,21 255 =btu        set sector owner's btus to 255 
     give 17,21 12345 =money    set sector owner's money to $12345
     give 17,21 1000 =reserves  set sector owner's mil reserve to 1000
     give 17,21 400 =tech       set sector owner's tech to 400
     give 17,21 400 =research   set sector owner's research to 400
     give 17,21 400 =edu        set sector owner's education to 400
     give 17,21 400 =happ       set sector owner's happiness to 400

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If you prefix the option with two equals signs instead of just
one, output messages will be suppressed.
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Commodity amount changes will show in the news; sector and nation
variable changes will not.  Also note that you can string multiple
options together on the same command line (often avoiding the need
to use the rather messy `\*Qedit\*U' command).  For example,
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     give 17,21 100 =eff 127 =mob 999 f -999 m 255 =btu

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See also : edit
