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Section 16 - Spaceships

A spaceship is a kind of vehicle. A vehicle has some text called the inner description.

Instead of going up to Hoth Orbit when the player is not in a spaceship:

say "You are not in a spaceship and you will not go to space today!"

Check an actor going somewhere by spaceship (called ship):

if the actor is not a pilot:

say "[The actor] [are] not qualified to fly [the ship].";

stop the action.

Check going somewhere by a broken spaceship (called ship):

say "[The ship] [are] damaged and [can] no longer fly.";

stop the action.

Check going somewhere by a spaceship (called ship):

if somewhere is not in Outdoors or somewhere is not in Space:

say "[The ship] can't fly there.";

stop the action.

Understand "jump to hyperspace" as jumping to hyperspace.

Jumping to hyperspace is an action applying to nothing.

To jump is a verb.

Check an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is not in a spaceship:

say "[The actor] [aren't] in a spaceship!";

stop the action.

Check an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is not a pilot:

say "[The actor] [don't] know how to engage the hyperdrive.";

stop the action.

Check an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is not in space:

say "[The actor] [can't engage] the hyperdrive in a gravity well.";

stop the action.

Check an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is in hyperspace:

say "[The actor] [are] already in hyperspace!";

stop the action.

Check an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is in a spaceship (called the ship):

if the ship is broken:

say "[regarding the ship][The ship] hyperdrive is broken.";

stop the action.

Carry out an actor jumping to hyperspace:

if the actor is in a spaceship (called the ship):

move the ship to Hyperspace.

To engage is a verb.

Report an actor jumping to hyperspace:

say "[The actor] [engage] the hyperdrive.";

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