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Chapter 8 - Directions

[NAUTICAL DIRECTIONS]

The starboard is a direction. The starboard has opposite port. Understand "s" as starboard when the location is nautical.

The port is a direction. The port has opposite starboard. Understand "p" as port when the location is nautical.

The fore is a direction. The fore has opposite aft. Understand "f" as fore when the location is nautical.

The aft is a direction. The aft has opposite fore. Understand "a" as aft when the location is nautical.

Does the player mean going a nautical direction when the location is nautical: it is very likely.

Index map with fore mapped as north.

Index map with aft mapped as south.

Index map with port mapped as west.

Index map with starboard mapped as east.

A room can be nautical or earthbound. A room is usually not nautical.

A direction can be nautical or earthbound. A direction is usually not nautical.

Starboard, port, fore, aft, up, down, the inside, and the outside are nautical.

Before going a nautical direction (called D) when the location is not nautical:

if D is starboard or D is port or D is fore or D is aft:

say "Nautical directions can only be used on board ship."

Before going an earthbound direction when the location is nautical, say "Compass directions make no sense on board a ship, but you can use [list of nautical directions] instead." instead.