Yeah, know how you feel, Gytha has messages visualised on tactical or
galactic, depending on display switch.

There's no definitive list because the clients can invent their own at
any time.

There's a minimum list you can find in the server and clients, so go
read that code.

References:

- gytha/rcd.py

- netrek-server-vanilla, include/struct.h,
    struct distress for the binary format
    enum dist_type for the distress types (take, etc)
    enum target_type for the target types (none, planet, player)
    plus following comments

- netrek-client-vanilla, struct.h,
    enum dist_type for the distress types known by client (different to above)

- netrek-client-vanilla, input.c,
    default mapping from keyboard to distress types

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James Cameron
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