diff --git a/bin/countships b/bin/countships
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5700456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/countships
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+all_users=$(grep -E '1[0-9]{3}' "/etc/passwd" | grep 'home' | awk -F":" '{print $1}')
+
+finish () {
+  if [ -f "$temp_shiplist" ]; then
+    rm "$temp_shiplist"
+  fi
+}
+trap finish EXIT
+
+# use temp file for accumulator
+temp_shiplist=$(mktemp -t "$(basename "$0").shiplist.XXXXXXX") || exit 1
+
+# find all ship folders
+find "/var/gopher/" -maxdepth 1 ! -path "/var/gopher/" ! -path "/var/gopher/ships" ! -path "/var/gopher/log" -type d | while read -r shipdir
+do
+  owner=$(stat -c %U "$shipdir")
+  printf "%s\\n" "$owner" >> "$temp_shiplist"
+done
+
+sort "$temp_shiplist" | uniq -c | sort -k1,1nr -k2,2n | awk '{print $1, $2}'
+
+for u in $all_users; do
+  if ! grep -q "$u" "$temp_shiplist"; then
+    printf "0 %s\\n" "$u"
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/man/cosmic.voyage.1 b/man/cosmic.voyage.1
index c223a43..897be13 100644
--- a/man/cosmic.voyage.1
+++ b/man/cosmic.voyage.1
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ Finally, users may find up-to-date comprehensive guides on the
 system wiki by running the
 .B wiki
 command.
+.SH NOTES
+This is a full Ubuntu environment and allows users to do far more
+than simply write stories. Feel free to take advantage of the
+tools available here to experiment with other aspects of the
+command line. We have many programming languages / compilers
+installed. 
+.PP
+Users are also allowed to run reoccuring or scheduled tasks using
+cron-jobs. If you do this, please include `/usr/bin/nice -n 19'
+before any tasks you run to minimize the system load over time.
 .SH BUGS
 There are probably many bugs in this system. Please report
 anything you find by mailing