(and the tech level bonuses have not been able to hide either, but that will go into another topic later

Normally the base morale is 100, but on "impossible" it's reduced by 20 points in starting systems.
This value is stored in trek.exe at position
0x50622.
The default value is 0x14 (=20).
It's length is only 1 byte, and it is signed.
Note that it is subtracted from 100, so positive values will decrease the base morale and negative values will increase it.
Also, you have to follow these limits:
The resulting base morale must be greater than zero. So the highest valid value is 0x63 (=99), leading to a base morale of 1.
On the other hand, the resulting base morale must not be greater than 200. So the lowest valid value is 0x9C (=-100), leading to a base morale of 200.
As always, invalid values will yield a speedy, unbureaucratic return to the desktop
