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<A> Attack Enemy Ship

When you encounter an opponent, other creature or unmanned ship in a sector you have the option of going on the offense and attacking.  The  controller will ask you how many of your fighters you want to use in the attack.  When you are much stronger than your opponent, there is a chance that the opponent will warp out of the sector.  If you are very careful with the amount of firepower you use in your attack, there may be significant salvage available after you win.  Attacking others can (and probably will) affect your alignment.  If you attack a pirate or known terror you will get good points.  On the  other hand, if you decide to pick on some good soul you will go down the ladder of righteousness.

Launch the Probe you purchased at the Hardware Emporium.  Send the unmanned spy off to its destination sending information back to you from every sector it passes through.  Remember that this device has no defensive capabilities so if it encounters any enemy fighters, it will be destroyed.

This enables you to deploy your fighters.  You will have several options so you can customize your defenses.  You can leave fighters as either Personal so they recognize only you as an ally or you can leave them as Corporate so any member of your corporation will be treated with respect.  Fighters can be Offensive, Defensive or Toll.  Defensive fighters defend your territory.  They bar opponents from entering a sector and will fight when attacked.  Offensive fighters will send out an attack group on any poor soul who happens into their sector.  The size of the attack group depends on the fighter support escorting the intruder.  After the initial attack, offensive fighters fall back to defend their territory.  Toll fighters simply stop the casual passers-by and ask them for money to help with your cause.  The number of Toll Fighters deployed will determine the amount of the toll charged.  Toll fighters, as all other fighters, will fight back if attacked.

This display can be a very useful tool as you plan your military strategies.  The information shown contains the sector number where the fighters are located, the quantity of fighters there, whether the fighters are Personal or Corporate, the strategic mode they are in (Offensive, Defensive or Toll) and any tolls they have collected.

Mines can be a very convincing way of marking your territory.  This selection will let place both Limpet and Armid mines and allows you place or pick up the mines.  You will be able to choose whether to set the mines as Personal or Corporate. Personal mines will recognize only you and Corporate mines will recognize any member of your corporation. Mines don't always work, but it stands to reason that the more mines there are in a sector, the more likely one is to detonate (or attach in the case of Limpet mines).

This display is similar to the Show Deployed Fighters.  You get information about the sectors containing your Personal and/or Corporate Limpet and Armid mines and how many mines are located in each of those sectors.  In the case of Limpet mines, you will get two displays.  One will show the deployed mines just waiting for your unsuspecting enemy.  The other display is Activated mines - it shows those mines which have attached to ships and where they are.

If there is not a Starport in the sector, this menu selection will display the Starport Construction Menu.  Starports are available throughout the universe.  You may decide that you want your own customized commerce center in a place you specify instead of using the ones built by others.  You will see a detailed graph of the different port classes, the products they can import/export and the initial construction costs.  The license bureau will check to see that there is a planet in the sector to provide materials for the construction.  They will also check for sufficient funding to support the undertaking.  Be sure to leave the specified amount of materials on the planet every day during the construction phase or the building will not progress.  If there is already a Starport in the sector, the Upgrade Starport Menu will be displayed.  This allows you to increase the trading levels of any or all of the commodities.  The universe can support only so many ports.  If the Starport Construction request tells you that the universe is full, then you have to destroy an existing port before you can begin construction on your new one.  (See PORT AND TRADE)

<Y> Set NavPoints 

Use this option to log important sectors to your navigation unit.  You can then plot a course to one of these sectors at any time from the NavPoint menu (<N> from main menu).

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