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- CARRIER COMMAND:
- If you want to earn respect and finish Carrier Command without
- CHEATING... Your first and ONLY priority must be Carrier fuel so do
- this STRAIGHT away. Take as many Islands as you can with a full tank
- and make sure they are all linked together. Set the supply base to the
- Island you are at and wait for the supplies to arrive, then refuel.
- Now set the ACCB pod to high priority then set sail for the next
- Island. When you take the Island, move your supply base here and
- resupply, from here you can start to add more things to your supply
- list foremost of which should be extra missiles for your Mantas.
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- When the enemy carrier is within 2 islands of yours, make the next one
- defensive. Move on to attack either a neutral island between you and
- the enemy or the enemies closest island.
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- For both the strategy and action games the following apply, always
- attack the islands command centre with manta missiles three or four
- hits will kill it making the island neutral. Don't launch any walruses
- without air support, they won't last very long. Try to follow along
- behind your carrier with the supply base but watch out for sneak
- attacks by the enemy.
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- The enemy carrier will often send mantas long range to attack one of
- your islands. If your island is defensive it will normally repel the
- first attack and by the time you get there the enemy carrier is long
- gone and already attacking another island. To counter this you can
- leave one or two Mantas (one with a comms pod) on a strategic friendly
- island. This seems to prevent the island being attacked and also
- allows you to react quickly to any attack within range (about 1.5
- squares) If you find you need these Mantas with your Carrier (not
- likely as you carry four spares anyway) you can always fly them into
- the ground (I feel sorry for the pilots!!).
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- The enemy carrier is FAST (about the same speed as a manta flat out)
- so do not try to follow it. To destroy it, fire as many manta missiles
- as possible, crashing the empty manta into it afterwards. Get
- replacements from your carrier and repeat this again. (Kamikaze!)
- This tactic works best if you've managed to keep his supply lines cut
- for a while as he's normally out of fuel, and he can't run when he's
- damaged.
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