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* <F4><C3> COMBAT
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+ <F2><C1>
+ Empires have waged war since the beginning of time. The chaos may abate,
- allowing periods of calm when you can forge new alliances, but at times
- you must bow to the inevitable and lead your people into battle.
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+ Battles are divided into two parts, space battles and ground battles
- (see below). Space battles occur when one fleet attacks another fleet
- or a planet which is guarded by space bases or planetary guns. Ground
- battles occur if the attacking fleet has tanks and, in its attack
- against the planet, has managed to get through the space defences
- (defending fleet, space bases and planetary guns). If there are no
- defences on a planet, that planet is automatically taken over by the
- attacker without a battle taking place.
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+ If you do not want to fight the battles yourself, you can simulate them.
- To do this, you need to access the options screen by pressing either the
- 'Escape' or '0' key, access the 'Game' options menu and change the
- 'Simulate space battles' or 'Simulate ground battles' option to off.
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+ Before you attack an enemy, you should make sure you have a good chance
- of winning. Inventions like the enhanced radar let you examine the size
- of enemy fleets in your radar range. Spy satellites, when deployed in
- orbit around an enemy planet, can provide information about the tanks
- and buildings on the planet's surface.
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+ When you are ready to attack, left click on your fleet to select it and
- right click on the target. Your ships will move towards the enemy, with
- a red arrow showing the route.
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+ <SUBTOPIC>
+ <F3><C5>SPACE BATTLE <F2><C1>
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+ When a space battle starts, the time is paused. During this time you are
- able to choose the formation of your fleet using the icons displayed on
- the right side of the screen. Left click on an icon to select the
- desired formation. When you have chosen your formation, left click one
- of the time icons to start the battle. Your ships will attack the
- enemy according to the strategy you have chosen.
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+ <C5>Composition of your fleet:<C1>
+ Your fleets can consist of the following units:
+ Large ships: destroyers, corvettes, cruisers and battleships.
+ Small ships: fighters
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+ <SUBTOPIC>
+ Giving orders to large ships:
- Left click on a ship to select it. To select multiple ships, left click
- and hold on an empty area then move the mouse to create a selection box.
- All the ships inside the box will be selected. Holding down the shift key
- and selecting a ship can also add it to your current selection.
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+ When a ship is selected during a battle, various icons will appear on the
- right side of the screen. These icons represent equipment fitted to your
- ships such as lasers and missiles. All weapons have different recharge
- rates which are displayed on the icon. You may want to hold back weapons
- with long recharge rates for special situations by switching them off.
- To disable a weapon, left click on its icon. Disabled weapons have a red
- sign on their icons. To enable a weapon, left click on its icon or right
- click on its icon and select a target.
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+ Giving orders to your fighters:
- Left click on an empty area and the small information window will change
- into the battle status window. The battle status window lists the ships,
- fighters and firepower of each side in the battle. You can alter the
- attacking or defensive strategy of your fighters using the slider at the
- bottom of this window. Left click and hold the small box on the slider,
- then move the mouse to adjust it to the desired level. If you divide your
- fleet into two groups and attack the enemy, the attacking fighters will
- also form two groups, dividing the enemy targets between them. The
- fighters assigned to defend will stay with your ships, and protect them
- from enemy ships.
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+ During battles it is a good idea to occasionally pause time and take
- a view of the battlefield. You are still able to assign new orders to
- your ships, or use your more powerful weapons (by enabling their
- firepower) against a particuarly strong enemy. There are some default
- camera views which you can activate with the icons around the radar or
- you can zoom in and rotate the camera to see the enemy ships close up.
- A special "fighters eye" view can be activated by pressing the C key
- as long as you have fighters remaining.
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+ <C5>Retreat:<C1> It is sometimes better to retreat from a battle than
- risk losing. You can retreat by left clicking on the retreat icon at
- the bottom right of the screen. If you use the retreat option, ships
- may be destroyed by enemy fire, space debris or collide with another
- object as they try to get away.
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+ <C5>Ship information:<C1> Selecting a ship and left clicking on the
- small information window in the bottom left corner will bring up a
- detailed ship information window. The ship's hull strength, shield
- strength and its weapons are listed. The ship's crew can have several
- levels of experience, from novice to veteran, which are also shown in
- this window. The experience level depends on how many battles they have
- survived. Crews with higher experience levels are more accurate with their
- weapons and inflict more damage upon the enemy. It is worth remembering
- that the ships' hulls have different strengths at the front and rear. If a
- shot hits a weaker part of the hull the ship will take more damage.
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+ <C5>Attacking planets:<C1>When you attack a planet, you have several lines of
- defense to cut through before you can land the ground forces that your fleet
- is carrying,
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+ <C5>- Space fleets defending the planet.<C1> If a fleet is near the planet
- you are attacking they will automatically join battle before you can
- land your forces. The same applies to your own fleets - if you leave a
- fleet near one of your planets, it will defend that planet when it is
- attacked.
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+ <C5>- Space bases defending the planet.<C1> If you have produced a space
- base (see production) on a planet, it will be placed in orbit.
- Space bases are extremely effective at stopping invaders.
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+ <C5>- Planetary guns and shields.<C1> These buildings are constructed on the
- planet surface and are used during space battles as an extra line of defense.
- The guns fire shots from the ground into orbit and can be protected by the
- shields.
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+ Once you have defeated these defenses, the ground battle can start.
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+ <SUBTOPIC>
+ <F3><C5>GROUND BATTLE <F2><C1>
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+ Ground battles are fought on planet surfaces. As with space battles,
- when you first enter a ground battle the game is paused, allowing you to plan
- your attack. Using the radar in the bottom right of the screen, you can see
- the defenses and tanks on the planet, represented as different colored dots.
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+ <C5>White<C1> dots are functional buildings.
+ <C5>Grey<C1> dots are non-functional buildings.
+ <C5>Small red<C1> dots are enemy tanks.
+ <C5>Big red<C1> dots are enemy defense buildings.
+ <C5>Green<C1> dots are your tanks.
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+ To win the Ground Battle and occupy the planet you need to destroy
- all the enemy tanks and defense buildings. The first step is to land your
- forces on the planet surface.
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+ <C5>Landing your forces<C1>
+ You can only land your forces on flat areas outside the red borders.
- To land your forces move the mouse cursor to a suitable area outside
- the red zone and left click. A tank carrier will place one tank on
- the planets surface at that location. You can then repeat the procedure
- until all your forces are in place. If you want to land all your forces
- at one location, move the mouse cursor to where you want them to land
- and then right click.
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+ <C5>Tank Information <C1>
+ To select a tank, move the mouse cursor over the desired tank and left
- click. Information regarding the tank will appear in the small information
- window at the bottom left of the screen. The name, owner, damage level,
- maximum speed, and turret type of the tank are displayed.
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+ <C5>Moving your Tanks<C1>
+ Left click on a tank then right click on the desired destination. Some
- tanks cannot cross certain types of terrain and will try to move
- around the obstacle to its destination. To select multiple tanks, left click
- and hold on an empty area then move the mouse to create a selection box.
- All the tanks inside the box will be selected. Holding down the shift key
- and selecting a tank can also add it to your current selection.
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+ <C5>Attacking <C1>
+ Select the tanks you want to use, then right click on the target. If a
- tank has more than one weapon fitted it will attack using the weapon
- with the greatest range. If you hold down CTRL when you left click on
- a target the tank will move closer to the target and use all its weapons.
- This does, however, increase the risk of the tank being destroyed by
- return fire.
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+ <C5>Special Weapons<C1>
+ When you select a tank that has any special weapons fitted to it icons
- are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The weapon can be activated
- by Left clicking on the icon.
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+ <C5>Starting the Battle<C1>
+ To start the battle, move the mouse cursor over any of the time icons
- then left click. You can pause the battle at any time
- by left clicking the pause icon. Alternatively you can use the 1, 2 or
- 3 keys to select the speed and space bar to pause.
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+ <C5>Retreating<C1>
+ If the enemy are destroying too many of your tanks, you are able to
- retreat from the battle. To do this, move the mouse cursor
- over the retreat icon then left click. In order for your tanks to
- retreat, they will need to find a safe area from where the tank
- carriers can safely retrieve your tanks.