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fly <ship>|<sector> <plane-count> <bomb-count> <directions>
Fly planes (possibly with bombs) from ship or airfield. Directions are:
u - up
/r - up right \l u /r
r - right l e r
\r - down right /l d \r
d - down
/l - down left
l - left
\l - up left
e - end of flying (land or crash)
v - view sector below
b - drop some bombs
Movement prompt is:
<fuel left:planes:bombs each:position>
Fuel comes from the starting airfield or carrier. Landing chances vary
greatly. Watch out for anti-aircraft fire. Fuel units per plane is
calculated as:
fuelAvailable := sectorOrShipMobility * 4;
fuelUsed := min(fuelAvailable, 32); /* fuel tank size */
fuelUnits := techFactor * fuelUsed;
Note that these, as well as most other "magic" constants can be changed by
the Deity. In good weather, when carrying no bombs, planes can fly one
orthogonal sector per fuel unit. Fuel used rises by 1 for each bomb rack
required (each rack can hold 3 bombs) and by 0.2 for each bomb carried.
Diagonal flying takes 1.414 times as much fuel.