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- Amiga Empire by Chris Gray - Aircraft
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- Aerial activities in Amiga Empire are not as developed as naval activities.
- There is only one kind of airplane. It can fly around and observe things
- and can carry a few bombs. Airplanes are automatically constructed from
- production units at airports. They can be moved and delivered just like
- other commodities, but it is often easier to just fly them from place to
- place. The 'fly' command allows you to select how many airplanes to fly as
- a group, and how many bombs (shells) to load on each one. Movement of
- airplanes with the 'fly' command is much like movement of other things with
- the 'move' command. The mobility of flying aircraft comes from fuel put on
- them when they take off. This fuel comes from mobility in the sector or
- carrier. Flying is more efficient with a higher technology factor. Adding
- bombs to planes increases their weight, and reduces their range. When
- planes land, their remaining fuel becomes mobility in the sector or carrier
- they landed on.
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- When airplanes are to stop moving, they must land. Landing is one of the
- trickiest parts of flying, so it doesn't always work. Landing an airplane
- in good weather on an airport or aircraft carrier will always work. Bad
- weather and different sectors have different probabilities of success. If
- airplanes crash into a sector or ship, they will do damage. If an airplane
- successfully lands on an unoccupied sector, the 2 military on the airplane
- will take over the sector. When landing on a harbor sector, you will be
- asked whether you want to try to land on the actual harbor, or on a ship
- in the harbor.
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- If you are flying over sectors of a country which is at war with you, and
- the sectors are not checkpointed or you don't know the checkpoint code,
- certain sectors (airports, capitals, forts and banks) will attempt to fire
- at your planes with anti-aircraft fire. This will, of course, only happen
- if the sectors are at least 60% efficient and have shells, guns and gun
- crews available. Similarly, ships belonging to countries at war with you
- will shoot at you.
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- When flying, airplanes have the added option of bombing. The damage done by
- bombing depends on how many planes you have in the group. You can bomb the
- same sector several times, but it will have the opportunity to fire at you
- each time. You can also bomb ships, but each enemy ship will also have the
- opportunity to fire at you. When bombing over a harbor sector, you will be
- asked whether you want to bomb the harbor itself, or a ship in the
- harbor.
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