User manual GAMES PC WING COMMANDER III-TROUBLESHOOTING

[. . . ] Gangsters is a highly original game that blends together three major elements of successful strategy gaming; real-time game world, interaction man-management and business management. The aim of this game is to build your gang and business empire to rule the city. To do this you will have to beat three other gangs operating in the city, and avoid arrest by the authorities. The specific win conditions balance a need to gain wealth, honour and influence. [. . . ] Click on Run for Office to begin campaigning for the election. Click on Run for Office again to withdraw from the election. For further details on Becoming Mayor, please refer to the chapter titled The End of the Game GOING STRAIGHT Going Straight is an objective in Gangsters, available in single player games only. This can only be performed with the help of your Lawyer. You will only be allowed to go PAGE 48 WING COMMANDER III-TROUBLESHOOTING GIVING THE LAWYER A VEHICLE If you want to, you can give the Lawyer a vehicle. This helps the Lawyer reach Bribe and Employ Police destinations quickly and safely. A vehicle is allocated to the Lawyer in the same way as giving one to a Lieutenant. For details on allocating vehicles, please turn to the Vehicles section in Resources, at the end of this chapter. SQUEALERS Squealers displays the Clipboard, open at the list of people who have informed the police of your illegal activities. These people must be dealt with promptly, before they cause you too much trouble. CRIMES Crimes displays a list of all the crimes that your Gang have committed in the previous week. Each crime is listed with various details: The name of the hood The crime The risk of arrest THE LAWYER'S REPORTS The Lawyer gives information as weekly reports. There are six reports available to the Lawyer: Most Wanted ELECTIONS Squealers The report on Elections only appears when an election takes place. The Alliance is the most delicate of treaties; it can take only one false slip to lose the friendship. A game will end if the only Gang Leaders remaining are Allied, unless one decides to break the Alliance. AGGRESSION An Aggression setting means that the Gangs are effectively at war. The members of each Gang will usually attack each other on sight, and all movement within each other's territory is forbidden. Gang Leaders with an Aggression status will not deliberately plot against each other, but will not consider each other when planning actions. PEACE A Peace setting is more stable than an alliance, but ultimately the two Gang Leaders will have to go to war when their opponents are killed. GANG WARFARE Gang Warfare is the ultimate in Gangster violence. Gangs Leaders at this status will deliberately plan hits against each other's people and places. This setting means that territory means nothing; it is the number of guns that counts. PAGE 50 WING COMMANDER III-TROUBLESHOOTING VIEWING THE DIPLOMATIC STATUS Keeping an eye on the diplomatic level is an important task and is worth doing at least once each week. When you first access the Diplomacy Section, you will see that all the details displayed relate to your Gang and your face is shown at the top left. Click on one of the top five tabs down the left side of the Section to view the status of any of the other Gangs. When viewing a rival Gang, you will see that the Diplomatic Status Bar, just below the face of the opposing Gang leader, has two arrows pointing to it; one above and one below. HINT Large changes of diplomatic status, such as switching from Peace to Gang Warfare, can be used to get the drop on your opponent. Only make such a drastic change if you intend to follow it up with a serious assault on your opponent's territory. VIEWING YOUR GANG DETAILS The details of your Gang are shown when you first enter the Diplomacy Section. Your face and name are shown at the top left of the Section, and the right side of the Section displays all the hoods in your Gang. [. . . ] When he was asked for the identity of the killer, he simply stated "I'm not gonna talk, " before he laid his head back and died. Without Frank Gusenberg's testimony and with only a few eye witnesses outside the garage, the investigators had to return to the scene of the crime and try to piece the murder together with what information they had. After a re-enactment of the crime, authorities concluded that the two men dressed as policemen entered the garage and acted as if they were police on a routine investigation. The Moran outfit automatically assumed that they were policemen on a routine sting. [. . . ]