User manual GAMES PC MECHWARRIOR-BLACK KNIGHT LEGION

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Drag the items that you want from the Contraband list and drop them into the Buy window. The items in the Contraband list are weapons and chassis scrounged by impenitent profiteers from 'Mechs damaged or destroyed in battle. Drag the items that you are willing to exchange from the Inventory window and drop them into the Sell window. The items in the Inventory window are the weapons and chassis you currently have in stock. Click Trade to finalize the transaction, or click Close to cancel the deal and return to the MechLab. The total value of the items in the Sell window must equal or exceed the total value of the items in the Buy window. The totals for each are displayed above their respective windows. When the trade is equitable, the Trade button is activated. MECHWARRIOR 4: BLACK KNIGHT FIELD MANUAL 21 RS-0611-61 RESTRICTED SECTION 5. 0 5. 1 Finding Some Action EARNING YOUR PAY The colonel recently signed a contract committing the Black Knight Legion to intercede in the following campaigns. It's time to earn your pay. 5. 1. 1 Watch Dogs Your first operation is set on a stark, lifeless planetoid rich in mineral wealth and home to a small Steiner mining operation where pirate raids are taking a toll. 5. 1. 2 MODL Hunt Dropped into the hot desert scrublands of Kentares IV, the Legion provides tactical support to the Steiner militia in its bid to oust Ian Dresari. 22 SECTION 5. 0 FINDING SOME ACTION RESTRICTED RS-0611-61 5. 1. 3 Clean Sweep You and your lance patrol the alpine forests of the Cascade Mountains, guarding the Legion's flank as the colonel readies a final attack. Your skills as a leader are about to be tested. 5. 1. 4 Reprisal As your unit advances into urban Kentares IV, you witness the horrors of civil war. The city lies in ruin, the streets bloodied and pocked by death and destruction--testaments to the incompetent rule of Ian Dresari. 5. 1. 5 Payday In the distance you detect the rugged silhouette of a terrain shaped by erupting volcanoes. This is a fitting milieu for the final showdown, as the need for retribution that builds within you is about to explode. 5. 2 INSTANT ACTION Instant Action play is the same for MechWarrior 4: Black Knight as with MechWarrior: Vengeance. MECHWARRIOR 4: BLACK KNIGHT FIELD MANUAL 23 RS-0611-61 RESTRICTED 5. 3 MULTIPLAYER ACTION As a rogue, you'll have plenty of opportunities to engage others in combat, be it to make a name for yourself or for the sheer excitement of the hunt. 5. 3. 1 Connecting to a Multiplayer Game There are several ways to link up with other mercenaries looking to do battle. Go to the Microsoft ® Gaming Zone at www. zone. com and join an existing MechWarrior Black Knight game or host one of your own. ­or­ Click Multiplayer on the Main Menu, select from the following connection types, and then follow the instructions on the screen. Modem ISDN XDSL Cable LAN Play between computers using modems. Play over an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). Play over a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). Play over a cable Internet service connection. Play over a Local Area Network (LAN). 24 SECTION 5. 0 FINDING SOME ACTION RESTRICTED RS-0611-61 5. 3. 2 Multiplayer Game Types Absolute Attrition (team and individual) Kill or be killed. Fighting on a team or by yourself, you go up against another team or individual in a knock-down, drag-out 'Mech battle to the death. [. . . ] The exterior panels of a 'Mech that help dissipate heat. Energy weapon Inner Sphere Heat sink Mobile Orbital Defense Laser (MODL) An itinerant planetary defense system that wields a large high-yield laser. Successor States X-Pulse Laser Sphere) (See Inner Sphere An energy weapon of tremendous power. Because it is new technology, performance metrics have not been fully evaluated. 30 APPENDIX A GLOSSARY RESTRICTED CB-0608-64 Credits Cyberlore Studios, Inc Project Lead and Lead Designer David Fifield Voice Actors Lisa Abend Walter Carrol Stephen Eldredge Tim Holcomb George Ledoux Joe O'Rourke Christine Stevens User Testing Kevin Keeker Randy Pagulayan Ben Babcock Product Support Steve Kastner Lead Programmer John Scully Product Planner Michael Ahn Lead Artist David White Management Team Seth Spaulding, Art Dept. Matt Kimmel, Programming Dave Fifield, Design Dept. Ken Grey, Vice President Lester Humphreys, President Joe Minton, CEO Marketing Chris Lye Darren Trencher Peter Zyniewicz Producer Eric Marcoullier Executive Producer Joe Minton Legal Jeff Koontz Jama Cantrell Patricia Doyle Christina Radocha Sue Stickney Programmer Matt Kimmel Artists Michael Clarke Bryant Johnson Michael Richard David Stokes Microsoft Corporation Program Manager Andrew Brown Localization Steve Belton Jennifer Bixler Suzanne Boylan Niamh Butler Julian Duffy Brian Fox Ji Hong Fionnuala Keegan Brendan McGarry John O'Sullivan John Prichard Jason Shirley Greg Ward Designers Ferret Baudoin Michael Turner Test Team Douglas Hall (Test Lead) Bruce Carr Richard Croly Wen-Chin Deng Michael Engle Kyoung Ho Han Adam Maloy Sidharth Patel Prodipto Roy Dan Solum Jin Yong Jeong Ji Young Kim Content Manager Cara McCormick Sound Design and Engineering Jack Cameron Voice Direction Eric Marcoullier Development David Abzug Tom Burlington Jerry Edsall Dave Luehmann Peter Mayberry Sage Merrill Brennan Priest Heinz Schuller TJ Wagner Fang Wang John Yovin FASA Studios Marketing Jay Adan Playtesting Chris Condon Erik Hawley Print Design Chris Burns Aditional Playtesting Jay Adan Jack Cameron User Experience John Pecorelli Robert Sillence ZoneStats Matt Esget Michael Swink MECHWARRIOR 4: BLACK KNIGHT FIELD MANUAL 31 DL-1011-69 RESTRICTED Microsoft Worldwide Services Name: hWar Black Pr oduct N ame: Mec hW ar r ior 4: Blac k Knight Suppor t Inf o Online: http://support. micr osoft. com/director y/productsuppor toption. asp In Canada, visit http://www. microsof t. ca/suppor t Phone Suppor t : (425) 637-9308 in the US, or (905) 568-3503 in Canada (toll char ges may apply). 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