User manual GAMES PC WING COMMANDER-PRIVATEER

[. . . ] CONTENTS Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 After Privateer is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Buying Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Transporting Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Collecting Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Spending Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Upgrading Your Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Preparing for Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Finding the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Engaging a Bogie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reaping the Reward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Options Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 In the Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Spaceflight Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cockpit Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tarsus Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Shields and Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Multi-Function Displays (MFDs) . . . . . . . 15 Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Examine Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Report Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cargo Manifest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 View Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Weapons and Gun Loadout . . . 17 Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Other Cockpit Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Activating Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ejecting Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playing the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adjusting Player Options . . . . . . . 18 Exiting Privateer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 In-Flight Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Targeting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Inertial Targeting and Tracking System (ITTS) . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Tractor Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Navigation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1 GEMINI SECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Frontiersman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Gemini Sector: an Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Quadrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Clarke, Fariss, Humboldt, Potter Base Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pirate, Pleasure, Refinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 New Constantinople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 New Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Oxford, Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Common Base Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Hangar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Mission Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ship Dealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ship Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Software Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mercenaries' Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Merchants' Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Commodity Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Commonly Available Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Tarsus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Centurion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Galaxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Orion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Other Spacecraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Broadsword, Demon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Dralthi, Drayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Gladius, Gothri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Kamekh, Paradigm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Stiletto, Talon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Customizing Your Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Afterburner, Armor, Cargo Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ECM Packages, Engine Upgrades, Jump Drive, Nav Maps, Repair Droid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Scanners, Shield Generators, Tractor Beam, Turrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Survival Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Online Services and Bulletin Boards . . . . . . 64 ORIGIN Systems, Inc. LIMITED 90 DAY WARRANTY. ORIGIN warrants to the original purchaser of this computer software product thai the recording medium on which the software programs are recorded will be free from defects in material and workmanship for 90 days from the date of purchase. [. . . ] "When is it coming?" Kane roared. "When are your people gonna attack the base?" Furstenburg answered by pulling a blaster from beneath his coat with faster reflexes than I'd given him credit for. He spoke slowly, steadying his nerves, "It does not matter. There is no way this evil font of technology can survive our onslaught. Your lives may be spared despite your high tech alliances. " Despite the obvious danger, Kane hadn't stopped moving toward him. Behind my captain's advancing bulk I was able to draw my gun, an old-fashioned laser that worked well on flesh without damaging a bulkhead. I dove to the side, firing past Kane on my way to the ground. A burst of brilliant red light sliced into the base commander-tumed-Retro. No need to get dramatic. " We had no idea how much time we had remaining before the assault. All we could do was get out and try to stop the attackers before they reached the base. I headed for the bridge as Kane went to assemble a skeleton crew. I had all engines ready for launch when 1 heard the hatch close and the pounding of gunners' feet on the meial floors as they headed for battle stations. I didn't wait for clearance to launch. The Scarab was ready and we were likely the base's only defense. It seemed that Furstenburg had disabled the base's automatic defense systems. Out in the void we turned toward the asteroids. White Talons, Retro ships for sure, emerged from their hiding places and headed to intercept. The Church of Man was continuing its campaign against all things technological and we were its next target. Kane took the helm as 1 headed for a vacant turret. It wasn't long before we were in amongst them, the all-seeing eye of their agrarian deity emblazoned on their fighters. These were maniacs, unafraid of death, willing to ram you, destroying your ship even if it cost them 30 theirs. From the turret I could see flames erupt from our hull, a quick burst of plasma destroying an enemy. [. . . ] You should begin firing missiles at a distance of about 1500m. At 1000m, break hard to the left or right and circle back before you begin another approach. This gives you some time to regenerate your blaster power. If you stick with this form of rear attack, you will soon record your first capital ship kill. 62 Attacking A Capital Ship Kilrathi Kamekh-class Destroyer 1000 meters . [. . . ]