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THE COBRA MK III **************** The Cobra Mk III trading and combat craft is the ideal ship for new traders. Despite being one of the older ships it is rated among the best medium range fighter-traders. Cobras depreciate little, holding very good part-exchange prices should sale be necessary. As is customary, Faulcon deLacy & Rutter Spaceways do not award pilots with only a blank ship. The craft is equipped with one rapid-fire pulse laser mounted on the front hull panel and three homing missiles. Your craft is ready for collection from a Coriolis space station currently in orbit around the planet Lave. A specially arranged orbit shuttle has been prepared to take you there. A pilot�s licence will be issued with the Cobra. Please remember to bring your exam certificate. Even our best students are advised to practise flying the Cobra Mk III before any serious sorties. Cobras are fitted with the latest Motion Usher (Mous) flight control. This has not been introduced to FlightSims so you would be wise to take advantage of the free docking service offered by Lave. GalCop will not to reprimand pilots for exploiting this facility. EQUIPMENT ========= The Bridge and Console ---------------------- The bridge has one multi-directional and fairly colourful seat for easy access to essential monitors. These monitors are illuminated with back lights for use on the dark side of planets. The console contains a scanner screen and a display of external readings (e.g. temperature and altitude). Pilots should collect information while docked by choosing a monitor with Mous on the SelectaBar. In flight Mous is the recommended control mechanism allowing the twelve F(lying) keys on the astrogation board to select monitors. Mous ---- Each button on Mous is differently named. The far left button is �Select�. In this manual, �select galaxy� means �position Mous pointer over Galaxy on the SelectaBar, & press the far left Mous button�. The far right button is Add and the middle button Minus. Add obtains cargo and extra equipment and increases flight speed. Minus sells cargo and decreases speed. INFORMATION SYSTEMS =================== Status Monitor -------------- The status monitor displays an up-to-date information report and lists equipment, cash balance and fuel levels. This monitor also shows the current combat condition. During flight, green suggests that there is no immediate danger, yellow indicates that enemy ships are in the vicinity and red signals a high-risk on-going death-type combat situation. The status monitor is immediately recalled by the touch of F8 or by selecting status when docked. Present System refers to any planetary system occupied by the ship. The Hyperspace System is the target planet onto which the Cobra�s drives are locked. Hyperspace selection is via galaxy or local on the SelectaBar. Galaxy Monitor -------------- The galactic chart monitor contains all registered worlds within the galaxy. Select galaxy or press F5 to see the star field with a standard HoloMap galactic translator. The Cobra monitor�s resolution limit renders it impossible to see asteroid fields and black holes. Most large asteroid fields are surrounded by beacons. The galaxy monitor pinpoints the star system presently occupied with a small green cross. The circle surrounding this cross represents the Cobra�s hyperspace range on the current fuel level. The system selector (the small orange circle) is moved with Mous. To evaluate a system select the planet. To search for a particular planet press F on the astrogation board while docked. This initiates the planet search process. In response to the question mark, pilots should enter the planet for which they desire information. When the green cross is locked onto a planet, select data to access the data on the world. Local Monitor ------------- The local navigational chart is the high power map of all planets in the immediate vicinity of the present system. To view this monitor, press F6 or select local when docked. In a similar way to using the galactic chart monitor, select data for statistics on the danger or attraction of trading with different worlds. Data Monitor ------------ The data-on-system monitor describes the trading portfolio of any planet chosen. The Orbit Space Authority accepts no responsibility for inaccuracy, but allows pilots to trade with the benefit of a little background knowledge. The categories discussed are distance, main life form and degree of agricultural & industrial development. Technological levels are displayed on a scale of one to twelve. The government type, which may range from Anarchy to Corporate State, will be a strong indication of the danger of trade. This monitor may be seen at all times with F7 or select data when in a space station. FITTINGS ======== The Hold -------- The cargo hold occupies the bulk of the mid-space area. It has an unmodified capacity for twenty, one-tonne canisters, which is large enough to accumulate a capital base reasonably quickly. The physical packing of the cargo hold is performed by Groigans at the space station. Many love-sick Groigans became packers in an attempt to forget disappointments and terminate thinking about what might have been. Most traders quickly become disgruntled with the size of the bay and obtain a large cargo bay. This increases capacity to thirty-five tonnes (a 75% improvement), but does not affect handling. The High-Yimben Mordahi Chamber is recommended. The Drive Sector ---------------- The drive sector houses the directional thrusts, the System Space Kruger lightfast motors and Thru-Space drives. There are housings for front, right, rear and left lasers, the ECM system, and yaw boosters. This area contains the MagnetoBurst cabinet, which protects the Zieman shield generators and Witch-Space fuel condensers (Quirium). Radiation emissions from Quirium are perilously high, therefore repairs should not be attempted by pilots with vertigo. The Living Sector ----------------- The living and hygiene section is found below the main bridge. The seat descends into this area through a gravity well. Food dispensing and waste disposal facilities, a SynPleasure Relaxapad, video and a HoloDirect communications system for non-flight messages are fully functional. For traders with friends and family planet-side, the bridge is equipped with ThruSpace phones. It remains an offence to broadcast non-emergency messages during flight. Fuel, Scooping and Snooping --------------------------- Fuel is available at all equipment-centres. The tank is filled at space stations to the full seven light-year capacity. Hence to become more self-sufficient fuel scoops are essential. These are fitted to the Cobra�s fore-belly at any planet with a Tech level of 5 or higher. Flying close to the sun at a high velocity enables ships to collect free fuel. Skimming the sun, sun scooping or snooping is the cheapest way of refuelling, but overheating can be disastrous. Fuel scoops harness powerful force fields in order to drive solar winds into the funnel. These energy fields can also pick up cargo canisters and space debris. To pick up cargo fly up to an object holding it in the bottom quarter of the front monitor. AutoShuttles immediately secure all scooped cargo and will jettison one canister at a time on pressing Enter and 0 on the numeric keypad. MILITARY ADVANCEMENT ==================== The Equip Monitor ----------------- The equip monitor (F4), is easily used to spend well earned credits. A planet�s Tech level will reflect the level of hardware which is available. To purchase, select an item, this will be highlighted in red and a description shown above the SelectaBar. To confirm the sale apply add to complete payment. All equipment is fully compatible with the Cobra Mk III and is fitted by skilled Groigans. Any armaments that are upgraded will be refunded to a substantial proportion of their original selling price. Leaving a Galaxy ---------------- To leave a galaxy a galactic hyperdrive must be acquired. Their specialised storage chambers are powered by PhotoSpec Nuclear fuels and can only be obtained from planets at Tech level 10+. These are expensive and are no cheaper at planets on the peripheries of galaxies. Each hyperdrive may be employed once and transports pilots to a system in a different galaxy within GalCo-Op�s control. This can be checked with galaxy or F5. A jump from the final galaxy returns pilots to Santaari (the galaxy containing Lave). All safety harnesses should be fastened before pilots engage the drive by simultaneously hitting Ctrl�and�H. Projectiles ----------- Lance & Ferman missiles may be bought in any docked system, but no more than four may be carried. The launch rack on the Cobra�s belly is shown on the equip monitor. Missiles are slower than laser bolts, but are effective weapons. After many overhauls the basic guidance system is exceptionally accurate and performs real-time extrapolation thereby reducing contact time. The Cobra�s computer will fire missiles in an order which maintains the ship�s balance. With two missiles racked on the left side, and one on the right, the computer launches the missile from the outer left side first. Lance & Ferman are unchallenged in Homing-Body Technology. These experts are presently working on a missile AutoLoc system designed for the military. L&F have developed the first non-discretionary multi-warheaded homing missile - the Mongoose. This will be invaluable for sole Viper pilots attacking Thargoid destructor ships. The Energy Bomb --------------- The energy bomb is a lethal and expensive piece of weaponry. It may be used only once by pressing Tab. It destroys all ships, asteroids and missiles in its vicinity with improbable deep-doppler shock waves, leaving the initiator unharmed. Lasers ------ The Cobra is fitted with one laser-fire trigger. Select on Mous commences the proceedings (A on the astrogation board). As a laser overheats the repeat firing will begin to slow, eventually it will stop. When the laser is rested external kinetic-absorbers will begin to cool the barrel. The laser temperature bar should be observed in high-density firing sessions. A laser may be housed in any one of the four monitors: front, right, rear, or left; each laser type has different sights. Commanders should acquire an upgrade to the more powerful beam as quickly as possible. Beam lasers have never been a more cost effective purchase. After Lance & Ferman improved their Military laser specification to a 1000mm slice factor on Flux-Locked metal, Ingram were forced to modernize their Beam laser. L&F�s controversial advertising campaign should be remembered: �Do your mother a favour: buy a Lance & Ferman Military Laser." Fire Magazine�s definitive chart rates the L&F Military laser as being three to four times more powerful than Ingram�s Beam laser. However, Ingram�s Pulse laser is still the most popular laser in the Universe. Pulse lasers are offered for sale at Tech level 3+ planets. Beam lasers on sale only at Tech levels 4 upwards. The Ingram Pulse laser, although appropriate for rear and side-long firing is ten times less powerful than a Military laser. Despite company-produced statistics, Fire state that all three lasers have very similar ranges and sighting capabilities.
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C| 000000d0 6f 62 72 61 73 20 64 65 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 |obras depreciate| 000000e0 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 2c 20 68 6f 6c 64 69 6e 67 | little, holding| 000000f0 20 76 65 72 79 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 70 61 72 74 2d | very good part-| 00000100 65 78 63 68 61 6e 67 65 0a 70 72 69 63 65 73 20 |exchange.prices | 00000110 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 61 6c 65 20 62 65 20 6e |should sale be n| 00000120 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2e 0a 0a 41 73 20 69 73 |ecessary...As is| 00000130 20 63 75 73 74 6f 6d 61 72 79 2c 20 46 61 75 6c | customary, Faul| 00000140 63 6f 6e 20 64 65 4c 61 63 79 20 26 20 52 75 74 |con deLacy & Rut| 00000150 74 65 72 20 53 70 61 63 65 77 61 79 73 20 64 6f |ter Spaceways do| 00000160 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 77 61 72 64 20 70 69 6c 6f 74 | not award pilot| 00000170 73 20 77 69 74 68 0a 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 62 6c |s with.only a bl| 00000180 61 6e 6b 20 73 68 69 70 2e 20 54 68 65 20 63 72 |ank ship. 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A| 000002b0 20 70 69 6c 6f 74 91 73 20 6c 69 63 65 6e 63 65 | pilot.s licence| 000002c0 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 69 73 73 75 65 64 20 | will be issued | 000002d0 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f 62 72 61 2e 20 |with the Cobra. | 000002e0 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 0a |Please remember.| 000002f0 74 6f 20 62 72 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 72 20 65 78 |to bring your ex| 00000300 61 6d 20 63 65 72 74 69 66 69 63 61 74 65 2e 0a |am certificate..| 00000310 0a 45 76 65 6e 20 6f 75 72 20 62 65 73 74 20 73 |.Even our best s| 00000320 74 75 64 65 6e 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 64 76 69 |tudents are advi| 00000330 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 72 61 63 74 69 73 65 20 |sed to practise | 00000340 66 6c 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f 62 72 61 |flying the Cobra| 00000350 20 4d 6b 20 49 49 49 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 0a 61 | Mk III before.a| 00000360 6e 79 20 73 65 72 69 6f 75 73 20 73 6f 72 74 69 |ny serious sorti| 00000370 65 73 2e 20 43 6f 62 72 61 73 20 61 72 65 20 66 |es. 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GalCop.| 00000440 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 72 65 70 72 |will not to repr| 00000450 69 6d 61 6e 64 20 70 69 6c 6f 74 73 20 66 6f 72 |imand pilots for| 00000460 20 65 78 70 6c 6f 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 | exploiting this| 00000470 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 2e 0a 0a 0a 45 51 55 | facility....EQU| 00000480 49 50 4d 45 4e 54 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |IPMENT.=========| 00000490 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 42 72 69 64 67 65 20 61 6e 64 |..The Bridge and| 000004a0 20 43 6f 6e 73 6f 6c 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | Console.-------| 000004b0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |---------------.| 000004c0 54 68 65 20 62 72 69 64 67 65 20 68 61 73 20 6f |The bridge has o| 000004d0 6e 65 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 2d 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 |ne multi-directi| 000004e0 6f 6e 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 66 61 69 72 6c 79 20 |onal and fairly | 000004f0 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 66 75 6c 20 73 65 61 74 20 66 |colourful seat f| 00000500 6f 72 20 65 61 73 79 0a 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 |or easy.access t| 00000510 6f 20 65 73 73 65 6e 74 69 61 6c 20 6d 6f 6e 69 |o essential moni| 00000520 74 6f 72 73 2e 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 6d 6f 6e 69 |tors. 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In flight| 00000650 20 4d 6f 75 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 63 | Mous is the rec| 00000660 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 65 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c |ommended control| 00000670 20 6d 65 63 68 61 6e 69 73 6d 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 | mechanism allow| 00000680 69 6e 67 0a 74 68 65 20 74 77 65 6c 76 65 20 46 |ing.the twelve F| 00000690 28 6c 79 69 6e 67 29 20 6b 65 79 73 20 6f 6e 20 |(lying) keys on | 000006a0 74 68 65 20 61 73 74 72 6f 67 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |the astrogation | 000006b0 62 6f 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 |board to select | 000006c0 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 73 2e 0a 0a 4d 6f 75 73 0a |monitors...Mous.| 000006d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 45 61 63 68 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e |----.Each button| 000006e0 20 6f 6e 20 4d 6f 75 73 20 69 73 20 64 69 66 66 | on Mous is diff| 000006f0 65 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 2e 20 54 |erently named. T| 00000700 68 65 20 66 61 72 20 6c 65 66 74 20 62 75 74 74 |he far left butt| 00000710 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 90 53 65 6c 65 63 74 91 2e 20 |on is .Select.. | 00000720 49 6e 0a 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 2c 20 |In.this manual, | 00000730 90 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 67 61 6c 61 78 79 91 20 |.select galaxy. | 00000740 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 90 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 |means .position | 00000750 4d 6f 75 73 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 6f 76 65 |Mous pointer ove| 00000760 72 20 47 61 6c 61 78 79 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a |r Galaxy on the.| 00000770 53 65 6c 65 63 74 61 42 61 72 2c 20 26 20 70 72 |SelectaBar, & pr| 00000780 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 72 20 6c 65 66 74 |ess the far left| 00000790 20 4d 6f 75 73 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 91 2e 20 54 | Mous button.. 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