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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS **************** DEFENCE ======= The Cobra Mk III has an offensive rating (OffRat) of 4.72 and an uncommonly high defensive rating (DefRat) of 5.05. It combines speed with a very tight turning circle and so is ideal for fighting small packs of enemy vessels. This speed allows it to outrun most attack craft. To shake off more persistent ships a sudden decrease in speed followed by a tight 180� turn and prompt acceleration can open a substantial advantage over pursuants. Unsurprisingly this may be accompanied by a tinge of nausea. Ominous Vibes in the Area ------------------------- Receiving a mass locked message could be due to the presence of an enemy ship. This can be dangerous and the status monitor should be checked. If the condition is red or even yellow, be prepared to engage in combat. Innocent Death -------------- Flashing streaks accompanied with a reduction in the fore or aft shields predicts incoming laser fire. Not all pirates are interested in the Cobra class. Often the noise of laser fire is that of other ships enjoying combat. The craft being attacked may not deserve this treatment, there is a chance the pilot is innocent. Helping the endangered party by becoming involved in the mel�e is risky. However, a display of social consciousness is looked upon favourably by GalCop who constantly seek new recruits for testings, missions and wars. Destroying Missiles ------------------- An Electronic Counter Measure System or ECM, is the only effective method of destroying incoming missiles. When a missile hits it can almost void a fully charged shield. Activation of ECM with the E key drains energy from the banks exploding all missiles in scanner range. Some enemy ships and most pirates will possess this facility and use it against missiles. To halt an incoming missile without ECM is difficult. A cunning ploy is to missile an expensive looking ship. It is likely that this will have ECM, and will wipe-out both the incoming and outgoing missiles. Shields and Energy Banks ------------------------ Cobras are equipped with fore and aft shields and four central energy banks. An energy unit is available at Tech level 8+ planets. This doubles the energy bank recovery rate. Shields use classic Zieman-bound positron emissions to protect ships from aggressive fire. These are recharged from the energy banks. Successful laser bolts and missiles hold up the banks and an energy low message indicates that there is only one energy bank remaining. More accurate hits will destroy the ship. Scanning -------- The scanner provides pilots with 360� perception of surrounding space. The centre of the scanner depicts the position of the Cobra. Objects are represented by clubs whose length corresponds to the height above or below the Cobra. Bailing ------- Pilots must learn at which point the next hit will be fatal. Life is more precious than cargo and pride, wise commanders will bail. These escape capsules, or Escapsules can be fitted below the seat at any world, Tech level 8 or higher. When Esc is clawed during combat the seat is dropped into the capsule and sealed above. This will then be jettisoned from the ship and automatically zoom to a space station in orbit around the nearest world. Without, the Galactic Navy recommend panic as a pleasurable state in which to face death if not greet her. Part of the expense incurred by this investment is due to the insurance policy cover which guarantees to replace the Cobra with similar equipment. All cargo is lost and another Escapsule is not provided. Pilot�s critical data and cash is transferred into a crisis account. This is established under a new IR signature, thereby cleansing all criminal records. ATTACK ====== The Philosophy of Killing ------------------------- It is easy to become complacent about the Cobra�s capabilities. There is little doubt that it is a fierce fighting craft, however alike all machines it is only as effective as its user. Even if fitted with four lasers, four AutoLoc missiles and an energy bomb, Cobras can be easy pickings for experienced bands of pirates. Do not attack unless this is necessary. Not all ships in deep space are pirates. Most pilots live by the Boltzman equal pressure rule: they will respond to hostile action with hostile action. Destroyers of fugitives, pirate ships, and Thargoid invaders will receive a bounty payment (particularly high in the case of the latter). Firing Missiles --------------- To target a missile press T. One of the rectangular missile status blocks on the console will blush from green to orange. The first object to enter the laser sight in any monitor will be locked onto, turning the block red. Pressing M will fire the missile, U will disarm it. Combat Ratings -------------- This is not a FlightSim, combat ratings stem from humble beginnings and a harmless label. Survival of the first skirmishes may result in reclassification, becoming mostly harmless. Mistakes in space combat are lethal. Ideally traders climb the status ladder to poor, then average, through above average, to competent, dangerous and deadly. Research reveals that a deadly rating tends to be an unfavourable omen. Invincible does not exist as a rating, nor as a state of mind. Deadly is as close to dead as it is to Elite. The GalCop Federal Law Centre collate data from TS ComDirect photographs producing performance-linked ratings. Combat ratings are no longer solely based on killing ability. GalCop is reluctant to accredit higher ratings unless pilots have displayed attributes in areas other than killing. Particularly skilful but uncreative pilots have remained at above average despite having been more successful destroyers than many dangerous fighters.
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However, a dis| 000004f0 70 6c 61 79 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 63 69 61 6c 20 63 |play of social c| 00000500 6f 6e 73 63 69 6f 75 73 6e 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 |onsciousness is | 00000510 6c 6f 6f 6b 65 64 20 75 70 6f 6e 0a 66 61 76 6f |looked upon.favo| 00000520 75 72 61 62 6c 79 20 62 79 20 47 61 6c 43 6f 70 |urably by GalCop| 00000530 20 77 68 6f 20 63 6f 6e 73 74 61 6e 74 6c 79 20 | who constantly | 00000540 73 65 65 6b 20 6e 65 77 20 72 65 63 72 75 69 74 |seek new recruit| 00000550 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 73 2c 20 |s for testings, | 00000560 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 73 0a 61 6e 64 20 77 61 72 |missions.and war| 00000570 73 2e 20 0a 0a 44 65 73 74 72 6f 79 69 6e 67 20 |s. ..Destroying | 00000580 4d 69 73 73 69 6c 65 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |Missiles.-------| 00000590 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 41 6e 20 |------------.An | 000005a0 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 69 63 20 43 6f 75 6e 74 |Electronic Count| 000005b0 65 72 20 4d 65 61 73 75 72 65 20 53 79 73 74 65 |er Measure Syste| 000005c0 6d 20 6f 72 20 45 43 4d 2c 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 |m or ECM, is the| 000005d0 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 69 76 65 20 | only effective | 000005e0 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 20 6f 66 0a 64 65 73 74 72 6f |method of.destro| 000005f0 79 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 6d 69 |ying incoming mi| 00000600 73 73 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 61 20 6d |ssiles. 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So| 000006b0 6d 65 20 65 6e 65 6d 79 20 73 68 69 70 73 20 61 |me enemy ships a| 000006c0 6e 64 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 70 69 72 61 74 65 73 0a |nd most pirates.| 000006d0 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 6f 73 73 65 73 73 20 74 68 69 |will possess thi| 000006e0 73 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 61 6e 64 20 75 |s facility and u| 000006f0 73 65 20 69 74 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 6d 69 |se it against mi| 00000700 73 73 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 54 6f 20 68 61 6c 74 20 |ssiles. To halt | 00000710 61 6e 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 0a 6d 69 73 73 |an incoming.miss| 00000720 69 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 45 43 4d 20 |ile without ECM | 00000730 69 73 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 2e 20 41 20 |is difficult. A | 00000740 63 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 70 6c 6f 79 20 69 73 20 |cunning ploy is | 00000750 74 6f 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6c 65 20 61 6e 20 65 78 |to missile an ex| 00000760 70 65 6e 73 69 76 65 0a 6c 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 |pensive.looking | 00000770 73 68 69 70 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 |ship. It is like| 00000780 6c 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c |ly that this wil| 00000790 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 45 43 4d 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 |l have ECM, and | 000007a0 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 69 70 65 2d 6f 75 74 20 62 6f |will wipe-out bo| 000007b0 74 68 0a 74 68 65 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 |th.the incoming | 000007c0 61 6e 64 20 6f 75 74 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 6d 69 73 |and outgoing mis| 000007d0 73 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 0a 53 68 69 65 6c 64 73 20 |siles...Shields | 000007e0 61 6e 64 20 45 6e 65 72 67 79 20 42 61 6e 6b 73 |and Energy Banks| 000007f0 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |.---------------| 00000800 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 43 6f 62 72 61 73 |---------.Cobras| 00000810 20 61 72 65 20 65 71 75 69 70 70 65 64 20 77 69 | are equipped wi| 00000820 74 68 20 66 6f 72 65 20 61 6e 64 20 61 66 74 20 |th fore and aft | 00000830 73 68 69 65 6c 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 75 72 |shields and four| 00000840 20 63 65 6e 74 72 61 6c 20 65 6e 65 72 67 79 20 | central energy | 00000850 62 61 6e 6b 73 2e 0a 41 6e 20 65 6e 65 72 67 79 |banks..An energy| 00000860 20 75 6e 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 | unit is availab| 00000870 6c 65 20 61 74 20 54 65 63 68 20 6c 65 76 65 6c |le at Tech level| 00000880 20 38 2b 20 70 6c 61 6e 65 74 73 2e 20 54 68 69 | 8+ planets. Thi| 00000890 73 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e |s doubles the en| 000008a0 65 72 67 79 0a 62 61 6e 6b 20 72 65 63 6f 76 65 |ergy.bank recove| 000008b0 72 79 20 72 61 74 65 2e 20 53 68 69 65 6c 64 73 |ry rate. Shields| 000008c0 20 75 73 65 20 63 6c 61 73 73 69 63 20 5a 69 65 | use classic Zie| 000008d0 6d 61 6e 2d 62 6f 75 6e 64 20 70 6f 73 69 74 72 |man-bound positr| 000008e0 6f 6e 20 65 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 0a |on emissions to.| 000008f0 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 73 68 69 70 73 20 66 72 |protect ships fr| 00000900 6f 6d 20 61 67 67 72 65 73 73 69 76 65 20 66 69 |om aggressive fi| 00000910 72 65 2e 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 |re. These are re| 00000920 63 68 61 72 67 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 |charged from the| 00000930 20 65 6e 65 72 67 79 0a 62 61 6e 6b 73 2e 20 53 | energy.banks. S| 00000940 75 63 63 65 73 73 66 75 6c 20 6c 61 73 65 72 20 |uccessful laser | 00000950 62 6f 6c 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6c |bolts and missil| 00000960 65 73 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 62 |es hold up the b| 00000970 61 6e 6b 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 20 65 6e 65 72 |anks and an ener| 00000980 67 79 0a 6c 6f 77 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 |gy.low message i| 00000990 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |ndicates that th| 000009a0 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 |ere is only one | 000009b0 65 6e 65 72 67 79 20 62 61 6e 6b 20 72 65 6d 61 |energy bank rema| 000009c0 69 6e 69 6e 67 2e 20 4d 6f 72 65 0a 61 63 63 75 |ining. More.accu| 000009d0 72 61 74 65 20 68 69 74 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 |rate hits will d| 000009e0 65 73 74 72 6f 79 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 69 70 2e |estroy the ship.| 000009f0 0a 0a 53 63 61 6e 6e 69 6e 67 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |..Scanning.-----| 00000a00 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 73 63 61 6e 6e 65 72 20 |---.The scanner | 00000a10 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 70 69 6c 6f 74 73 20 |provides pilots | 00000a20 77 69 74 68 20 33 36 30 b0 20 70 65 72 63 65 70 |with 360. percep| 00000a30 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 73 75 72 72 6f 75 6e 64 |tion of surround| 00000a40 69 6e 67 20 73 70 61 63 65 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 63 |ing space. The.c| 00000a50 65 6e 74 72 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 61 |entre of the sca| 00000a60 6e 6e 65 72 20 64 65 70 69 63 74 73 20 74 68 65 |nner depicts the| 00000a70 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | position of the| 00000a80 20 43 6f 62 72 61 2e 20 4f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 | Cobra. Objects | 00000a90 61 72 65 0a 72 65 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 65 64 20 |are.represented | 00000aa0 62 79 20 63 6c 75 62 73 20 77 68 6f 73 65 20 6c |by clubs whose l| 00000ab0 65 6e 67 74 68 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 |ength correspond| 00000ac0 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 69 67 68 74 20 |s to the height | 00000ad0 61 62 6f 76 65 20 6f 72 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 0a 74 |above or below.t| 00000ae0 68 65 20 43 6f 62 72 61 2e 0a 0a 42 61 69 6c 69 |he Cobra...Baili| 00000af0 6e 67 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 50 69 6c 6f 74 |ng.-------.Pilot| 00000b00 73 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 20 61 74 20 |s must learn at | 00000b10 77 68 69 63 68 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 74 68 65 20 |which point the | 00000b20 6e 65 78 74 20 68 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 |next hit will be| 00000b30 20 66 61 74 61 6c 2e 20 4c 69 66 65 20 69 73 20 | fatal. Life is | 00000b40 6d 6f 72 65 0a 70 72 65 63 69 6f 75 73 20 74 68 |more.precious th| 00000b50 61 6e 20 63 61 72 67 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 69 |an cargo and pri| 00000b60 64 65 2c 20 77 69 73 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 |de, wise command| 00000b70 65 72 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 61 69 6c 2e 20 54 |ers will bail. T| 00000b80 68 65 73 65 20 65 73 63 61 70 65 0a 63 61 70 73 |hese escape.caps| 00000b90 75 6c 65 73 2c 20 6f 72 20 45 73 63 61 70 73 75 |ules, or Escapsu| 00000ba0 6c 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 69 74 74 65 |les can be fitte| 00000bb0 64 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 61 74 |d below the seat| 00000bc0 20 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 2c 20 54 | at any world, T| 00000bd0 65 63 68 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 0a 38 20 6f 72 20 68 |ech level.8 or h| 00000be0 69 67 68 65 72 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 45 73 63 20 |igher. 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