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The year is 2140. Aft€ ?nvironmental d sters, only two world i covering the Americar d North Africa, a the Eurasian Dynasty . .. .-.. Jmasses of Eastern Europe and Asia. The long wars led both world powers to evacuate thc ly built underground cities. Australia and most pa, --:'iced during the long wars, which lasted several dec: llogical and chemical wea- pons were developed on & its, leaving them so badly conta- minated, that no human li re. Not even the use 6f robots , and machines is possible lion was that these continents

d forever remain unin y t ' h & were wiped from every of the wor -

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qo to war, you will be IU will have to choose he missionbriefing somewhat like thip:. 1

eft side of the screen you will find the game control panel:

This is the most important panel in the game. With this panel you can control almost all settings and

the game. By default this panel is ated on the left side of the screen. By pressing

you can also place this panel on the right the screen. To see more of the battlefield

you can push on the Hide Button (3), so that the

ly press on the Hide button again.

On this map (1) yorrdlnd an overview of the whole map. You can see the location of raw materials, buildings (small rectangular areas) and units. If something is happening to any of your units the map will flash. Parts of the map, those that are contaminated, are displayed with black-and-white dots on the map. With buttom (2) the map can enter the RAW mode. In this m o d ~ o n l y resources, buildings and units are displayed. In addition also waypoints, when defined, for all units are on display. Buttons (4), (5), (6) and (7) give access to more control panels.

In the display (1) of tl you can see how muc

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u can see the name buildin$/ts current for energy.

a list of symbols with the functions After selecting (A) the selected

pered on the playing screen. h@ scleted building' la able kMding will automaUcally be ce 1

units (fightin$ productio selfdestru

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(D) ATTACK - actival and will then attack. (E) LEAVE - order units, (F) MINUBUILT - a special a can be switched from bk " " IC\ FCPnRT - for thic nr

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Control Panel: Strategy (6)

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rated. In jed you ctivatnd~

ha^ vou can ordezn activated uniffarou~ tblhove- - .

can not be accessed, t-pointer will this. This sign wlffalsa show up, when an

ran not be carried out.-

the buildlnb ., .

Fcan attack. the mouse- when you move it across

se button on the Ihs out of reach. vour units -

will a~omat ica l~m stricking diskice. a

Tbbminter will appear when a small or medium unit is t

u move the pointer over a transporter or ' you can order the unit to get into

nsmrter.

.. ,ou have selected a building that needs repair1 pointer will change to this look. Clbk o m with t* mouse bll*m to have the building repaired. Duration and

4 bOsts of this repair depend on the level of repa needed.

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the icon will c !hb loo$ when, +u move the When y i da r left mow

the container will automatically be put into the Mnery. 1 For all MINER unSas use these three symbols are used for I their commands. The first Is used to built a wall at $

the unit control, use the second Icon to ptace a mtne and choosen location. If the MINER Is set to Raylng mind% , the third icon to deactivate a mine.

The blue target symbol appears when an activated plas- mablast unit is ready to fire. Place the target symbol over a target and press the left mouse button to fire.

-st - If a launcher for nuclear weapons is activated this thc

' golden target symbol will appear. Simply click the left mouse button at a target to launch a nuclear strike.

When a MCU vehicle has found a place where it can built ing this symbol will show up. Simply prPrC lay button and the building will be erected

Keyboard Controls

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Cursor*.

O W 9 activate group witt . R call reinforcement!

P pause game F2 FS STffi 4 ~4 to ~b F4 to F12

escort

go to predined loc, Speoe activateldeactivate ...,. ..,.., ,. -, E A attackmode a guard

switch menu left or right BACKSPACE

d unit to active group elete unit from group

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