LOADING SYDNEY TACTICAL MAP…
CITY BATTLE // TACTICAL MAP
SECTOR SCAN
Sector
MAP
EXTENT
RELIEF
STRUCT
CONDITIONS: INHOSPITABLE
DOWNED CREW MUST BE RECOVERED
Command Mode
COMMAND MODE
— free deploy —
Harbour Crossing
Ridge Defence
Convoy Escort
Overlays
View Mode
STANDARD SHADED
COLOURED ELEVATION
Trafficability
SLOPE / GRADIENT
STEEP terrain slows crabs; CLIFFS are impassable — route around them.
Toggles
LINE OF SIGHT
GUN RANGE
BUILDINGS
CONTOUR WIRE
SUBURBS
FOG CULL
Command & Control
COMMS NET
DEAD ZONES
FIRE PICTURE for the selected crab: flat fire cannot reach the red pockets hiding behind crests within gun range.
COMMS --
Tight-beam laser comms need line of sight. A crab behind a ridge falls off the net — no orders, no live intel.
Weather
WIND FIELD
PRECIP
Fire Analysis
FIRE ANALYSIS
DIRECT
OBLIQUE
MORTAR
Camera
FLY CAM · F
Fire Analysis
UNIT --
TRAJ DIRECT
REACH --
DEAD SPACE (of in-range terrain)
-- unhittable
Behind crests = dead space. Flat fire leaves lots; mortar plunges into it.
Angle Of Fall
--
select / target an enemy crab
Command & Control
SCENARIO FREE DEPLOY
FLAGSHIP —
NET —
FLAGSHIP OUT OF CONTACT
OBJECTIVE —
SIM PAUSED
▶ PLAY
Order Type
MOVE
HOLD
ATTACK
Selected Unit
UNIT — none —
SET FLAGSHIP
BEST POSITION
CLEAR ORDERS
SELECT ALL
L-CLICK select · R-CLICK = drop flag/move · SHIFT+R = waypoint
Conditions
PRE-BATTLE FORECAST · OPEN-METEO
CRAB
CLASS
IDENT
STRUCT
GUN
RANGE
COMMS --
DEAD ZONE -- of range masked
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−
RESET
DRAG orbit · WHEEL zoom · CLICK a crab to inspect · F = fly cam, / . cycle units · DEAD ZONES = selected crab's fire picture
COMMAND · L-CLICK select unit · R-CLICK drop flag & move · SHIFT+R waypoint chain1 =MOVE 2 =HOLD 3 =ATTACK · SET FLAGSHIP · BEST POSITION · SPACE = play/pause · R-CLICK a flag to clear it
FLY CAM ACTIVE ·
W/S fwd/back · A/D strafe ·
R/E up · Q down ·
DRAG look · SHIFT boost · WHEEL speed
press F again or ESC to return to orbit