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2.6.7.6 The Minimize Window Icon
If you shoot the UFO down over water, the wreckage will be swept
away before anything of value can be recovered. The Minimize
Window feature allows you to track the UFO on the Geoscape until it
is over land, then shoot it down.
To carry this out, click on the in the top-left of the Air-to-Air
Combat window. The Craft Icon (with a pictorial representation of
the craft plus its X-COM registration number) will now appear in the
top-left of the Geoscape and time may be advanced or slowed as
normal.
When the UFO gets over the land, click on the Craft Icon. The Air-
to-Air Combat window will now re-appear, ready for you to carry out
your attack.
Note: You can also use the Minimize Window icon to give other Interception Craft
orders to attack the UFO. There can be up to four Interception Craft attacking a
UFO simultaneously, maximizing the chances of success against the larger UFOs.
2.6.7.7 The Message Box
The Message Box is in the bottom of the Air-to-Air Combat window
and displays messages from the pilot of the Interceptor to you. These
messages either confirm your orders or inform you of what the UFO
is doing.
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