User Guide

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If your projected cash is ever below zero, make sure you’re successful on your next few missions.
Otherwise, you’ll be broke, and the Wildcats will be finished.
Turn the page (by clicking on it) to see a listing of your squadron’s currently available weapons. You
won’t order weapons here, though. Check the catalog for purchases.
To return to the office after viewing the ledger, click along the top edge of the screen.
Catalog. Initially, Stern will purchase weapons for the Wildcats. As you gain experience, however,
the responsibility for purchasing weapons for the squadron will pass to you.
When it’s available, you will be able to use the catalog to make weapon purchases. View it by
selecting the book and calculator on the right side of Virgil’s desk. You’ll be purchasing weapons for
all of the Wildcats, so be sure to stock plenty of everything, especially Sidewinders and smaller
bombs.
When you select the catalog, it will open to two pages of weapons and prices. Flip through the book
by clicking on the top corners of pages.
Buying a Weapon. Click on the weapon with the left mouse button. A receipt will appear on the
screen with the weapon type and its price displayed on it. If you buy more of the same weapon, the
number on its receipt will change.
If you change your mind and decide not to purchase a weapon, click on it with the right mouse
button, or click on the receipt with either button. That item will be subtracted from the
corresponding receipt.
Some weapons are available for better prices if they’re bought in bulk. When you select one of the
four weapon packages listed in the back of the catalog, you will receive the number of weapons listed
in the package description. Weapon packages are a good way to save money and still buy enough
weapons for the entire squadron.
As you select weapons and packages, the calculator next to the catalog keeps track of the amount of
money in your account (top line), the amount you are spending (middle line) and your account
balance (bottom line). You are allowed up to one million dollars in credit to purchase weapons, but
remember that you will go bankrupt and lose the game if you return from a mission with no cash.
To return to the office, click anywhere along the top of the screen. When you do this, the weapons
you have selected will be purchased, and the correct amount of cash will be subtracted from your
account.
Returning to the Hangar. Click anywhere along the bottom of the screen to return to the Wildcat
hangar.
Kill Board
Exit to Hangar
Catalog
Virgil
Ledger
Office Option Screen