User Guide
CONTACT MENU
Once a contact appears on the map, select it by clicking on its symbol. Right-clicking on a contact
displays the Contact menu. From this menu you can assign a classification to the contact as well
as attack it or find information about it as described below.
Engage With:
Tube X:
Select a tube and its currently loaded weapon to fire at this contact. (If you want to change
a weapon loaded in a tube, you must visit the Fire Control Station.) The firing solution currently
entered for this contact in TMA is used to target the weapon. Be aware that your solution is rarely
accurate early in the tracking process. If no TMA solution has yet been entered, the weapon fires
down the line of bearing using the default presets for the selected weapon.
NOTE:
An Unknown/Unknown contact does not have an Engage With option in its Contact menu.
Until you designate the contact as surface or subsurface the game doesn’t know which type
of weapons to place in the Engage With menu.
Deploy Special Forces:
This menu only appears in the Engage With menu of surface ships and land
buildings and only under these conditions:
■ Ownship has Special Forces aboard.
■ Ownship is traveling at periscope depth or less and at 3 kts or less.
For more information see Special Operations and Procedures /Deploying and Recovering Special
Forces on p. 148.
Designate Type/Alliance:
If you are relatively sure of this contact’s platform type or alliance you can
assign it here without specifying a ship class.The contact’s map symbol changes shape and color
according to your selections. 3D view displays a wire-frame model of a generic ship, plane or
submarine bounded by a colored box denoting the alliance type. See Ship Stations/Navigation
Station/Contact Symbols/Colors on p. 43.A bar representing level of confidence is also visible in
3D.You can also assign a level of confidence from this menu option.
NOTE:
This menu option does not display if Show Truth is on. See Main Menu/Option/Game/Show
Truth on p. 29.)
Platform Type:
Assign a platform type to the contact: Surface,Submarine,Air, Biologic or Unknown.
The contact’s symbol changes shape to that of the designated platform type.
Alliance:
Assign an alliance to the contact: Friendly, Hostile,Neutral or Unknown.The contact’s symbol
changes color to that of the designated alliance. See Contact Symbols /Colors on p.43.
Confidence:
Assign a level denoting how confident you are in the accuracy of your classification.
Select Low,Medium or High.
Classify Contact:
Selecting this option displays the Classification Dialog.This option does not
display if Show Truth is on. See Main Menu/Option/Game/Show Truth on p. 29.
Once you have a good idea of a contact’s class use the Classification Dialog to assign that
classification to the contact and designate a level of confidence in your assessment.
1.
From the class list, select the desired class name.To narrow your search, use the Sort By Type
drop-down to eliminate all platform types but the type for which you want to search:
Submarines, Surface ships,Aircraft or Biologics. (If you have classified a contact in Narrowband
Sonar, the class name that was visible on the screen when you left that station is highlighted in
the classification window when you select a contact on the Nav map.)
2.
Click the desired class name to assign that class name to the contact. Information and a photo
of the selected class appear on the right side of the dialog box.
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