                              Command : PARADROP

 SYNTAX:
   [mc ##] Command : paradrop <TRANSPORTS> <ESCORTS> <SECT> route

The paradrop command is used to sneak troops behind enemy lines, or to drop in
unawares  on  lightly-defended  enemy  islands  or  outposts.  You specify the
planes transporting your troops,  escorting  fighters  if  any,  the  assembly
point, and the flight path that the mission will take.

If the planes manage to fight through enemy air defenses and arrive on-target,
each  transport  in  the  mission  will  be shot at by any guns present on the
ground.  Surviving transports will drop the paratroops they carry, which  will
immediately  attack  any  enemy  military  occupying the target sector.  Para-
troops, due to the lack of heavy equipment and the general disorganization due
to  scatter suffer heavy military efficiency penalties before combat occurs in
the drop zone.

If you win, then the target sector is yours and you  capture  any  commodities
and  planes  which happen to be there, although it is probable that any planes
will be damaged by their ground crews before capture.  Hardened missile  silos
are always destroyed prior to sector takeover.

                              Command : PARADROP

See also : planes(i), bomb, fly, para, drop, recon

