                               Command : RECON

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: recon <SPYPLANES> <ESCORTS> <SECT> route|destination

The recon command is used to gather intelligence about sectors  that  the  spy
mission overflies.  The planes take off from their respective airports, assem-
ble, and then fly the mission and land in the destination sector.

<SPYPLANES> represents a list of planes which are to be performing the  intel-
ligence  gathering  operation.   Only  planes which are provided with gas, and
have sufficient mobility will be successfully selected for the mission.

<ESCORTS> represent a list of fighter planes which are  capable  of  escorting
the  transports  all the way to the target.  To be selected, escorts must have
fuel and mobility.

<SECT> represents an assembly point, where all of the planes  in  the  mission
meet  before  proceeding  on to the target sector.  The assembly point must be
owned by you, and must not be more than four sectors  away  from  any  of  the
planes selected for the mission.

                               Command : RECON

Route is a normal empire path specification. You may also give  a  destination
sector  on the command line, or at any time while giving the route, and empire
will use the best path from the current sector to the desired destination sec-
tor.

Information given by recon is not totally accurate.

Recon missions can be intercepted just like any other mission.  If the  desti-
nation  sector  is  not  an  airport, then all planes in the mission must have
V/STOL capability.

If the ASW_PLANES option is in use, planes with the ASW ability will perform a
sonar  search on each sector as they fly through it.  Each sub contact will be
reported only once, giving the sector and number of the sub, from  the  sector
in  which  it is first detected (which may not be the sector the sub is in, as
plane sonar has a range dependent on acc, and a chance of  finding  a  sub  of
((100-acc)-(4-sub  visib)*10))+((100-effic)/5) percent.  The sub being sonared
may detect the sonar ping.

                               Command : RECON

If the SWEEP_PLANES option is in use,  planes  with  the  sweep  ability  will
automatically  attempt  to  sweep mines in sea or harbor sectors they overfly.
Their chance of sweeping is (100-acc), and they can  only  sweep  1  mine  per
overflight of the sector.

See also : plane-types, bomb, fly, para, drop

