                               Command : SWEEP

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: sweep <HELICOPTERS> <ESCORTS> <SECT> <PATH>

The sweep command lets you order mine-sweeping helicopters  to  hunt  for  and
detonate  mines  in sectors along the specified flightpath.  The choppers take
off from their respective airports, assemble, and then  fly  the  mission  and
land in the destination sector.

In each sector of the flight path, each  helicopter  has  an  (efficiency/110)
chance  of  detonating a mine, and exactly one mine per chopper per sector can
at most be destroyed.  A 100% efficient chopper, therefore, has a  91%  chance
of detonating a mine (if there is a mine) in each sector along its route.

<HELICOPTERS> represents a list of choppers which are  to  take  part  in  the
sweep.   Only  helicopters  which  are  provided with gas, and have sufficient
mobility will be successfully selected for the mission.

                               Command : SWEEP

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

<SECT> represents an assembly point, where all of the choppers in the  mission
meet before proceeding on to the target sector.

<PATH> is a normal empire flightpath specification.

Minesweep missions can be intercepted just like any other mission.

See also : plane-types, recon, bomb, fly, para, drop, strafe, flightpath

