Manual

FLEET DEFENDER allows you topersonalise your pilot and RIO by givingthem names of your own choosing. Mostplayers tend to name the pilot afterthemselves and name the RIO after theirbest friend. There’s no requirement to dothis, however. You may give the pilot andRIO any names you wish.Assuming you name the pilot afteryourself, we can also assume that younow have a vested interest in doing welland surviving. In this respect, you are nodifferent than any other naval aviator thatflies the Tomcat in real life. He has hiscareer to worry about, now you haveyours.BEGINNING A CAREERYour career as anaval aviatorbegins themoment you givea name to yourpilot. From thismoment on, yourcareer is simplythe sum total ofall the pointsscored during allthe missions youhave flown usingthis persona.(You may have adifferent pilotFeeling that need for name for eachspeed? This F-14 is active squadron.)showing its stuff on a low Your personallevel pass.objective is tosurvive thecampaign, all other considerations shouldbe secondary. Along the way, however,you will accumulate points foraccomplishing certain tasks anddestroying enemy aircraft. If you areYOUR CAREERnoticeably successfully, you arerecommended for various awards anddecorations.CAREER PROGRESSION (PROMOTIONS)Your ultimate career goal is to getpromoted up the ladder until you reachthe rank of Commodore. It won’t be easy.You will only attain this lofty grade afterflying many missions, in manycampaigns. After you attain this rank, youare retired. Enjoy your break fromcombat, you earned it.Mission ScoringYou receive a point score dependingupon how well you performed as anindividual. You also receive points as amember of the squadron for participatingin a successful mission. These two sumsare totalled to produce your final missionscore.Failure to accomplish your missiongarners less points for you as anindividual and makes a campaign moredifficult to ultimately win. For example,you may be given a mission to preventenemy reconnaissance aircraft fromfinding your carrier group. If the enemy isallowed to locate your carrier, the nextmission may have you desperately tryingto shoot down a salvo of cruise missiles.PromotionsPromotions are based upon youraccumulated point totals. They are noteasy to get, but they do come in time.Every naval aviator starts the game as aLieutenant JG (Junior Grade) with a pointscore of zero (0). In order to attain thenext highest rank, you only need toaccumulate the prerequisite number ofpoints. The higher the rank, the morepoints you must accumulate to attain it.