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| Respond to an ambush by protecting the threatened cargo flight, clearing the enemy group or abandoning the route when the cargo and aircraft risk is unacceptable. | Respond to an ambush by protecting the threatened cargo flight, clearing the enemy group or abandoning the route when the cargo and aircraft risk is unacceptable. | ||
| + | - Act on the warning. The threatened pilot gets it about 20 seconds before the group appears, with the settlement ahead and the bearing to it -- enough to turn away, climb or route around before anything is in range. | ||
| - Identify the threatened route and regional Security on the Live Map. | - Identify the threatened route and regional Security on the Live Map. | ||
| - Treat a raw **THREATS** cone as a bearing without range; use a plotted fix only to the precision the Enemy Detection network provides. | - Treat a raw **THREATS** cone as a bearing without range; use a plotted fix only to the precision the Enemy Detection network provides. | ||
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| - Clear the enemy group when practical to improve regional Security. | - Clear the enemy group when practical to improve regional Security. | ||
| - If a transport is shot down, search the crash area for recoverable cargo before it is destroyed or abandoned. | - If a transport is shot down, search the crash area for recoverable cargo before it is destroyed or abandoned. | ||
| + | - Remember that ignoring the group has a price: an ambush the transport survives without a single enemy killed costs the region Security. | ||
| **Success.** The transport reaches its destination or the enemy group is cleared without losing the cargo. If the ambush was driven by regional unrest, escorting one flight does not remove that pressure; the affected Settlement also needs to recover. | **Success.** The transport reaches its destination or the enemy group is cleared without losing the cargo. If the ambush was driven by regional unrest, escorting one flight does not remove that pressure; the affected Settlement also needs to recover. | ||
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