An ambush is an enemy group that appears ahead of a cargo flight in an insecure region. Its likelihood depends on regional Security and is worsened by unrest. The group threatens the cargo route rather than creating a guaranteed exact marker on the map.

Damage taken while carrying cargo reduces its delivered value. A shoot-down drops loaded crates at the crash site, where they can often be recovered unless destroyed. If an ambush ends with the transport surviving and no enemy killed, the region loses Security.

AI transports defend themselves and use flares, but continue their route instead of pursuing attackers. Player escorts can protect both player and AI cargo flights. Any available threat information follows the Enemy Detection rules: a raw bearing cone has no range, while a sufficiently strong multi-station fix may appear as a bounded area or calculated point.

• Respond to an Ambush
• Choose a Useful Task

• Security
• Unrest
• Enemy Detection
• Live Map
• Cargo