Air Combat (EU2012)

WIP.

Craft

Interceptor Raven - the initial interceptor aircraft designed to shoot down alien UFO craft once spotted. The game starts with two of these aircraft. Procurement Cost: §40 Maintenance Cost per Month: §20 Firestorm An upgraded interceptor Variable Procurement Cost: §200, 20x Elerium, 40 Alien Alloys (Halved if have NA bonus) Fixed Procurement Cost: 1 UFO Power Source, 2x UFO Flight Computer, 20 Engineers Maintenance per Month: §10

Transport Skyranger - a transport aircraft to insert your soldiers into the tactical, turn-based portion of the game. You start the game with a single Skyranger and you may not build anymore. Procurement Cost: NA Maintenance Cost per Month: §20

Hangar Storage

Each continent has 4 Hangar slots for interception aircraft; transferring an aircraft from one continent to another takes 3 days, as does ordering a new Raven.

There is no point to have aircraft on a continent with no satellites(or that has completely withdrawn from the XCOM project), as you have no method by which to detect marauding UFOs.

Equipping

You can equip your interceptors in the Hangar menu, under "View Craft". Avalanche Missiles, the basic weapon system, are in infinite supply and can be equipped on any of your fighter craft for free. Advanced systems must be manufactured before you can equip them. Modules do not have to be equipped.

Unlike the original X-Com, there is only one slot for weaponry instead of two, and therefore only one weapon is required per craft.

Be aware that it is impossible to change an interceptor's weaponry outside of the Hangar menu, which includes choosing which craft you want to send on a mission; Make sure your craft are equipped with the correct weapons before launching an interception!

The Fusion Lance can only be equipped on the Firestorm craft.

Dogfight Minigame

Once the Interceptor has been launched, you will watch it chase the UFO on the world map until it catches up, at which point you will enter the dogfight minigame interface.

A Raven intercepts an Alien Supply Barge UFO. The Raven has taken about 20% damage and has Aim and Dodge modules active, indicated by the highlighting.

Key:

1. Time to loss of contact. If this reaches 0, the UFO will escape the Interceptor and will have to be re-engaged with another interceptor, if one is available.
2. The Interception craft.
3. The UFO. With practice you can learn to identify different UFO types in this interface.
4. Damage meter. When hit, this fills from the bottom. If this turns all red, the Interceptor is destroyed. You'll get a warning from the pilot at about 75% damage accumulated.
5. Abort Interception. Break off the interception and return to base. Useful if the Interception craft is getting pounded.
6. Engage UFO Tracking module, if one is available. Freezes Loss of Contact clock for five seconds, and decreases approach time for close range weapons. Requires Cyberdisc Autopsy.
7. Engage Uplink Targeting module, if one is available. Guarantees next two attacks from Interceptor hit UFO. Requires Sectoid Autopsy.
8. Engage Defensive Matrix module, if one is available. Allows Interceptor to dodge next two attacks from the UFO that would otherwise hit. Requires Floater Autopsy.

Afteraction report

After the minigame ends, you will receive an Interception after-action report. This will summarize the results of the interception. This is divided into three categories.

• Result: This states whether the UFO escaped pursuit, was shot down, or the interception was aborted.
• Crash: If the UFO was shot down, this will indicate that crew was seen moving at the crash site, allowing a Crash Recovery mission.
• Interceptor: This indicates what happened to your interceptor. It can receive NO damage, LIGHT damage (1-33%), HEAVY damage (33-66%), SEVERE damage(66-99%) or have been shot down altogether.

Multiple craft interception

Unlike original XCOM, you cannot use multiple craft to simultaneously attack a single UFO. Instead, multiple craft serve as sequential opportunities to shoot down the UFO, with each aircraft being deployed one after another to attack the UFO.

Craft Armaments

Armament	Accuracy	Range	Fire Rate	Damage	Armor Penetration	Credits	Alloys	Elerium	Min. Engineer
Avalanche Missiles	70%	Long	Slow	Low	Low	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Cannon	95%	Short	Rapid	Low	Low	35	0	0	5
Laser Cannon	85%	Short	Rapid	Low	Medium	40	25	0	10
Plasma Cannon	85%	Long	Medium	Medium	High	135	25	25	20
EMP Cannon	100%	Short	Medium	High	High	150	25	15	30
Fusion Lance	90%	Long	Slow	High	High	100	20	15	30

Upgrade Modules

Module	Credits	Corpses	Min. Engineers
Defense Matrix	50	3 Floater Corpses	5
UFO Tracking	20	2 Cyberdisc Wrecks	10
Uplink Targetting	10	3 Sectoid Corpses	5