It represents a complete mission for one or more transports and escorts
taking off from one place and returning to base at the end of the mission.
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-<TRANSPORTS> represents a list of planes which can carry commodities.
-Only planes which have a transport capacity, belong in a sector which is
-stocked with gas and military, and have sufficient mobility will
-be successfully selected for the mission. Only planes with the para ability
-may be used for paratroop missions.
+<TRANSPORTS> represents a list of planes to carry the paratroopers to
+the target sector.
+Only planes with capability para and sufficient mobility, based in a
+sector stocked with petrol and military, will be successfully selected
+for the mission.
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<ESCORTS> represent a list of fighter planes which are capable of escorting
the transports all the way to the target.
must have a ship there. It must not be more than
four sectors away from any of the planes selected for the mission.
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-Route is a normal empire path specification. You may also give a
+Route is a normal empire path specification. You may also give a
destination sector on the command line, or at any time while giving
the route, and empire will use the best path from the current sector
to the desired destination sector.
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+Paradrop missions can be intercepted just like any other mission. See
+info \*QIntercept\*U.
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If the planes manage to fight through enemy air defenses and arrive
on-target, each transport in the mission will be shot at by any
guns present on the ground.