.TH Command PLANE
-.NA plane "Report status of plane, wing or planes in a give area"
+.NA plane "Report status of planes"
.LV Basic
-.SY "plane [<PLANE> | <SECTS>]"
-The plane report command is a census of your planes
-and lists all the information available in readable format.
-.s1
-The <PLANE> and <SECTS> arguments are provided in case you only
-wish to look at one plane
-or all planes within a given area.
-.s1
-Plane expects some argument. To see all planes, use the
-argument '*', or enter "plane *".
+.SY "plane <PLANES>"
+The plane report command is a census of your planes and lists. For
+example:
.EX plane *
.NF
- # type x,y w eff mu def tech ran hard s/l LSB nuke
- 0 f2 P-51 Mustang 1,-1 100% 90 5 110 11 0
- 1 f2 P-51 Mustang 1,-1 100% 90 5 110 11 0
- 3 lb TBD-1 Devastato 1,-1 100% 90 4 120 11 0
+ # type x,y w eff mu def tech ran hard carry special
+ 0 f2 P-51 Mustang 1,-1 100% 90 5 110 11 0
+ 1 f2 P-51 Mustang 1,-1 100% 90 5 110 11 0
+ 3 lb TBD-1 Devastato 1,-1 100% 90 4 120 11 0
3 planes
.FI
.s1
.L #
the plane number
.L type
-the type of plane; \*Qfighter 1\*U, \*Qjet hvy bomber\*U, etc,
+the type of plane; \*Qfighter 1\*U, \*Qjet hvy bomber\*U, etc.,
.L x,y
-the plane's current location (relative to your capital),
+the plane's current location,
.L w
-the \*Qair wing\*U designation letter,
+the \*Qair wing\*U designation letter (set by \*Qwingadd\*U command),
.L eff
-the plane's efficiency,
+the plane's efficiency, prefixed by \*Q!\*U if stopped,
.L mu
the number of mobility points the plane has,
-.L att
-the attack value of the plane (for air-to-air combat)
+.L def
+the defense value of the plane (for air-to-air combat)
.L tech
the tech level at which it was created,
.L range
-and the range (in sectors) it can fly on a given mission.
-.L s/l
-the ship or land unit the plane is on
-.L LSB
-For satellites, LS stands for "launched?" and "Geo-synchroneous orbit?".
-For planes or missiles armed with nukes, B will either have the value
-"A" for airburst, or "G" for groundburst (see info arm).
-.L nuke
-the type of nuke carried
+and the range (in sectors) it can fly in one sortie,
+.L carry
+the ship or land unit the carrying the plane, if any,
+.L special
+shows \*Qorbit\*U or \*Qgeosync\*U for satellites in (geo-synchronous)
+orbit, else nuclear armament type and programming (\*QA\*U for
+air burst, \*QG\*U for ground burst; see info \*Qarm\*U).
.in
.s1
.SA "pstat, upgrade, arm, bomb, build, drop, fly, launch, paradrop, recon, satellite, scrap, wingadd, Planes"