.NA sweep "Use planes to remove mines from sea sectors"
.LV Expert
.SY "sweep <PLANES> <ESCORTS> <SECT> route|destination"
-The \*Qsweep\*U command is identical to the recon command, except
-that if you use planes capable of minesweeping, they will sweep
-mines from sectors along their route.
+The \*Qsweep\*U command is used to sweep sea mines from the sectors
+along the route.
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-<PLANES> represents a list of planes which are to be performing the
-intelligence gathering operation.
-Only planes which are provided with gas, and have sufficient mobility will
-be successfully selected for the mission.
+<PLANES> represents a list of planes which are to perform the
+mine-sweeping mission.
+Only planes with capability sweep and sufficient mobility, based in a
+sector stocked with petrol, 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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Information given by sweep/recon is not totally accurate.
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-Sweep/recon missions can be intercepted just like any other mission.
+Sweep missions can be intercepted just like any other mission. See
+info \*QIntercept\*U.
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If the destination sector is not an airport, then all planes in
the mission must have V/STOL capability.
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-Planes with the ASW ability will
-perform a sonar search on each sector as they fly through it.
-Each sub contact will be reported only once, giving the sector and number
-of the sub, from the sector in which it
-is first detected (which may not be the sector the sub is in, as plane
-sonar has a range dependent on acc, and a chance of finding a sub of
-((100-acc)-(4-sub visib)*10))+((100-effic)/5) percent.
-The sub being sonared may detect the sonar ping.
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-Planes with the sweep ability will
-automatically attempt to sweep mines in sea or harbor sectors they overfly.
+Planes will
+automatically attempt to sweep sea mines in sea sectors they overfly.
Their chance of sweeping is (100-acc), and they can only sweep 1 mine per
overflight of the sector.
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+The planes will additionally gather intelligence, just like they do on
+a recon mission. See info \*Qrecon\*U.
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Note that a plane must be at least 40% efficient before it can leave
the ground.
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