The situation is critical. After heavy bombardment, our fleet have suffered many losses, and now the survivors stand guard at the entrance to our harbour. The enemy must be stopped from advancing into the city.

With your tactical skills and experience, you are the only one who can rescue our valiant troops. This is why you have been specially called in to command our campaign and destroy the attacking armada.

A great honour shall await you should you succeed. Defeat is unthinkable.

## Briefing

First of all you must use your strategic expertise to deploy our fleet. Once our fleet is prepared, and once the enemy is within range of our guns, you can order the attack as you see fit. Our guns are extremely accurate, however as a result of the damage inflicted by enemy air attacks, it does take some time to reload the weapons, so choose your targets carefully.

## Controls

We will be using a new command and control system, showing computer-generated diagrams of the battlefield. These keep track of known ships, and mark where shells have been reported.

### Deployment controls

Our fleet is shown on the left hand side of the control panel, and the ships may be placed one at a time onto the battlefield shown on the right. The currently selected craft is shown with a highlight, and the selected orientation (North or East) is similarly shown in the centre of the panel. As you move your mouse over the battlefield, a highlight moves to show where the ship can be positioned, and you can then click to place the ship as indicated.

To change your tactics, you can select 'Redeploy' to order new positions for our ships. When you are satisfied, you can then order our troops into battle.

### Battle controls

Battle cannot begin until war is declared and both fleets are in position. When this happens, our engineers will endeavour to load and arm the torpedoes as quickly as possible. The 'Armed' indicator at the top of the display will illuminate when the torpedoes are ready to fire. Be aware that incoming enemy fire can damage our weapons systems, and it will take longer to reload when under attack.

Our spotters are highly trained and will report back to you after each shot. They will be able to determine what type of craft was hit, and whether it was destroyed or just damaged.

### Conclusion

To be successful, you must wipe out the enemy fleet. If, on the other hand, the enemy manages to destroy all of our ships, the battle is lost. You must not let this happen!

Good luck, Captain!