                              Command : DROPOFF

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: dropoff <TRANSPORTS> <ESCORTS> <SECT> <COMMODITY> route

The dropoff command is used to resupply beleaguered friendly troops with food,
shells, reinforcements, and other necessities of battle.

<TRANSPORTS> represents a list of planes which are to  travel  to  the  target
sector.  Only planes which are provided with gas, and have sufficient mobility
will be successfully selected for the mission.

<ESCORTS> represent a list of fighter planes which are  capable  of  escorting
the  transports  all the way to the target.  To be selected, escorts must have
fuel and mobility.

<SECT> represents an assembly point, where all of the planes  in  the  mission
meet  before  proceeding  on to the target sector.  The assembly point must be
owned by you, and must not be more than four sectors  away  from  any  of  the
planes selected for the mission.

                              Command : DROPOFF

<COMMODITY>  is the name of a commodity which is to be carried along on all of
the planes which have a transport capacity.

Route is a normal empire path specification.

The target sector must be owned by you, unless the  DROPANY  option  is  used.
Planes  which  arrive safely at the target sector will drop the goodies off to
the waiting people below.

If the MINE_PLANES option is used, any plane with the mine ability can mine  a
sector by dropping shells in a sea sector.

See also : plane-types, bomb, fly, para, recon

