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<td valign="top" background="images/design/surround_title_s.gif"><span class="sectionlink"><a href="frontiersmen.html">...</a></span><span class="sectiontext">
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::</span> <span class="sectionlink"><a href="front_commander.html">
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Commander</a></span><span class="sectiontext"> <span class="sectiontext">::</span>
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<span class="sectionlink"><a href="front_comduties.html"> Command
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Duties</a></span> <span class="sectiontext"><span class="sectiontext">::</span>
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<span class="sectionlink"><a href="front_comhud.html"> Command HUD</a></span></span>:
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<font color="#FF6600">View</font></span></td>
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<p>The interface that the commander uses to watch over
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his squad is called the command HUD (heads up display).
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When plugged into a <a href="structures_cc.html">Command
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Console</a>, the HUD replaces the commander's field
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of vision, and basic controls allow him to manipulate
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and control the display. </p>
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<p>The three most important components of the HUD are
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the <a href="front_comhud_minimap.html">mini-map</a>,
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the <a href="front_comhud_menu.html">menu</a>, and the
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<a href="front_comhud_view.html">view</a>.</p>
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<p><b>View</b><br>
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The commander's view of the battlefield, and his principle
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means of interacting with his squad. This display incorporates
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a wide variety of functions, the most important of which
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are listed below:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Watching Over Marines</span>
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– monitoring their status and progress, dropping
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equipment as necessary.</p>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Sighting Aliens</span>
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– any <a href="alien_evolutions_cloaking.html">uncloaked</a>
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aliens near a marine are clearly visible to the
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commander, even if the marine is unaware of them.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Giving Orders</span>
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– by selecting a marine or group of marines,
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and then designating a map location, the commander
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causes a waypoint to appear on the marines'
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HUD. These can be used to navigate and group
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marines, direct them to a <a href="front_building.html">build</a>
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a <a href="structures.html">structure</a>, or
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alert them to each other's location.</p>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Selecting Structures</span>
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– select structures to see what <a href="front_upgrades.html">upgrades</a>
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they make available, or to recycle them for <a href="front_resources.html">resources</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Dropping Equipment
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and Placing Structures</span> – use the view
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to place <a href="items_main.html">equipment</a>
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and <a href="structures.html">structures</a>.
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When a structure or piece of equipment is available
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(see the <a href="techtree.html">tech tree</a>),
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it can be selected on the <a href="front_comhud_menu.html">menu</a>,
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and its icon will appear as a three dimensional
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"ghost" on the view. If the location
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is invalid (over rough, occupied, or <a href="front_nanogridlock.html">gridlock</a>-restricted
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space) the icon will change color to red. If
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the location is valid, it will be colored green,
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and can be successfully placed. <a href="items_main.html">Equipment</a>
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can then be picked up by any marine. <a href="structures.html">Structures</a>
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will have to be <a href="front_building.html">built</a>
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by one or more marines, before they become active.
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Most structures must be built in range of others
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(for instance, <a href="weapons_turrets.html">turrets</a>
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must be built within range of a <a href="structures_tfact.html">turret
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factory</a>), and all weapons must be placed
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in range of an <a href="structures_armory.html">armory</a>
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or <a href="structures_advarmory.html">advanced
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armory</a>. Valid ranges will be drawn in fields
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of green. See the appropriate listing for more
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information. </p>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Environment Controls</span>
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– any item that can be operated by a button or
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lever (i.e. doors, lifts, airlocks), can also
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be operated by the commander. </p>
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<p><span class="sectiontext">Scans</span> –
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select the <a href="structures_observatory.html">observatory</a>,
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choose the scanner icon from the <a href="front_comhud_menu.html">menu</a>,
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and move the view to the area of the map you
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wish to scan. Any alien <a href="alien_chambers.html">chambers</a>,
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<a href="alien_hive.html">hives</a> or <a href="alien_species.html">lifeforms</a>
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(cloaked or not) will be briefly revealed. Useful
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to find the location of hives, or to plan an
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assault.</p>
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