OP. BLACKOUT · sector 7
Afterburn
threat level
operation
Four enemy radar sites watch the islands. Lock them up with missiles or strafe them — land on the carrier to rearm.
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Lagoon Archipelago
Green islands and open sea. Lots of room to fight in.
◆ Dive behind the island ridgelines to break a bandit's line of sight.
terrain seed #D154XR · new every sortie
Carrier CV-77 is anchored in the lagoon (green beacon). Slow down with the airbrake, keep the wings level and touch down on the deck to reload all 8 missiles and repair the hull. Shift to catapult back into the fight.
controls
- Mouse
- pitch & roll (pointer locked)
- W / S
- nose up / down
- A / D
- roll left / right
- Q / E
- rudder yaw
- Shift
- afterburner
- Ctrl / Z
- airbrake slam (force overshoot)
- Left click / Space
- cannons
- Right click / F
- fire missile (hold lock)
- V
- flares (decoy SAM lock)
- C
- cockpit view + instruments
- M / Esc
- mute / pause
Hard turns bleed speed, and the harder you pull the higher your stall speed — watch the energy bar. With a bandit on your six, slam the airbrake so it overshoots. Break line of sight behind terrain, rocks or inside a cloud and it loses track of you.
click to lock the pointer · esc to pause