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       M I D W I N T E R   2 :   F L A M E S   O F   F R E E D O M
                               (Microprose)

Your  ultimate objective is to destroy the Saharan Armada before it reaches
your  home island, Agora. Unless you place some obstruction in the Armada's
way, you will have little chance of defeating it.

You have two basic options.

OPTION ONE
This  is  to liberate as many islands as you can. This forces the Armada to
make  its  attack  through territory that your forces occupy. The attrition
rate  is  high  in  such  areas  and  the  Armada  will dwindle rapidly. In
addition, each island that you liberate then contributes to the war effort,
making  the  Armada's attrition rate even higher. By choosing your missions
carefully, with just eight successful missions in the right places, you can
liberate nearly all the islands in the archipelago.

LIBERATING ISLANDS
Liberating  certain islands will liberate others without the need to attack
them; hence liberating the following 9 islands will liberate the entire 41.
Here's what to do and where to find them:

       CARMARGO
               Enlist Henri Bauchen at the lion
               Enlist Dols at Dan Sisten
               Enlist Fadi Al Hadi at Mais Bonita
               Enlist Zaid Sirhan at Cidade Hills

          LOBOS
               Go to Ahab - Johnson then Mitchel (through contact)
               Sabotage control tower at Jubilee Fields
               Go back and enlist Mitchel
               Sabotage underwater base at Deepwater
               Sabotage radar at Outlook Island (on NE hook of
               Deepwater)
               Use Black Widow secret weapon to kill Amandu Oangal
         DHAFIA
               Sabotage mine at Carbi Scar
               Talk to Zyiad at Rockford Point - he will then
               kill Merak.
               Enlist Habib Ayyub at Vale of Citenso
               Enlist Davis at Citenso Beach
               Enlist Jan Karlstaad at Garbi Coast
               Sabotage Police HQ at Boulorn Valley
               Sabotage Enemy HQ at Blackridge Plateau
               Sabotage Radio Station at Blackridge Plateau

        SIKASSO
               Seize documents East of the Shangaba
               Assassinate Andee Freitas East of Suaio Quay

         GHAZAL
               Assassinate Yousseaf Al Aorisi using Black Widow,
               after Sering Fred Melsten at Malad Highlands.
               Go to Bianca Fergona at Miolene
               Use Flying Fox to destroy underwater base at Asali
               Assassinate Zufia Ibn Rusho at Bay of Yahya

          MAKAT
               Use Flying Fox to Sabotage underwater base
               Use Begging Bowl to locate Hikmat Sutuz
               Enlist Alami at Harjum
               Assassinate Tayi at Lajunta

          NDOLA
               Go to Qalat and use Matahari Drug to enlist Bosio
               Alooma
               Take weapon (documents)

         SATARA
               Assassinate Zwide Tozer East of Hurrine Fell
               Enlist Mulela Kouyate at Suaid
               Recruit Keari Gamoudi at Uahr (top of island,
               not marked on map) Use Matahari Drug

          DJOUM
               Sabotage Ali at Freaigat Fields
               Assassinate Lwangira Baikir using Black Widow
               Assassinate Hassan Hilmi using Black Widow

Press  'A'  to  release  Armarda.  Go to Djoum, destroy Armada using secret
weapons as well as normal rockets (this is the easiest part of the game!)

OTHER TIPS
Transfer  vehicles  as  much  as  possible,  as  this  is the equivalent of
destroying  them.  Rest whenever you have the chance. Destroy as many units
as possible (for extra cash).


OPTION TWO
This  is somewhat less obvious, but allows for a more 'leisurely' attack on
the  Armada.  This  strategy  is  to  force  the Armada to take the longest
possible route to Agora. The Armada's attrition rate will not be as high as
in  Option  One  because  it  is always passing through friendly territory.
However,  the  route  it has to take is almost four times as long! The slow
but  steady  attrition  rate  will  ensure  that  only  seven  small, elite
battlegroups reach Agora even if you do nothing at all in person. And, when
it  comes  to  attacking  these  battlegroups, you have all the time in the
world to destroy them.

To  implement  Option  Two,  you  must  personally liberate no less than 13
islands. The names of the islands that you must liberate are as follows:

            DJOUM         SATARA        THAT        BENI MAZAR
            MORORITO      HEMET         CAJAMARCA   AUSIA
            ALMIRANTE     IQUITOS (which liberates GAMBOA)
            MARACAY       CALABAR       DHAFRA
If  you  still  have time left before the Armada sets sail, it is useful to
liberate LOBOS (which liberates PANAO and VICENZA) and GALVA (which makes a
large contribution to the war effort).

The  Armada  route  in  Option  Two  is 16 islands long: CHAZAI -> KHASH ->
CARMAGO  ->  MUAR  ->  ANGARA  ->  CRISTOBAL  ->  NICOBAR -> BOUREM -> GRAN
PARADISO  ->  SIKASSO  -> VITORIA -> CUBANGO -> MAJI -> JEBBA -> COROZAL ->
ARGORA.

Try  this  option  out  in strategic training and you will see just how the
Armada dwindles away!

GETTING A HEAD START ON YOUR MISSION
The key to a quick and successful mission is knowledge. Once you know where
the  important  characters  are,  your task starts to become easy. However,
life  being  tough,  when  you  start  on  your mission, you know virtually
nothing. On most islands, your initial contacts will introduce you to their
friends.  By exploring this social network, you will eventually get to know
everyone  on  the  island - but this can be a long and time-consuming task.
Characters  often  have friends in far-flung places and as you journey from
one  corner of the island to another, the clock ticks on and on. Hours turn
into days and days turn into weeks. Frequently, the character you most want
to find is the least sociable of all.

When  you  are  'criss-crossing'  the  island,  building up your network of
social  contacts,  the  temptation  is  to always use the Quick Time option
which takes you straight to your destination. However, this is also the way
to  miss  opportunities.  If, from time to time, you Autoroute instead, you
then get the chance to look around on your journey and to watch your radar.
Often  you  will  be  able  to  spot  new,  unknown  characters; if you do,
interrupt your journey to go and talk with them. Chance meetings like these
are  a golden opportunity for short-cutting the intricacies of the island's
social network and getting to know people quickly.

To  further  increase  your  chances  of meeting people, switch the village
information  on  when  you are looking at the man and deliberately set your
route  to  pass through as many villages as possible. Characters are almost
always  near  buildings.  Finally,  you  will  often  discover  that  'key'
characters  like  to  hide themselves away on tiny offshore islands. If you
are  finding it particularly difficult to locate someone, a visit to one of
these can be very rewarding.

HOW TO ATTACK AND DESTROY THE SAHARAN ARMADA
The  first and foremost rule to observe is simple: DO NOT ATTACK THE ARMADA
AT IT'S MUSTER POINT!!

When  the  Armada  sets  sail,  every single battlegroup is gathered at the
Muster  Point,  making your attack suicidal to say the least. The important
thing to realise when attacking the Armada is that not ALL enemy units will
make  it  to  Agora.  Even  if you sit back having a cup of tea rather than
fighting  the  Armada,  a large number of enemy units will get destroyed by
your  own  forces.  So the secret in attacking the Armada is to only engage
the dangerous units - in other words, those units that will certainly reach
Agora if you do nothing about them. Attacking units that will get destroyed
regardless is a complete waste of your time and energy.

How do we know which units will make it? Well, the Armada is organised into
battlegroups,  some of which are small, elite units (which will ALWAYS make
it  to  Agora) and some of which are 'conscript' units (which suffer a high
attrition  rate).  If  your  island liberation strategy has been sound then
most,  if  not  all,  of  the conscript units will fail to reach Agora. The
problem  then  is  to  sort  out  which  units  are  'elite'  and which are
'conscript'.

All the elite units have either a General or an Admiral as their commanding
officer.  Occasionally,  a  large  conscript  battlegroup  will also have a
General   or   Admiral   in  charge,  but  a  unit  with  a  lower  ranking
officer-in-charge  is  ALWAYS  a conscript unit. So, as a rough guide, your
primary  targets  should  be small enemy units with a General or Admiral in
charge. Always go for the leading battlegroups. Being closest to Agora, the
vanguard  of  the  Armada is always the most dangerous element. Destroy the
vanguard  and  you  have  more  time  to  deal with the rest of the Armada,
working your way steadily down its line of attack.

During combat, it is obviously down to your own battle skills, but you must
still  keep a strategic eye open. One of the worst scenerios is to destroy,
for  example,  an enemy helicopter unit, and then find that you are running
out  of ammunition. More often than not, you will be far out to sea and the
journey  to  find more ammunition will be long and time-consuming. When you
are  running  low  on  ammunition  during a firefight, your priorities must
change.  You  are  no  longer  hell-bent  on  destroying  everything sight.
Instead,  you  should be looking for an alternative vehicle. Leap into that
enemy helicopter with its fresh stocks of ammunition BEFORE you destroy the
whole unit.

So, to summarise..........
        (1) Wait until some elements of the Armada have
            dispersed from their muster point before
            making your attack.
        (2) Concentrate your attack on the small, elite
            units with high-ranking officers in charge.
        (3) Wherever possible, make your attack on the
            vanguard of the Armada.
        (4) Avoid getting stranded in the middle of
            nowhere without ammunition.

................................GOOD LUCK!!

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