Appendix F — Glossary

One word for each idea, used the same way everywhere in the game and in this book.

Command Bomber: The enemy at the end of the route
enemy: Any enemy aircraft: Enemy Fighter, Enemy Ace, Heavy Bomber, Command Bomber
Fighter: The plane the player flies
Focus: Holding the Focus Command: slower, precise flying with the hit area shown
Game Rules: The Object that owns score, planes, stages, rounds, winning and losing
health: An enemy’s remaining hits, the Command Bomber’s included
hit area: The Fighter’s small hitbox, shown during Focus
kill chain: Shooting enemies down within 1.5 s of each other; its multiplier raises their points
milestone: A hidden marker in the Scene that raises the stage when it comes into view
mission: A whole game from START MISSION to MISSION COMPLETE or MISSION FAILED
phase: One of the Command Bomber’s three attack patterns
pickup: Wing Cannons or a Repair Crate
planes: How many planes the player has left, counting the one flying
protection: The returning plane’s short untouchable time, shown by blinking
reinforcements: Enemies created during play beyond the placed waves
reserve plane: A plane waiting to replace the Fighter (shown as an icon)
return flight: A reserve plane flying up from below the screen to take over
round: One flight of the route ending with the Command Bomber; a mission has 3
route: The long Scene flown north from the carrier to the Command Bomber
scenery: The carrier, atoll, coral reef and cloud bank on the ocean
scroll: The camera’s steady northward movement along the route
shot down: What happens to an enemy whose health runs out
stage: Which part of the route the Fighter has reached (1 to 4), raised by milestones
supply drop: A pickup that arrives on a timer, not from a shot-down enemy
tracer: Anything a gun fires: Fighter Tracer, Enemy Tracer (an “aimed tracer” is an Enemy Tracer fired toward the Fighter)
wave: A group of enemies placed together in the Scene
weapon level: 0, 1 or 2: center gun, wing cannons, both