Lightning Sortie

Rotate at ~150 kt · gear up below 250 kt · approach with gear and flaps down, throttle at idle, 180–220 kt (touch down anywhere in 150–250 kt) · flare, then brake · brightness: − = or Settings

The objective panel at the top of the HUD always says what to do next, with distance and direction; the feed above it narrates every event. Every gate and pylon carries its name in the world; the current one pulses and gets an edge arrow when off-screen. Each challenge opens with a card explaining the task and the controls — any button starts it.

Fly the gun cross onto the reticle: the circle already includes lead, drop and your own motion. Long shots (over 1.8 km) fall short; the reticle dims out of reach. Aggressors light a red THREAT cue with their clock position — break hard to leave the cone. Three shield hits end the sortie; the shield recovers once nothing is on your tail.

Fly the gun cross onto the reticle over the locked target; the circle already includes drop and your own motion. The radar ring (bottom left) shows every live emplacement around you — dots pulse while they fire. The minimap (bottom right) is the 3 × 3 km depot, north up: knocked-out targets grey out. When a searchlight catches you, break away from it before the two-second clock paints you. Five units of armour; they recover once nothing has fired at you for a while.