.TH Concept Kamikaze
Kamikazes are extremely loyal pilots who are willing to turn their
aircraft into flying human-guided bombs, sacraficing their own lives
in a last-ditch heroic attempt to strike a major blow against an enemy.
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The primary objective of a kamikaze pilot is to fly a bombing mission
against a specific target.  The \*Qkbomb\*U command is used exactly
like the \*Qbomb\*U command to set up and fly the mission, but allows
you opportunity to assign elite kamikaze pilots and targets to specific 
planes, and sacrifice these pilots by diving on those and other kamikaze 
targets as they become available during the flight.
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The chance of a kamikaze hitting a target depends on three factors:
the plane's size, the plane's efficiency, and the adjusted size of the 
target.
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The size of the plane is equivalent to the number of lcms plus twice
the number of hcms that went into building the plane.  Sizes computed
to be less than 40 are rounded up to 40.
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The base size of the target is equivalent to the number of lcms 
plus twice the number of hcms that went into its construction;
sizes computed to be less than 10 are rounded up to 10.  The adjusted
size is then computed by multiplying The base size by a density factor.
Ships and trains have a density factor of 1.00; tanks have a density 
of 3.00; balloons have a density of 0.33.
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The odds of a kamikaze hitting its target are then:
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  odds = PlaneEfficiency * PlaneSize * AdjustedShipSize / 450,000

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Should the plane hit its mark, the amount of damage depends on the
ratio of sizes and armor rating of the target:
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  Damage = ImpactFactor * (PlaneSize+roll(50)) / AdjustedShipSize

    For ships,     ImpactFactor = (200 - ArmorRating) / 2
    For trains,    ImpactFactor = (200 - ArmorRating) / 2
    For tanks,     ImpactFactor = (400 - ArmorRating) / 4
    For balloons,  ImpactFactor = (800 - ArmorRating) / 8

    Any negative ImpactFactor is considered to be zero.
    Roll(50) is a random number from 1 to 50.

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If a kamikaze is shot down, there is a 50% chance that the pilot will
muster enough control to make a final heroic stab at a random target,
although it's generally a vain attempt that rarely succeeds unless
the target is substantially large (strike odds are low since the
plane's efficiency will be less than 10%).
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Kamikazes that are forced to abort their main mission generally 
turn back at a point where they are within striking range of about 
a third of the 
potential kamikaze targets in the area.  As these pilots are still
in full control of their aircraft, they will offer you a target 
selection list with the hopes of making a final glorious sacrifice 
rather than being disgraced by returning home from an unsuccessful 
mission.
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See also : kbomb, bomb
