.TH Command SWEEP
.SY "sweep <HELICOPTERS> <ESCORTS> <SECT> <PATH>"
The \*Qsweep\*U command lets you order mine-sweeping helicopters to
hunt for and detonate mines in sectors along the specified flightpath.
The choppers take off from their respective airports, assemble, and
then fly the mission and land in the destination sector.
.s1
In each sector of the flight path, each helicopter has an (efficiency/110)
chance of detonating a mine, and exactly one mine per chopper per sector 
can at most be destroyed.  A 100% efficient chopper, therefore, has a 91% 
chance of detonating a mine (if there is a mine) in each sector along its 
route.
.s1
<HELICOPTERS> represents a list of choppers which are to take part in
the sweep.  Only helicopters which are provided with gas, and have sufficient 
mobility will be successfully selected for the mission.
.s1
<ESCORTS> represent a list of fighter choppers which are capable of escorting
the helicopters all the way to the destination.
To be selected, escorts must have fuel and mobility.
.s1
<SECT> represents an assembly point, where all of the 
choppers in the mission meet before proceeding on to the target sector.
.s1
<PATH> is a normal empire flightpath specification.
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Minesweep missions can be intercepted just like any other mission.
.s3
See also : plane-types, recon, bomb, fly, para, drop, strafe, flightpath
