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The Hanger Menu

This is one of the most misunderstood menus in the game, and in fact more than a few players have failed to understand the full range of this menu and what it can do for you! For instance you will read a lot of posts on the boards about late discovery that the Hanger Menu allows you to place Interceptors in OTHER continents - well it does!

The basic function for this menu is the purchase and management of Interceptors -- which are NOT built by your Engineers contrary to common sense. Because of that a lot of players fail to realize that in addition to moving around the Interceptors that they have AND deploying the advanced fighter that the Engineering Workshop DOES build, you can actually purchase ADDITIONAL Interceptors from the Hanger Menu!

That is good to know, especially if you need to calm down your partners by deployment of air coverage once you have Satellites in place!

In addition to moving your fleet of Interceptors around, the Hanger also allows you to repair them, and outfit them with new weapons that your Engineers build for you and your Scientists invent for you.

Managing Your Fleet of Interceptors

From within the Hanger Menu you can select the “View Ship List” to obtain a report on your fleet, by continent. You can select each ship in that list and then select “Details” to access its specific menu, at which point you can change its load-out to make it more capable as the UFO's you start to face increase in difficulty.

Adding Interceptors to your Fleet

As mentioned above you can do this from the Hanger Menu. Just pull up the Ship List and then use the “Order Interceptors” option, and you are good to go!

Adding Weapons to Better Effect

Once your Scientists have uncovered the related tech, your Engineers have the ability to build new weapons with which you can equip your Interceptors to make them more effective in combat with the larger UFO's. By the time you get to the Battleship UFO's you are really going to need the new advanced version of the Interceptor plus the best weapons you can build to take them down!

That nicely wraps up the Hanger Menu, and makes you aware of all of the things that it can do for you, so really, you owe us a beer. Just saying. (If you are under age we will take a Coke instead).