# Star Fighter 3000 Pilot's Manual

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## - Levels & Pyramids -

There are 3 levels of competition, Easy, Medium and Hard. Each level is represented by a separate pyramid with 36 missions to complete over 8 sub-levels.

Completion of a mission will award you a performance based credit bonus and allow you to select one of the two missions directly above it. Completed missions are indicated by red squares, with an arrow pointing up from the last mission. Missions completed at the top of the pyramid return selection to unfinished missions at the bottom.

Every time a game is started the score and ship status is reset, and you will get enough cash to see you through the first mission, 1200, 1400 and 1600 credits for the first mission on each pyramid, with increments of 100, 200 and 300 credits for every sub-level up.

Selecting 'New Game' from the main menu will clear all progress on the current pyramid and return you to the bottom.

| - Highlighted missions indicate bonuses available
| - Missions select cursor
| - Completed missions indicated by red squares / arrow

Each level has 12 bonuses spread randomly throughout the pyramid, and each bonus may earn you :

Gamble | - Gamble with your ship's equipment ¹
Sponsorship | - Earn cash from companies eager to advertise ¹
Cash Prize | - Complete a mission in 1 life to receive cash
Bonus Level | - 1 minute of parachute drops ²
Upgrade Ship | - Randomly upgrades ship ¹
Multiplier | - X all bonus coins and end-of-mission score
Penalty | - Downgrade ship ¹

¹ You will not get these when flying special spacecraft.
² You will not get this on enclosed levels (e.g. I.C.T. hyperspace facilities) or when flying special spacecraft.

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