

The second and third level of each brand can be used to lock missiles onto targets. The higher the level the better the chances of detecting ship types. This brand has higher accuracy in detecting ship types than Iris and Hunter scanners.Įach brand has three different advanced levels.

#WING COMMANDER PRIVATEER WEAPONS SOFTWARE#
In the software booth at the shipdealer's you can buy maps for navigation and scanners for the ship's radar. Friend-or-foe missile: locks onto hostile targets.Image-recognition missile: locks onto shape of target.Heat-seeking missile: locks onto heat emission of target.Heavy guns: Tachyon cannon, Ion pulse cannon, Plasma gun, Fusion cannon (Righteous Fire only)įor lock missiles onto a target an advanced scanner is necessary.


Missions can vary from search and destroy to Fedex (i.e. Use spare cargo room to trade commodities to further add to the account. Take on missions (multiple sources, from the cheapest mission computer, to fixers who has the toughest but most rewarding missions) and earn money for upgrades. Buy optional equipment such as armor, engines, shields, weapons, launchers for torpedoes/missiles, and more.
#WING COMMANDER PRIVATEER WEAPONS UPGRADE#
Start with the lowly scout, and upgrade to one of the three other superior ships: Galaxy (superior cargo space), Orion (superior protection), or Centurion (superior offense). The player assumes the role of a privateer. Wing Commander: Privateer is a space trading and combat simulation. In the darkness, a battle between ships has woken up something ancient, powerful, and deadly. On the fringe of Human space, near the Kilrathi border, the industrial machine is running full-tilt to feed the war effort, and there is a lot of shipping - but also a lot of pirates, Retros (religious fanatics who want to destroy technology), military, militia, merchants, mercenaries, and privateers.
