Games Microsoft XBOX CRIMSON SKIES-HIGH ROAD TO REVENGE User Manual
1003 Part No. X10-16926
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Secondary
weapon
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weapon.
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down.
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No More USA ............................................................ 2
Pirate Time
It’s Good to Have Friends
Jokers to Watch Out For
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Our Mission ................................................................ 8
Rethink, Reload
Where to Find Loot
........................................................... 9
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Planes....................................................................... 14
Dogghters............................................................ 14
Interceptors ........................................................... 15
Zep Killers............................................................. 16
How to Fly ................................................................ 18
Quick Tips ................................................................ 18
Secondary Weapons
.................................................. 19
Xbox Live!................................................................. 22
Multiplayer! .............................................................. 23
Where to Fly .......................................................... 26
Xbox Controller Map ................................................. 28
Heads Up Display (HUD) .......................................... 30
Credits ...................................................................... 31
Warranty
................................................................... 32
Customer Support ..................................................... 33
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No More USA
I miss the United States.
I remember when you could
drive from state to state…
before Texas seceded from
the Union and when the
U.S. was whole.
But America no longer
exists. She’s split into
regional nation-states; the
militias that formed to defend
each nation haven’t stopped
ghting each other. As they
isolate themselves from their
neighbors by demolishing roads and bridges, the
airplane and the zeppelin
have replaced the car and the train as the only reliable way to
move passengers and cargo from one nation to another.
As the nations make war in the air, so too have air militias
and air pirates taken to the skies to seek—and steal—their
fortunes. There is no federal law anymore; whoever can
protect him- or herself wins—which, looking on the bright
side, makes it great for me and my gang, the Fortune Hunters.
Newspapers and magazines write about me—they seem
to think I’m some kind of hero. “Fighting for the sense of individual freedom and adventure that was lost during the Great
Depression and the collapse of central government,” blah blah
blah. I don’t know about all that—I’m just trying to even the
odds for the underdog and make a little money along the way.
Pirate Time
Money. People like mega-millionaire William Harriman
have a lot of it, and my air pirates need some of it. We’re not
greedy—we only take from those who can afford it. Sure, it’s
not an entirely honest living, but since the stock market crash
and the Great Depression, you have to do what you can to
make it, and what we do best is y rings around other pirates,
militia, cops, and private security in our souped-up planes.
Anyway, rich people just love to tool around in those big,
lush zeppelins. Zeps y along in stately procession, providing
a great aerial platform for operations, or for plundering. Our
Pandora is one of ‘em. It’s got everything our pirate band
needs: shelter, sustenance, and space to plan the next caper.
But I still catch myself eying all those other zeps ying around.
Most of them look like they’re holding some tempting loot…
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It’s Good to Have Friends
That’s my life, but no pirate operates alone. To get the big
payoffs, you have to have some help—which means nding
people you can trust. These days, that can be hard to do. I’m
lucky, though. I found some people who are hungry like me,
can y straight, and won’t stab me in the back. I call them the
Fortune Hunters.
Every gang needs a leader though.
That’s where I come in….
Nathan Zachary
My name was “Natan Zingari”
before I changed it. After growing
up wandering from place to place
in the southwestern United States,
I joined the Escadrille Lafayette
(a French air war squadron in the
Great War) at 16 and fought in
Europe under the legendary ace
Eddie Rickenbacker. My military
career was brief as my plane was
brought down by a lucky shot.
Then the Germans stuck me in
a POW camp to rot. While I was
there, I met Dr. Fassenbiender, who
became a dear and lasting friend.
I didn’t want to wait until the war ended to leave the
place, so I escaped. The only place to go was Russia. From
there, I managed to nesse my way into Oxford, and after
graduating, I returned to the good ol’ USA. I put what I learned
into action and made a fortune on Wall Street. The crash of
’29 hit me hard—almost knocked me all the way down to the
street. There was no way I could rejoin the legit world, so I
formed the gang. Together, we put the hurt on some fat cats
and slowly but surely I’ve been getting back the fortune I lost.
“Brooklyn” Betty Charles
Betty is our newest member;
she has a crush on me, I’m sure
of it. I can’t say I don’t give some
of that back—she’s quite a looker.
Betty grew up in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, then her mother
sent her to her aunt and uncle’s
in Minnesota. That’s where she
learned how to y her uncle’s crop
dusting plane. After a stint as a
wing walker in the circus, Betty
left to become a commercial pilot,
which is when I met her. I could
tell she was longing for adventure,
so I offered her a position in the
Fortune Hunters.
Big John
Big John is a natural pilot, and
even better, a trustworthy friend.
He’s a gentle giant, but he grew up
in a tough world and is nobody’s
fool. He honed his skills rst with
the Rangers in Texas; now he tends
to identify with the underdog in
any situation. He’s a man of few
words: Some think that makes him
mysterious; I think he just does his
talking with his ying.
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Dr. Fassenbiender
Dr. Fassenbiender is a scientist
who was forced to work on rocket
planes for those bloody fascists in
Europe during the war. His refusal
to develop new technology for
them eventually landed him in
the German POW camp where
we met. We became fast friends,
and hooked up again after we
had eventually found our separate
ways back to North America. He
resumed his work—this time on
new technology for the Fortune
Hunters. His best development is a
new fuel injection system, which promises to make our planes
more powerful and ef cient. I can’t wait to use it to soup up
my Devastator.
Jokers to Watch Out For
These are just a few folks to watch out for...
Jonathan “Genghis” Kahn
Kahn used to be a friend—now
he stands in the way of what
the Fortune Hunters want. He’s
Chicago’s kingpin, and heads up
our rivals, the Red Skull Legion.
He stops at nothing to get what he
wants. I’ve heard rumors that he’s
hiding a huge zep right in Chicago
somewhere, and his thugs are just
waiting to take us all out. I have a
feeling we’re not done with each
other... yet.
Louis “Wild Card” Thibodeaux
Thibodeaux is a complex man
guided by one force: the urge to
become very rich, even richer than
me. We’re alike in that we know the
quickest way to it: air piracy. That’s
why he formed yet another rival airpirate gang, the Ragin’ Cajuns. To his
friends, Thibodeaux is a calculating
mastermind of the Big Plan. To his
enemies, he’s a deadly and merciless
adversary. Thibodeaux began his
career as a gambler in the Louisiana
bayou and has proven himself to be
extraordinarily good at it, even today.
He’s also the luckiest man I’ve ever met—he can draw just the
right card at the right time, which is how he got his call sign
“Wild Card.” Thibodeaux even became the leader of the Ragin’
Cajuns through shrewd gambling and complete luck. Now he’s
busily occupied with smuggling, bootlegging, and straight-up
piracy.
Maria “Bloody Mar y” Sanchez
The raven-haired beauty Maria
is a complete mystery. All we
know is that she owns a repair
shop out in the Arixo desert. She’s
an incurable thrill seeker and not
above using her looks to get what
she wants. She’s known to live a
dangerous, reckless life. I wouldn’t
mind getting a little reckless with
her myself. But she’s nobody’s fool;
I’d have to earn her respect—I’m not
used to that! Heck, it’d probably do
me good, though.
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Our Mission
Our mission as Fortune Hunters started out pretty simple:
Get back the loot we lost. But then things started getting crazy
and now I’m just trying to make things right. I mean, a person
can only take so much before the need for revenge takes over.
This is where you come in—you can help us. Here are some
things you can do:
Steal planes
Blow away rivals with an anti-aircraft gun
Rob some of those tasty big zeps hovering everywhere
Remember, everything comes with a price. The harder we
try to capture the loot, the more enemies show up. Fly a fast
plane, need frequent repairs. Lose touch with comrades, and
be forced to go it alone. That’s why we have a home base.
Rethink, Reload
Pandora is what we call home. This is where we retreat to
swap planes, swap stories, take a breather. It’s where I go to
gure out what to do next. I can always count on Pandora as a
place where I can…
Hook up with my Fortune Hunters to gure out
our next mission
Check out our inventory of planes
Upgrade the planes in our arsenal
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