TIDEBREAK
COMMAND

Command your task groups.

Created in Aries Studios

Progress saves automatically on this device.

Select any of your two carriers, six Kestrels, or six Breakwaters from SELECT UNIT. Every unit has independent orders. AI SECURE uses the selected task group’s lead aircraft and vehicle; spare units can receive their own orders. Each vehicle returns to its assigned carrier. Destroyed units cannot launch; select a reserve unit instead. Surviving units repair while aboard; carriers repair at captured depots.

One button: choose an island, then click AI SECURE ISLAND. Resolute sails into position, Kestrel scouts and attacks, and Breakwater lands and captures the relay. The units return afterwards.

Independent orders: click a vehicle card, choose a destination and order, then SEND ORDER. Other units keep working when you change views. An individual order pauses the fleet-wide plan so it cannot override you.

Attacking: choose Kestrel → Attack & return → SEND ORDER. AI launches, navigates, fires guided rounds, and returns. Target strength and incoming fire depend on difficulty.

Landing: choose Kestrel → Return & land → SEND ORDER. The aircraft approaches behind the carrier and lands automatically. The carrier briefly holds for recovery, then resumes its existing order. Breakwater also has Return to carrier.

Fuel: each card shows fuel. AI warns when return reserves approach and automatically returns in the default mode. Aircraft and vehicles refuel aboard; the carrier refuels while stopped near a captured island's depot. “Warn me — I decide” disables automatic fuel decisions, so monitor reports and issue Return yourself.

Manual control: click MANUAL CONTROLS to show mouse/touch steering, speed and altitude buttons. Keyboard W/S sets throttle, A/D steers, Q/E changes altitude, Space stops surface units. Manual input cancels that unit's order. Drag the scene to look around; VIEW changes cameras. P pauses.