2. Tactical Mode
2.1 About This is for all the players who like tactical combat and not just want to shoot around. This mode is team based, the Australians versus the Wasteland Tribes.
Each map has its own mission each team has to accomplish.
If a player is killed, he has to wait until the next round to respawn. A round ends if a team succeeds to accomplish all mission objectives, if the round time is expired or if  all members of a team are fragged.
2.2 Objective If you enter the map, you can read the objectives of each team. For example you have to capture a chopper, plant bombs or steal data discs.
Press "0" to close the mapinfo screen. If you want to read it again later, press the mapinfo button.
2.3 Join/change a team After closing the mapinfo screen, another menu pops up. You can join the Wasteland Tribes or the Australians by pressing "1" or "2". Press "0" if you want to enter spectator mode. If you would like to change your team later press the teamchange button.
2.4 The TA- HUD hud_tactical.jpg (33740 Byte)
RANK: See 2.5
TIME: Time left in this round
VICTORIES: Here you can see the team scores
HEALTH: Your health of course
AMMO CLIP: Ammunition in the current clip
TOTAL AMMO: Total amount of ammo you are carrying
INVENTORY: All weapons you own are displayed here
INFO ICONS: See 2.7
2.5 Ranking System iconr_0.jpg    Cannon Fodder        iconr_4.jpg     Assassin
iconr_1.jpg    Rookie                     iconr_5.jpg     Elite
iconr_2.jpg    Rapier                      iconr_6.jpg    Dominator
iconr_3.jpg    Enforcer

If you accomplish mission objectives, make many frags or if your team wins often, then you will get a better rank. A good rank will allow you to get a good weapon at the beginning of a round.
Avoid selfkills and teamkills if you want to be successful.

If a team is constantly losing, its members will get a better rank too. This might have some strange effect sometimes, but it improves the gameplay!
2.6 Get a new weapon In the first 30 seconds of each round you can get a new weapon. Press the weapon-menu button.
Now you can choose from SIDEARMS, SMALL GUNS and BIG GUNS. Remember that you only can carry one sidearm and one gun! The menu should look like this now:
weapon_menu.jpg (42010 Byte)
Just to the right of the weapon picture there is a rank symbol. You need at least this rank to get that weapon. Press the number of the gun you want.
Note: You can access this menu even if you aren't in a weapon zone, but you can't actually choose a gun. Weapon zones are typically near your spawn point.
2.7 Info Icons Some missions contain finding items (for example data discs) and bringing them back to the extraction point. Or sometimes  you have to blow up enemy targets. The Info Icons on the bottom-right of your screen help you to orientate. Here is a list of what they mean:

Iconh_weapon.jpg (1735 Byte) Weapon Zone: You can get a new weapon here!
Iconh_bomb.jpg (1681 Byte) You are near an enemy target. Plant a blastpack to destroy it.
Iconh_item.jpg (1474 Byte) This symbol shows you that you have found an important item.
Iconh_itemzone.jpg (1707 Byte) You are in a extraction zone. Bring the items you found back here.