RAPTOЯ

**RAPTOЯ PROGRAM CANCLED**
COST AND TECHNICIAL ISSUES CITED AS REASONS

APRIL 1, 1984-WASHINGTON, DC
The United States Air Force today announced the cancelation of its highly classified RAPTOЯ program, citing cost overruns and technical obstacles. Considered to be the next generation of aerial force in close contact operations, the RAPTOЯ was a small single-piloted quadcopter designed for both reconnaissance and battle missions. Through its armaments were classified by the Pentagon, sources say it was equipped with a powerful and experimental rapid-fire laser beam. These same sources also revealed that the new weapon technology was the main culprit behind the RAPTOЯ's technical problems, as the laser was prone to overheating and damaging the aircraft.

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A convoy of enemy vehicles is smuggling blutonium, an energy-rich component of nuclear weapons. Set in a desert landscape, the mission is to destroy all enemy combatant using the RAPTOЯ's rapid-fire laser with advanced targeting system and two smart bombs, referred to as boomerang bombs.

The simulation is set up in waves, with each successive wave getting progressively more difficult. The first part of each wave is the enemy convoy. Each convoy is followed by an encounter with its forward command vehicle, a larger and more formidable opponent. Starting with the second wave, the convoy harbors the blutonium trucks.

The simulation starts with five allowable enemy escapees, indicated by the escape monitor. If an enemy convoy vehicle escapes, the escape monitor is decremented once. If a forward command vehicle is allowed to retreat, the escape monitor is decremented twice. When the escape monitor reaches zero, the simulation is over.