Harrier Damage

When the Harrier is hit by enemy fire, one of the following will occur:

• An item of console equipment may be damaged. This is a nuisance, a lot of the console equipment is quite useful. Console items may be repaired while in flight though, by using the 'Console Repair' skill, if you have it. If all of the console items are already damaged, the Harriers engine will fail, and your only recourse is to eject, if you have the ejection seat. It follows that the more console items you have won, the greater the damage you can take before engine failure occurs. Effectively, every time you are awarded a new console item, it acts as an extra life.
• The inboard fuel tank may be punctured, causing excess fuel loss. This cannot be repaired while in flight.
• If the Harrier is carrying auxilliary fuel tanks, one of them may become punctured Punctured auxiliary tanks should be jetisoned when empty to avoid suck-back from the onboard tank.
• If the Harrier is carrying stores pods, one may become dislodged and fall to the ground, Oops! You were probably carrying that to fulfill a mission objective.

In the East Island Campaign you may re-fuel and re-arm when you land on your aircraft carrier. The console will also be fully repaired, but leaks in the onboard fuel tank are not.

If your Harrier collides with another aircraft it will suffer maximum console damage immediately, leaving it extremely vulnerable. If the console is already fully damaged then the Harrier is immediately destroyed. Destroying enemy aircraft in this way does not usually contribute towards meeting your objectives, or add to your score.

If your Harrier collides with objects on the ground, or the ground or sea itself, then it is immediately destroyed.