Train Destroyer

Trains are the only method (for whatever bizarre reason) that certain kinds of goods can be moved about. For whatever equally bizarre reason, you want to shut down the trains. Now the problem with this is the rails, not the trains but the rails themselves are owned by the government. Blow up the trains? That's fine, security is their problem. Blow up the rails? Oh, you're in for it now. So the challenge of the game becomes to destroy as much as possible of the train without damaging the rails.

You get points for :

• Damaging cargo - usually by shooting it with weapons
• Destroying cargo - this is much more risky because the usual method of doing this is by blowing up the cargo container, which carries a high risk of damaging the rails
• Contaminating cargo - the cargo is intact, but in some way 'contaminate' so it is less useful than it normally would be
• Slowing down the train - no one likes late shipments. Doing so is dangerous, as the best way to do this is by taking on the engine, which is heavily protected. Plus, destroying the engine so the train stalls on the tracks will get you penalized as well.

*thought - rival companies hire 'lane pirates' to strike at each others trains. You can start out as a loner, and eventually either create your own group or sign up with an existing one.

Initially you have a very modest base of operations, with a simple strike flyer. You initially have to be cautions about which targets you take on.

*thought - trains can carry cargo for more than one company. In some cases you will have to be very careful not to hit the wrong sections of the train.

As you get better and earn more money, you can upgrade your craft and weapons.

Victory conditions could be crippling a certain industry, or taking down a monolithic corporation.