SKYWARD — IRON HORIZON

First-person naval jet combat with carrier departure, volumetric clouds, ocean, a moving3D cockpit, live radar/instruments, cannon and guided missiles.

Fly

1. Enter starts a sortie parked on USS Horizon.
2. Hold Shift to spool the engine. Hold Ctrl to keep the brakes on during run-up. Q/E steer while taxiing.
3. At88% spool, press C while aligned on the marked catapult lane. Release Ctrl.
4. Hold S near the bow to rotate and climb. W lowers the nose; A/D bank; Q/E rudder. Shift boosts; Ctrl is the airbrake in flight.
5. A hostile patrol arrives after takeoff. Keep a target in the seeker and press M or right mouse to arm a missile; the queued shot launches once lock completes. Space or left mouse fires the cannon. Tab cycles targets.

Three hostile kills secure the airspace. Hull loss, ocean impact or deck excursion ends the sortie. Enter retries on the carrier. Escape pauses.

Flight controls are shared from a ZeroMind input map and expanded for this game. Module verification and design/CARRIER-PLAYTEST.md record actual tests. Visuals use generated aircraft/carrier/cockpit assets and remain below AAA production quality.