<lmargin%:5><rmargin%:95><font:Arial Bold:20>The Main Menu
<font:Arial:14>From the main menu you can select various options:
    
    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"Single Player"<spop> gives you access to the Tutorials, the Training Mode, and the Sandbox Battle. There are two tutorials: simple and advanced. After you are comfortable with the tutorials, you can train your army in the Training mode, and see how it does against other teams in Sandbox Battle.

    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"Multi-player"<spop> allows you to play online against other people. To host a game, click "Host" and configure the game options. If someone else is hosting, you can find them by selecting "Join", picking your team, and querying LAN (for players on your local network) or the master server (for players elsewhere on the Internet). After you find the server you like, click "Join Server" to join the game.

    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"Teams"<spop> will allow you to mix and match brains from any saved populations in order to customize your army's roster. To create an army for the territory mode, select "New Platoon". To create a team for regular battle mode, select "New Team".

    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"Options"<spop> will allow you to set the game's options, including sound, display, and controls.

    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"About"<spop> will tell you about the creators of NERO at the University of Texas at Austin, and GarageGames, the company that developed the Torque game engine. It will also lead to an in-game version of this manual.

    <spush><font:Arial Bold:16>"Quit"<spop> exits the game.

Important:  In order to exit training, battle, or tutorial mode at any time, press ESCAPE.