Mission Control
This section in rules(md).ini specified behavioural characteristics of objects engaged in missions. These 'missions' are not singleplayer campaign missions or anything like that. A mission in this sense is something like 'Attack', or 'Area Guard' or 'Harvest'. Something that the computer performs automatically.
Most mission behaviour is hardcoded into the EXE file, but a few values can be overridden in each mission's section in the rules(md).ini file.
New missions cannot be added, and conversely you should not remove any either. There are quite a few within the section, some are unused. Some new missions have been added in Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge. This has been noted in the table. Here are all missions contained within the Mission Control section, in the order they appear in the INI:
| Mission Name | Function / Objective |
|---|---|
| Sleep | Unit basically plays dead. |
| Harmless | Unit will not return fire, and is not considered a threat by the AI. |
| Sticky | Operates like Guard mode, but the unit will not move from its current location. |
| Attack | Attack mission used by team logic. |
| Move | Move to a destination. Simple as that. |
| Patrol | Patrol a series of waypoints. Used by units in a waypoint loop. |
| QMove | Queued Move. Similar to move, but only used when all other queued moves have been carried out. |
| Retreat | Run away. The INI states that the unit may leave the map too. |
| Guard | Engage any enemy that enters weapons range. The defending unit may follow the aggressor. |
| Enter | Enter a building or transport. |
Eaten  
|
Function unknown. |
| Capture | Mission used whenever an Engineer unit enters something. |
| Harvest | Automatic mission used by harvester units. Collect ore, dump it, repeat. |
| Area Guard | Guard the general area around the unit. |
| Return | An unused mission. |
| Stop | Halt! Basically, the unit will cease firing and moving whenever it can. |
| Ambush | An unused mission. |
| Hunt | Seek out and attack enemy units. |
| Unload | Unloading cargo, e.g. an APC unloading passengers. |
| Sabotage | C4 mission. |
| Construction | Mission used by buildings when they are initially placed. |
| Selling | Mission used by buildings during deconstruction, i.e. when they're sold. |
| Repair | Used by the Service Depot to repair the docked unit. |
| Rescue | A special override mission. Perhaps used if a critical unit is in danger. |
| Missile | Used by a Nuke Silo when it is firing. |
| Open | Gate structure operation. |