What are special operations?
Special operations are the abilities in the upper-left corner of the display that charge as you gain experience. Each general has slightly different special operations.
 
How do I use them?
As each mission progresses, you slowly earn experience points, which are shown in the very top-left corner of the display. Each special ability requires a certain amount of experience points for you to use it. Also, every special ability has a five minute timer that must click down between uses, so even if you have enough points to use a special ability five times in a row, you must wait five minutes between each use of the same ability.
 
When you want to use one, simply click on the desired operation's icon in the upper-left corner, then select a target.
 
What does it cost to use them?
It won't cost you any money. All it costs you is experience points, and since the only use of experience points is for special operations, there's no reason not to use them. There's no limit to how many experience points you can earn in a single mission, although there is a limit to how many you can have at any given time. If you reach that limit, all of the experience you could be earning is just going to waste. Therefore, you might as well make sure you always use special operations when you get the chance, especially if you're getting close to the maximum number of experience points.
 
What do they do?
All sorts of things. Some are defensive, some are offensive, some will earn money, some will spy on the enemy, and so forth. Each one has a description on the in-game display, and I've listed them all in the following section.
 
The format is as follows:
 
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Name of Special Operation In-game description of the operation (same
------------------------- description is in the instruction manual).
 
[Affects are listed here.]
[Affects are listed here.]
[Cost (in experience points) is here.]
[Size of affected area is here.]
 
My own description of the operation is here, along with any other comments or information I have about the operation.
 
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