A warchest question, regarding track point cost.

[Matt.C]

I may be totally blanking out on this issue, so I need someone to make something clear for me:

Chaos Campaign Tracks cost Warchest points. On this I'm clear.

But then, there are options that make the tracks more expensive. And there I blank. Utterly.
I just looked at Era Report 3052's "Touchpoint: Satalice", which costs 400 WP.
And then there's "+200 Airstrike (Inner Sphere Player Only)" which makes the game HARDER for the IS player. Why should the IS player pay more for a harder track?

What am I not getting there?

[ScrapYardArmory]

Optional Bonuses increase your winnnings at the end of a track if the conditions are met.

They don't cost you anything.  The listed amount is what you receive as a bonus to the normal victory conditions.

They are an interesting way to dial up the difficulty of a track.  You have to balance risk vs reward before taking a bonus.  Do you think you can win even with the airstrikes or do you want to play it safe and look to win big with the normal victory conditions?

Hope this helps!