RE: [Cosmos2-code] Groups

[Ben K. <ben...@it...>]

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> From: mar...@au...
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> Sent: Monday, 19 May 2003 2:36 PM
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> Subject: [Cosmos2-code] Groups
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> Just a thought but why cant armies to the things fleets can do. ie
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> - armies can merge (or is there a max of only 1 on a planet?)

There can be more per planet but they dont move too much .  Merging would be
done by the player in the UI eg Transfer all units and then scrap.

> - armies could mine (maybe mobile miners produce much less but can evade
> bombardment/attacks better)

Units in aremies mine automatically ( unless the army is on a Do nothing
order) with fleets I thought you would want to specify whether you would
mine.

> - they can be mothballed(scrap those tanks)

Mothballing is different from scrapping , tanks would not be valuable
enough. There is a scrap army order. I only want ships to be mothballed
similar to today where the Navy is the main one who Mothballs.

> - transport(do they never carry anything? what about goods(possibly need
> protected supplies to a hostile planet/area) or artifacts or heros?)

Thats an interesting point the way I see it transport would be done by ships
acting on the armies . Again as armies are confined you will need to use a
fleet to move stuff.

> - lay minefield (why not, sacrifice production potential for defense
> against landings)

These minefields are space based I dont envisage ground based units could
lay space based mines.

> - patrol (look for those pesky spies (or enemy remote miners??)

This will be more of a combat order , armies are not really moble enough.
Patrol does and intercept automatically ,


>
> basically, i am for option 1 - keep it simple as they really are not very
> different.
>

Ok - Opinion noted.

Ben

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