2 .NA fire "Fire artillery from sector/ship/unit on sector/ship"
4 .SY "fire [sect | ship | land] [<ASECT> | <ASHIP> | <AUNIT>] [<VSECT> | <VSHIP>]
5 When the multi-fire option is enabled, the syntax of the fire command
6 changes. It is still used to shoot up land sectors or ships. However,
7 you may now use multiple ships, units, sectors to fire from. Return
8 fire is spread amongst all the firing things.
10 If the SLOW_WAR option is in use, you cannot fire on the
11 land of any nation you are not at war with. (see info relations)
13 The general form for shooting at land from a sector is:
14 .EX fire sect <ASECTS> <VSECT>
15 Where <VSECT> is the victim sector,
16 (the sector AT which you are shooting,
17 not the sector FROM which you are shooting).
18 ASECTS is a sector or sectors.
20 The general form for shooting at land from ships is:
21 .EX fire ship <ASHIPS> <VSECT>
23 The general form for shooting at land from units is:
24 .EX fire land <AUNITS> <VSECT>
26 The general form for firing at ships from land is:
27 .EX fire sect <ASECTS> <VSHIP>
28 Again, <VSHIP> is the victim ship number.
30 The general form for firing at ships from ships is:
31 .EX fire ship <ASHIPS> <VSHIP>
33 The general form for firing at ships from units is:
34 .EX fire land <AUNITS> <VSHIP>
36 If not specified on the command line
37 the program will ask for the sector(s), land unit(s),
38 or ship(s) FROM which you are firing, (<ASECTS>, <AUNITS>, or <ASHIPS>).
39 It will also prompt you for targets for each sector/unit/ship firing, if you
40 did not specify the target on the command line.
42 The only sector that may fire is a fortress,
43 which must be at least 5% efficient, have at least five military for a
45 at least one shell to fire,
46 and a gun big enough to reach the victim location;
47 range is equal to (7 * ((tech+50)/(tech+200)). If the
48 fortress is at least 60% efficient, it gets a +1 range bonus.
49 A fortress firing uses 1 shell.
51 Note that forts cannot fire if the NO_FORT_FIRE option is enabled.
52 See info \*QOptions\*U for more info.
54 Any military ship may fire as long as it has
55 at least one crew (which must be military, not civilians),
58 and has at least 60% efficiency.
59 A ship's gun range is its firing range, as shown by
60 the show command, divided by two, times ((tech+50)/(tech+200).
61 A ship uses one shell per two guns firing.
63 Any land unit may fire as long as it has
64 at least one military,
66 and has at least 40% efficiency.
67 A land unit's gun range is its firing range, as shown by the show
68 command, divided by two, times ((50+tech)/(200+tech)). A land unit
69 uses the amount of ammo, as shown by the lstat command, each time
71 A unit with less shells than its ammo requirement will do
74 (See \*Qshow\*U for firing ranges)
76 Forts, land units, and non-depth-charge-equipped ships
77 cannot hit submarines on the high seas.
78 The only way to fire on a submarine is to have a depth-charge-equipped
79 ship drop a depth charge on it, costing two shells. (Note you can
80 also hit subs using ASW planes or subs which have sub-torp capability.)
82 The program then prints a satisfying \*QKaboom!!!\*U and,
83 assuming you were in range, inflicts damage.
85 Ships lose mobility points equal to 1/2 the cost they would
86 pay to move 1 sector for each shot fired. (If the NOMOBCOST
87 option is in use, ships pay no mobility for firing.)
89 The damages inflicted vary with efficiency of the attacker,
91 (battleship guns are four times as big as patrol boat guns),
92 the number of guns fired (7 being the useful max for forts),
93 and the armor of the victim.
94 Land sectors take damage depending on their defensive strength.
95 Use the command 'show sector stats' to show defensive strengths.
96 The higher the defensive strength, the less damage the sector
99 An illustrative example of shelling land:
100 .EX fir sect 36,18 34,18
103 13% damage done to sector 34,18
105 Meanwhile, the owner of sector 34,18 might be logged on and would
106 perhaps see the following:
108 [15:98] Command: cen 34,18
109 Sat Jul 30 16:18:01 1984
111 sect eff mob cmf cmf % * civ mil food min gmin fert oil
112 34,18 i 100% 127 ... ... 200 100 23 23 31 73 18
114 You have a telegram waiting ...
117 [15:98] Command: read
118 BULLETIN! dated Sat Jul 30 16:18:02 1984
119 Country #9 shelled 34,18
123 [15:98] Command: cen 34,18
124 Sat Jul 30 16:18:26 1984
126 sect eff mob cmf cmf % * civ mil food min gmin fert oil
127 34,18 i 87% 110 ... ... 175 83 20 23 31 73 18
130 Note that the shell did about 13% damage in the sector.
132 The player could have typed:
133 .EX fir sect #0 ?des=f 34,18
135 In that case, ALL forts in realm 0 would have fired on sector 34,18.
137 If the sector fired on is a fort with guns and shells it will fire back
138 with approximately the same damages (assuming it has the range).
140 Also, any friendly forts, units, or ships within range of the attacker
141 will return fire, including those belonging to allies, if the allies
142 are at war with the attacker as well.
144 If a ship fired on has guns and shells it will fire back AND
145 any other ships, units, or forts of the same nationality that are in range
146 will also fire on you.
148 All return fire is split evenly over all attacking sectors/units/ships, and is
149 adjust by the ratio of defending things to attacking things.
151 As a change from the original fire command, with multi-fire enabled,
152 you will not return fire on yourself.
154 IMPORTANT NOTE: Gun ranges, both on offense AND defense, are somewhat random.
155 If you have a range of 4.16, you can always shoot to 4, and have a 16% chance
156 of being able to fire at range 5...
158 .SA "attack, assault, torpedo, Technology, relations, Damage, Combat, Ships"
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