.LV Basic
.SY "march <LAND UNIT/ARMY> <ROUTE|DESTINATION>"
The march command is the \*Qmove\*U command applied to land units.
-You can control one unit or an entire army with it.
+You can control one unit or an entire army with it, but they must all
+start in the same sector.
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Land units may only move into sectors you own, sectors of countries
you are allied with or deity-owned sectors with 1 exception. Spies. Spies
may move anywhere, with a chance of getting caught. See \*Qinfo Spies\*U for
more information.
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-If you are moving an army and the lead unit stops, the army stops;
-(the lowest numbered unit is always considered the lead unit).
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-The program will prompt with the mobility of the lead unit,
-the minimum mobility value for the army, and the current sector
-coordinates in the form:
+The program will prompt with the maximum and minimum mobility of the
+land units in the army, and its current position in the form:
.NF
<57.0:23.5: -6,4>
.FI
-which means the lead unit has 57 mobility units,
-some other unit in the army has 23.5 mobility units and
-the lead unit is in sector -6,4.
+which means the land units have between 23.5 and 57 mobility units, and
+are in sector -6,4.
You may indicate the direction you would like the army to move
by typing a string of letters consisting of any combination of the
following:
is equivalent to a \*Qlmap\*U command. like
this:
.EX lmap 3 ls
-The \*Qbmap\*U command works in the same way,
-you get a bmap instead.
+The \*Qbmap\*U command works in the same way, it is equivalent to a
+\*Qlbmap\*U command.
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The \*Qleader\*U command will the change the leader.
By default, it will select next unit in the list, but you may also
.EX march 18 yy
.NF
-<112.7:112.7: -4, -2> l
+Leader is cav cavalry #0
+ c .
+. + .
+ . h
+<105.6:105.6: -24,-2> l
Your capital 100% efficient with 549 civ with 10 mil @ -5,-3
Your highway 100% efficient with 549 civ with 0 mil @ -4,-2
Your harbor 100% efficient with 549 civ with 109 mil @ -3,-1
-<112.7:112.7: -4, -2> yh
-war band #18 stopped at -5,-3
+ c .
+. + .
+ . h
+<105.6:105.6: -4,-2> yh
+cav cavalry #0 stopped at -5,-3
.FI
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-You may also simply specify the destination sector
-on the command line. In this case,
-empire will set the path to be the cheapest path (in terms of
-mobility) that currently exists. The unit(s) will move to the
-destination sector, and then ask for more input.
+You may also simply specify the destination sector. In this case, the
+land units will take a cheapest path (in terms of mobility) to the
+destination sector.
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For example,
.EX march 18 -6,-2
.NF
-<104.2:104.2: -6,-2> h
-war band #18 stopped at -5,-3
+Leader is cav cavalry #0
+Using path 'yyh'
+cav cavalry #0 stopped at -6,-2
.FI
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-Note that if you are marching multiple units, you may only specify a
-destination sector on the command line if all the units start in the
-same sector.
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See \*Qinfo Mobility\*U for the mobility cost to march land units.
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-Moving a unit through a sector that has been mined
-introduces a chance of mines/(mines + 50) that you will be damaged.
+Land units entering a sector that has been mined may trip landmines
+(see \*Qinfo Hitchance\*U).
Units with engineering capabilities can remove up to five mines per
pass through a sector (indicated by the message \*QSweep...\*U).
Such units also take 1/2 normal damage from mines.
See info lmine for more details.
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-Hostile land/sea/air units may fire at/bomb your units, if they're
-on interdiction missions (see info mission). If your enemy has a
-stack of missiles on interdiction mission, then they will
-automatically fire one after another until 100 damage has been done.
-Missiles and pin-bombers have a 100% chance of hitting their target
-(provided they make it through plane/missile defenses). Collateral
+Hostile land/sea/air units may fire at/bomb/missile your units, if
+they're on interdiction missions (see \*Qinfo mission\*U).
+The chance of missiles and bombs hitting your land units is determined by
+the land unit that is easiest to hit (see \*Qbomb\*U for the chance of
+hitting). Any damage incurred is divided evenly among
+the marching land units. Collateral
damage will be done to the sector that the units were marching into.
.SA "Unit-types, lmine, LandUnits, Transportation, Spies, Moving"
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