Military & Combat

Armies

Each army has:

Attribute	Description
Strength	Number of troops (0 = disbanded)
Efficiency	Combat effectiveness % (0–100)
Movement	Hex sectors per turn
Supply	Turns of food carried; army starves when 0
Morale	Affects desertion rate and combat performance

Movement

Armies move up to their movement rating in hex distance per turn. Select an army in the left panel, then click a destination hex and submit a Move order.

Movement is blocked by water sectors
Mountains cost extra movement points
Pathfinders ignore terrain movement penalties
You can see how far a move will take you — moves beyond the army's range are rejected

Combat Resolution

Combat is resolved when an ARMY_ATTACK order is processed. The engine uses a probabilistic dice system (10 dice, scaled 0–100) for each round, with bonuses for:

Attacker: nation attack_bonus, army efficiency
Defender: nation defense_bonus, army efficiency, fortress level

Battles run up to 6 rounds. Each round deals damage based on the damage formula (ported from the original combatA.c):

damage = (roll × strength × efficiency) / (100 × DAMAGE_LIMIT)

Fortress Bonus

Sectors designated as Fortress or Capital give the defending army a fortification bonus. The fortress level is derived from the sector's efficiency. Upgrading fortress efficiency (via construction) makes your capital much harder to take.

Capture

If the attacker wins and all defending armies are defeated, the sector is captured:

Sector ownership transfers to the attacker's nation
Sector efficiency is reduced (damage from fighting)
The attacking army moves into the sector

Seizing an undefended sector (no enemy armies present) is always successful and reduces efficiency less than a contested battle.

Army Orders

Order	Effect
Move	Move army to target hex (if within movement range)
Attack	Move to target hex and engage any defenders
Disband	Permanently remove the army (strength → 0)

Orders are queued and execute at turn processing time — you cannot react to other players' moves within the same turn.

Morale

Morale (0–100) affects army desertion and combat effectiveness. Morale drops when:

Tax rate is high
Food is scarce (starvation)
Battles are lost
World events (harsh winter, curse, etc.)

Morale recovers slowly each turn when conditions improve.

Nations with low morale may suffer peasant uprisings (world event) that temporarily remove sector control.

Starvation

If your food reserve reaches 0 and armies cannot be supplied, they begin losing strength (starvation casualties) each turn. Build farms before raising large armies.