J.J. Young on 3 Feb 2004 01:46:30 -0000


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Re: [eia] battles involving allied garrisons


What I pictured with regards to a depot garrison was not a relief battle,
but a defensive battle where an one ally's corps, and another ally's depot
garrison, were together in an area when that area is attacked by an enemy.
Then the question arises whether the garrison owner is involved in the PPs,
etc.

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] battles involving allied garrisons


>
> > 1.)  Does my garrison's participation in the battle involve GB in
> political
> > point losses or gains for the battle ?
> >
> > The heart of this question is, do all the allies involved in a field or
> > limited field battle receive/lose PPs, or just the ones with _corps_ in
> the
> > battle ?  My first impression is that if there are anyone's corps
involved
> > on both sides in the battle, then everyone with _factors_ involved, not
> just
> > corps, should be included in the PP losses or gains.  Be everyone might
> not
> > agree.
> >
>
>     I definitely disagree.  If you have no corps in the battle, then you
> have no effect on the political points that are up for grabs in the
battle.
> If you do not contribute a corps and are therefore not influencing the
> number of political points that could be gained or lost, I don't see how
you
> could claim political points if your side wins the battle.
>
> > 2.)  Would my garrison be allowed to participate in the relief battle if
I
> > did not have combined movement with the relievers ?
> >
>
>     My instinct is that you would not have to be combined with the
relievers
> to fight with them.  The rules allow that armies may attempt to reinforce
> each other even when the two forces have not combined movement, so I
assume
> that garrisons can assist a land battle even if the forces in question
have
> not combined movement.
>
> > Obviously, question #2 would not apply in the case of a depot garrison,
> > which could only be involved in a defensive battle, and so would
> definitely
> > be able to fight.
> >
>
>     I don't think a situation like this would ever come up for a depot
> garrison, because it will have either won its trivial combat, it will have
> lost and been destroyed, or it will have fallen back into a city in the
same
> area.  There would never be an occasion when there would be a relief
battle
> involving a depot garrison, as far as I can tell.
>
> kdh
>
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