Re: [eia] a try for a simple solution to 12.4

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am much more concerned about restricting corps movement than I am about
how far garrisons get to move.  I thought, since the honors of war mechanism
already exists in the game, why not make use of it in this situatiuon (which
seems similar to me) ?  In fact, it's the only precedent the rules offer of
a garrison "marching" anywhere.  No one disagrees that it could be possible
for the honors of war to allow a garrison to move a considerable distance.
Why not when peace is declared, also ?

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] a try for a simple solution to 12.4


> Thus spake jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx:
> > In order to make garrison retrieval simple and possible, without causing
a lo
> > t
> > of other unwanted consequences, why not give each garrison in
formerly-enemy
> > territory an "honors of war" at the time peace is made ?  This may bring
the
> > garrison all the way back home, or it may bring them to a formerly-enemy
city
> >
> > which is occupied by a friendly corps.  This corps can then pick up the
> > garrison, or split off another corps marker to take them in.  Very
simple.
> >
> > I would suggest restricting the honors of war given to garrisons to
moving to
> >
> > friendly cities or cities with friendly corps only, to avoid situations
where
> >  a
> > garrison would be stranded if the closest corps is of an ally, with no
friend
> > ly
> > corps present.
>
> I took it that the biggest issue with force repatriation is that by using
> it garrisons can travel a distance not normally possible. Honors of war
for
> every garrison would probably lead to just that.
>
> Furthermore, honors of war may very well permanently strand garrisons:
> suppose that the nearest corps in a formerly enemy city is full, and that
> power has no empty corps to build. If the corps leaves to unload then it
> can't return, and there will be no way to retrieve the garrison. In this
> situation what a real garrison would do is start marching home on its own,
> but that seems not to be an option.
>
> > This done, the rule for corps movement becomes:  a corps in
formerly-enemy
> > territory can only move so as to end its move closer to friendly or
allied
> > territory, or closer to the nearest port for evacuation.
> >
> > -JJY
>
> Aside from freedom of movement when threatened, and exit into another
> enemy's territory, that is what my proposal for corps movement amounts to.
>
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> J.
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