Re: [eia] Sea Supply

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Danny Mount:
> 	Hi everyone.  Recently I've been trying to interpret the sea supply
> rules in 7.4.3.1, particularly as they apply to reinforcing a minor country
> corps.  7.4.3.1 says, "In order to trace supply across sea areas there must
> be on of a major power's depots in each of the two friendly controlled ports
> or port areas between which supply is to be traced.  At least one of these
> ports must contain a fleet(s) of the major power and/or an ally and that
> port must be a supply source or be able to trace a valid supply chain via
> depots to a supply source."  This is the rule that we recently discovered
> that we had been applying incorrectly.  What we discovered was that a fleet
> must be in the port which is the supply source, not just any port.
> 
>     Keeping this rule in mind, I am wondering what has to happen in order to
> receive Swedish reinforcements directly in my Swedish corps (which are
> currently in Naples).  The relevant rule for this is 5.2.2.2.3.3 which
> states, "Minor free states may receive their factors in the same way [i.e.,
> by being on or next to a depot in a valid supply chain], but *must trace a
> supply line (of their controlling major power) back to a supply source in
> their minor country*."  This last line has me wondering whether the depot in
> Sweden would have to have a fleet with it in order for my Swedish corps to
> receive reinforcements.
> 
>     I have asked JJ about this, and he thinks that the Swedish port does
> *not* need to have a fleet in it to satisfy these rules.  He believes that
> the supply source for the purpose of sea supply could be in Spain while the
> supply source in Sweden is just another depot in the chain.  I am happy with
> that interpretation, but I just want to make sure that everyone else sees
> the rules the same way.  Basically, I just want to make sure that no one is
> going to tell me later on that I can't do what I thought I could do.  So if
> anyone sees these rules differently (and believes that I *would* need a
> fleet in a Swedish port in order to receive reinforcements), please speak
> now or forever hold your peace.
> 
> Danny

If you have depots in Stockholm and Naples, and a fleet in either place
then I think you've met the requirements set out by 5.2.2.2.3.1,
5.2.2.2.2.3.2, and 7.4.3.1. Here's why: 7.4.3.1 requires the fleet used
for sea supply to be in a port that can draw supply itself. When using sea
supply for the purpose of supplying corps, it will generally be the case
that supply is flowing in one direction only---toward the corps being
supplied---and the fleet has to be in the source port rather than the
destination. In your situation, however, both ports are already supply
sources for you, so it makes no difference which of the two ports your
fleet is in.
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