Re: [FT] Morale (was: Re: [SG2] weapons)
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:36:40 -0500
Subject: Re: [FT] Morale (was: Re: [SG2] weapons)
At 2:24 PM +0000 11/20/03, Ground Zero Games wrote:
>
>This might be interesting in certain scenarios -
>eg: convoy escort games, where some of the
>merchant captains might decide to ignore the
>orders of the escort flotilla commander if they
>feel too much at risk.... (eg: convoy suddenly
>scatters while the escort commander is trying to
>keep them in a defensible formation....).
That is a valid thing. The Escorts in WWI and
WWII did have some trouble keeping some of the
merchant men in formations and up to speed. It
wasn't quite as bad as herding cats from what
I've read, but nearly so on occasion. Especially
if there was a U-Boat on the prowl.
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