geofighter Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hello, While waiting (salivating actually) for my new game to arrive I've been reading the manual to SC-GC. I have never played any of the other SC games so I needs to be edumakated. It states in the manual on page 65 that when troops use operational movement they loose 25% to 40% moral. Why would troops lose moral for riding a train?:confused: Cheers, Geofighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Good question. I'm just guessing but perhaps along the lines of "forced march"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 The loss in readiness addresses the complexity and confusion of moving such large bodies of troops over rail. You have to make sure you know what is loaded where, where it is going, what order to load it, where to unload it, where to leave it sitting if it changes rails, coordinate its pick up by another train if it changes rails, stage it at the other end, get the actual troops from point A to point B ect ect ect....... Sound a little bit overwhelming? Now imagine doing this for every Company in that Corps or Army that you are moving. The point is that the readiness loss reflects the unit not being able to just detrain and roll into combat. Of course units could and did do exactly that but they were not as effective as they would have been without the movement they had just endured thus the readiness loss reflects this "lag" that units experience on a movement of that scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofighter Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Good answer, Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmm Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well you are in this game on a 1 week+ train ride, I would think after being cramped on a train for that long you wouldn't be ready to get into combat right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John DiFool the 2nd Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I guess the readiness should be taking the hit, not the morale per se, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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