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Introduction
Welcome to Red Alert IOT, a grand strategy IOT based on the first Red Alert game.
Alliances
United Nations (Allies): The Allies have access to fast-striking units and powerful infantry specialists such as the Spy and Thief, along with the Medic and Field Mechanic who have the power to give a unit that lost a battle a second chance.
Communist International (Warsaw Pact): Comitern has access to slow moving, juggernaut units such as the Heavy and Mammoth Tank. They also have access to powerful air units.
Deserters (Not Selectable): These are units that have fled their country's army. The only way to take down Deserters is through military might. However, bribing a deserter unit to go after another nearby player isn't entirely out of the question....in any case, these units have their own stockpile of cash and in the longrun can be quite an annoyance.
Warlords (Not selectable): Desertion is a problem in war. Some Deserting units gain enough political power and influence to start carving out their own little fiefdoms. It should be noted that Warlords are isolationist but will fight for the highest bidder. Also, since they're not part of a faction, wiping them out doesn't matter towards the end-game victory.
Starting Out
Make your nation. Select 30 territories. Pick your capital (this is where you free buildings will be created). Pick your faction.
Constructing Buildings/Units
You can only construct one building per construction yard.
Units cost money and require the creation of certain buildings. How many buildings you have limit how many units you can build per turn. If you have one War Factory for instance, you can only build one vehicle per turn. Four barracks? You can build four infantry per turn.
Attacking/Defending
Units aren't pooled, they're placed on the map in the building they're created. In other words, a rifle infantry create from a barracks in Ohio....will be Ohio.
To attack a force on the map, you must send your units against the defending unit. Your attack orders should be a bit detailed (I.E, tell me the order of battle for your units at least). Defenders, you should probably send me a PM detailing defense doctrines (do you want your defense structures to defend first or units or a combination?)
Units have ZoC. Entering an enemy unit's ZoC will reduce movement of your unit by 2 unless you're moving in to attack the unit.
If the Attack Loses:
When a unit is defeated in combat, there's a 75% chance it survives. After that, there is a 75% chance it can do the following. The other 25% will be captured "become Prisoners of War".
Orderly Retreat: This is the one I'll default to most of the time. An orderly retreat means that all the survivors go back to the launching point territory.
Rout: You have to have lost the battle badly if this happens. If your forces are routed, at most only half of the surviving forces will return to the launching-point territory. Some units will become Deserters and Bandits while others will go to any adjacent territory free territory (that isn't owned by the enemy).
Deserters are NOT fun to have around. They basically roam around, trying to survive and make money. The only ways to respond to Deserters is either negotiating with them or capturing/destroying them.
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This is the same case if Defenders lose, only the Defenders will retreat to "defendable" territory unless there's an order from the player to go somewhere else.
Trade
Nations can trade with one another. Over land, this requires a cargo truck. Player A will send his cargo truck from his capital to the capital of the nation he's trading with. When Player A's truck reaches the capital, Player B generates 10% of the amount of ore Player A generates. When the truck comes back, Player A generates 10% of what Player B makes.
Naval trade is more lucrative. This involves building a freighter (costs $20 each and can only be built in sub pens/naval yards). Send the freighter to another nation's port (unless the territories are really close to another on land, in which case don't do that), and it's t he same same as land trade only with 30%.
If a nation lacks an ore refinery and the money to buy one or a subpen/naval yard, players can instead trade with it's capital with either freighters or cargo trucks. In that case, however, the bonuses are 15%/5% instead of 30%/10% for naval/land trade.
Refineries
On normal ore deposits: Refineries cost $140. Upgrades cost $60. Each new upgrade increases ore output by 50.
On gem deposits: Costs are the same for the building and upgrades. However, the refinery starts of generating $200 and each upgrade increases it by 100 to a maximum of 1000 per turn.
Silos can fill up fast. Keep that in mind.
Introducing Roads, Railways, and Highways
Movement of all units reduced to 3. Building this infrastructure doesn't require CY's build which mean you can build as many as you want a turn.
Roads: Cost $10 each. Traveling along a road boosts speed.
Railways: Costs $20 each. Traveling along a railway GREATLY increases speed.
Highways: Costs $20 each. Traveling along faster than road, slower than railroad. These add 5% defensive bonus in territories they're built in.
Aiding Other Players and No-Building Rule
Players may send money to other players. Players can not gift units.
If a nation has no buildings, the player can request a free ore silo from the GM if at peace.
Warsaw Pact Buildings and Unit Premier
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Allied Buildings and Unit Premier
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Amendments
Attack Dogs/Crabs can not secure territory.
If a nation lacks an ore refinery and the money to buy one or a subpen/naval yard, players can instead trade with it's capital with either freighters or cargo trucks. In that case, however, the bonuses are 15%/5% instead of 30%/10% for naval/land trade.
