PATRIOTS DEFENSE: Our Nations Defense Plan

[Gerikes]

Initially we should probably base the size of our defensive force on a percentage of our available units, maybe 25% of the total? Start with a sentry net about 5 or so turns movement out from our borders, and a reactionary force stationed within our territory and offset from the center towards the main threat axis. If we use mobile sentries (vs immobile) we can use their movement to pick up on a wider range using the same number of units, or the same range using a smaller number of units. Once we're in a more enlightened government and can use gold to rush units, we can live with an even smaller reactionary force as long as we're willing to keep enough gold in reserve to rush a couple of defenders.

I agree, but let's also realize that this X% does not have to be equally divided up. For example, when a road finally connects Olympus to Priapos, we might later on decide that our X% allows for 1-2 units per base, but Priapos might only recieve one with the idea that if we see any sea invasion around Priapos, we could easily send an extra unit from Civatonia immediatly. This is true especially if we hit the Republic, since our police forces will have no effect, and keeping a mass of sentries in a reasonably protected city like Priapos would be ineffecient (Of course, the citizens of Priapos might think otherwise).

Edit: This is why I shouldn't make posts so early in the morning. I misread your thoughts to making in-base sentries to the X% number. On second reading, I realized you meant that the defense force to be that number. My bad...

In any case, this border-gaurd idea seems like a good idea, and should allow us to be able to give aid to the sea-adjacent cities from our inner cities (well, but "inner" I mean "within the ring of stationary forces," but mainly Civatonia) without too much loss of protection of our inland cities.