Ground Combat Sequence

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Roaming Defense 3 Deep Ground Patrol 4 Attack and Run 5 Crush Kill Destroy! 6 Capture! 7 See also

[edit] Overview

The order of events during ground combat varies significantly by attack mode. There are two 'patrol' attack modes with warfare limited to the battle field outside the bases and three attack modes which involve a frontal attack on a base.

[edit] Roaming Defense

The following is the order of events for an attack with a Roaming Defense.

	Attacker		Defender (Field)
1	Troops		Troops
2	Troops		Troops
3	Troops		Crew
4	Troops		Crew
5	Troops		Mechs
6	Troops		Mechs
7	Troops		Fighters
8	Troops		Fighters

Comment:
Only Troops are attacking in Roaming Defense mode.

[edit] Deep Ground Patrol

The following is the order of events for an attack with a Deep Ground Patrol.

	Attacker		Defender (Field)
1	Fighters		Fighters
2	Fighters		Fighters
3	Fighters		Mechs
4	Mechs		Fighters
5	Fighters		Troops
6	Troops		Fighters
7	Fighters		Crew
8	Fighters		Colonists		(probably a superfluous code line. There are no colonists in the field.)
9	Mechs		Fighters
10	Mechs		Mechs
11	Mechs		Mechs
12	Mechs		Troops
13	Troops		Mechs
14	Mechs		Crew
15	Crew		Mechs
16	Mechs		Colonists		(probably a superfluous code line. There are no colonists in the field.)
17	Troops		Mechs
18	Mechs		Troops
19	Troops		Fighters
20	Fighters		Troops
21	Troops		Troops
22	Troops		Troops
23	Troops		Crew
24	Crew		Troops

Comments:
Pre-empting an invasion force with a Deep Ground Patrol seems to be a risky strategy. However, not much is known whether it is more worthwile for some races and less for others.

[edit] Attack and Run

Attack and Run happens after 'Roaming Defense' and 'Deep Ground Patrols' attacks are finished but before 'Crush Kill Destroy!'. If an enemy is coming at you with a 'Crush Kill Destroy!' attack you can hit them hard first with your 'Attack and Run' with no danger of being attacked while all your troops are off base.

• If the enemy is fielding a force that has twice as many troops as you or twice as many high guard as you then your 'Attack and Run' attack will not take place.

The following is the order of events.

	Attacker		Defender (Base)
1	Fighters		AA Guns
2	Fighters		AA Guns
3	Fighters		Fighters
4	Fighters		Fighters
5	Fighters		Mechs
6	Fighters		Mechs
7	Mechs		Fighters
8	Mechs		Laser Cannons
9	Mechs		Laser Cannons
10	Mechs		Mechs
11	Mechs		Mechs
12	Mechs		Troops
13	Mechs		Crew
14	Mechs		Colonists
15	Mechs		Troops
16	Mechs		Crew
17	Troops		Mechs
18	Crew		Mechs
19	Troops		Laser Cannons
20	Troops		Laser Cannons
21	Crew		Laser Cannons
22	Crew		Laser Cannons
23	Troops		AA Guns
24	Crew		AA Guns
25	Fighters		Troops
26	Fighters		Crew
27	Fighters		Colonists
28	Fighters		Troops
29	Fighters		Crew
30	Troops		Troops
31	Troops		Troops
32	Troops		Colonists
33	Troops		Crew
34	Troops		Crew
35	Crew		Troops
36	Crew		Troops
37	Crew		Crew
38	Crew		Crew
39	Crew		Colonists

Comments:

• Base fighters only affect attacking fighters and mechs.
• As the base is attacked directly, colonists of the defender are affected, too.
• Base AA Guns are not involved in the fight, if the attacking force includes no fighters (introduced in Host 213). This means steps 23 and 24 are omitted, too.

[edit] Crush Kill Destroy!

The order of events is the same as for Attack and Run.

[edit] Capture!

The order of events is the same as for Attack and Run.

[edit] See also

• Ground Combat Examples
• [1] The official page on ground combat