Suggestion
New mission types for fleets (also for base fleet) and more.
- Alliance Defence
- Galaxy Defence
Abbreviations
MOW = Minister of War
HC = High Commander
BC = Battle Commander
GC = Galactic Commander
ADef = Alliance Defence
GDef = Galaxy Defence
Description
ADef mission submits the control of the fleet to a BC.
The mission type is only available when fleet is at player's planet.
The mission lasts until next tick or until the player assigns the fleet another mission.
BC can move ships between fleets that both have ADef mission active and only between such fleets.
BC can order a new Defence or Fake Defence mission for a fleet on ADef mission. But not for the base fleet of course.
The fleet will assume the BC issued new mission when game ticks, only if fleet's current mission is still ADef. From there on the fleet is out of BC's control.
The BC issued mission is displayed to the player on Missions page under the mission selection controls.
Alliance Orders: Defend (1:1:1) Launch on PT 566 (+2) at 09:00
Alliance HC can also act as a BC to control ADef mission fleets.
The ADef mission fleets are displayed as a list on Alliance Defence page:
SHOWHIDE COORDS NICK FLEETNAME COUNT MISSION TARGET LAUCNHON REFUSED
Clicking on SHOWHIDE icon folds/unfolds list of ships on the fleet. Showing same clolumns as Missions page:
SHIP CLASS T1 T2 T3 TYPE COUNT
Clicking on FLEETNAME takes the BC to the member's Fleets page where BC can move ships between fleets. But only between fleets with ADef mission.
MISSION is a dropdown having missions: No Change, Defence, Fake Defence.
TARGET and LAUNCHON are the same controls as in Missions page.
REFUSED text is displayed on bold red when BC has given the fleet a mission, but player has changed mission type away from ADef.
Scenario
- A hostile fleet appears on Galaxy Status page.
- A galaxy member reports the hostile fleet.
- Some online alliance members notice Alliance has hostile incoming fleet notification.
- Those alliance members with idle fleets assign them on ADef mission.
- An alliance scanner views the alliance defence page and supplies scans of the hostile fleet.
- BC reads the scans and sets up a bcalc.
- BC looks for appropriate ships from available fleets and decides which fleets to use.
- BC moves ships about in some fleets and issues them a defence mission.
- Game ticks and fleets assume their BC issued missions.
Discuss
Whether to have separate ADef and GDef missions or a combined Guard mission which implies both.
Whether to allow longer duration than just until end of the tick.
Whether BC should be allowed to recall fleet.
Whether BC should be allowed to change his/her prelaunch mission.
Where MOW has access to GDef submitted fleet. The Politics page?
Whether to introduce new alliance role: Defence Commander for defence management.
Pros/Cons.