[##:##] Command : march <LAND UNIT/ARMY> <ROUTE|DESTINATION>
The march command is the move command applied to land units. You can control one unit or an entire army with it, but they must all start in the same sector.
Land units may only move into sectors you own, sectors of countries you are allied with or deity-owned sectors with 1 exception. Spies. Spies may move anywhere, with a chance of getting caught. See info Spies for more information.
The program will prompt with the maximum and minimum mobility of the land units in the army, and its current position in the form:
<57.0:23.5: -6,4>
which means the land units have between 23.5 and 57 mobility units, and are in sector -6,4. You may indicate the direction you would like the army to move by typing a string of letters consisting of any combination of the following:
y for up-left u for up-right y u g for left \ / j for right g -- -- j b for down-left / \ n for down-right b n
Other commands you may type while navigating are:
M for map B for bmap f to change the leader i to list land units you are marching r for radar l for lookout m to sweep landmines d to drop landmines h for end of movement
The radar command will cause the lead unit to use it's radar, if any. You may also give a unit number or army or group of units on the same line: r 12/13/14/73
The lookout command works in the same way as radar.
The map command will give you a
map surrounding the current position.
By default, it will be around the leader.
You can also supply additional parameters:
[##:##] Command : <32.3: g 6,2> M 3 ls
is equivalent to a lmap command. like
this:
[##:##] Command : lmap 3 ls
The bmap command works in the same way, it is equivalent to a lbmap command.
The leader command will the change the leader. By default, it will select next unit in the list, but you may also specify a land unit.
The drop command will lay land mines using engineers. You can specify the unit number or army or groups of units and the number of land mines on the same line: d 12/13 10. An omitted unit number defaults to the leader, for example d 10 lays ten land mines from the leader. If you omit the number of land mines as well, the leader will lay one mine.
The sweep command will have the engineers in the marching group search for mines in the current sector. This costs as much mobility as entering a sector with mobility cost of 0.2.
Note: the lookout, radar, drop and sweep commands use BTUs, just as if you'd typed them separately from the command line.
Since the <ROUTE> can be specified in the command line,
simple unit movements are often typed as a single line, such as:
[##:##] Command : march 19 jjjh
Or some movements may be done partly on the command line and partly
interactively:
[##:##] Command : march 18 yy
Leader is cav cavalry #0 c . . h <105.6:105.6: -24,-2> l Your capital 100% efficient with 549 civ with 10 mil @ -5,-3 Your highway 100% efficient with 549 civ with 0 mil @ -4,-2 Your harbor 100% efficient with 549 civ with 109 mil @ -3,-1 c . . h <105.6:105.6: -4,-2> yh cav cavalry #0 stopped at -5,-3
You may also simply specify the destination sector. In this case, the land units will take a cheapest path (in terms of mobility) to the destination sector.
For example,
[##:##] Command : march 18 -6,-2
Leader is cav cavalry #0 Using path 'yyh' cav cavalry #0 stopped at -6,-2
See info Mobility for the mobility cost to march land units.
Land units entering a sector that has been mined may trip landmines (see info Hitchance). Units with engineering capabilities can remove up to five mines per pass through a sector (indicated by the message Sweep...). Such units also take 1/2 normal damage from mines. See info lmine for more details.
Hostile land/sea/air units may fire at/bomb/missile your units, if they're on interdiction missions (see info mission). The chance of missiles and bombs hitting your land units is determined by the land unit that is easiest to hit (see bomb for the chance of hitting). Any damage incurred is divided evenly among the marching land units. Collateral damage will be done to the sector that the units were marching into.
See also : Unit-types , lmine , LandUnits , Transportation , Spies , Moving