From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8810 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2004 06:13:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 8799 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2004 06:13:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hiram.io.com) (199.170.88.27) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 12 Jul 2004 06:13:53 -0000 Received: from webmail.io.com (IDENT:hf4XtA9RfKAvhZE33Khg6R+5/OWgnMHn@columbia.io.com [199.170.88.107]) by hiram.io.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id i6C6Dpu32471; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:13:51 -0500 Received: from webmail.io.com (webmail [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i6C6Dmm2028686; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:13:48 -0500 Received: (from apache@localhost) by webmail.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i6C6Dlpm028683; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:13:47 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: webmail.io.com: apache set sender to hcobb@io.com using -f Received: from 68.122.234.217 (SquirrelMail authenticated user hcobb) by webmail.io.com with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:13:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <1153.68.122.234.217.1089612827.squirrel@webmail.io.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1713.68.126.82.218.1089405036.squirrel@webmail.io.com><40EEAD66.50109@phy.cmich.edu> <200407040055.i640tDx17333@panix5.panix.com><1088896371.19592.ezmlm@sources.redhat.com> <2465.68.126.82.218.1088896685.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <200407040055.i640tDx17333@panix5.panix.com> <200407041512.i64FCx018057@panix5.panix.com> <32786.68.122.234.217.1089262126.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <40EDFCDE.9000902@phy.cmich.edu> <3302.68.126.82.218.1089339533.squirrel@webmail.io.com> <40EEAD66.50109@phy.cmich.edu> <1713.68.126.82.218.1089405036.squirrel@webmail.io.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:00:00 -0000 Subject: Re: Carrier groups From: "Henry J. Cobb" To: "Hans Ronne" Cc: "Henry J. Cobb" , xconq7@sources.redhat.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg00716.txt.bz2 >>So a carrier strike group would be defined as a group of units centered >> on >>a carrier. (With a full load of fighters and a battleship.) >> >>The entire group moves with the carrier and withdraws with it when the >>carrier is low on fuel, ammo or aircraft. > > What you are suggesting is in effect the possibility of having side > doctrines for setting formations. This would certainly be possible. > However, the AI doesn't know how to use formations, so one would first > have > to write some new AI code. > > Hans Yeah, but nothing really heavy, just subordinate certain units to follow a leader around. -- Henry J. Cobb's Completely Unofficial list of GURPS Vehicle Builder fixes and workarounds. http://www.io.com/~hcobb/gurps/gvb_faq.txt