3.23 The location divided for construction/warfare.
Locations are divided into nine areas - mainly relevant in the realms of
construction and warfare. These nine areas correspond to the points of the
compass around a centre-point, as shown below.
The location "Meeting Place" is at sea-level.
Northwest +2 NORTH +1 NORTHEAST +2
WEST -- CENTRE +1 EAST +2
SOUTHWEST -1 SOUTH -- SOUTHEAST +1
The numbers after the compass directions represent the undulations within
a location, significant for melee and military battleground actions. Each
plus 1 represents a foot raised, each -1 a foot below the location aggregate.
Anyone may type LOCALE in a location to see nearby legions and their
positions within the location. Soldiers and fieldworkers unassigned to a
legion/regiment appear in lowercase, while those trained to their purpose
and readied on active service are shown in capitals. Optionally you may
type LOCALE followed by a direction to review troops in adjacent
locations. If you wish to review troops by legion name instead of
more-cumbersome numeric figures, type BANNER instead. Use it precisely as
you would use LOCALE.
It is possible, particularly when employing well-equipped and numerous
legions, to affect the terrain layout as shown in LOCALE - digging holes,
extending trenches, stacking defensive mounds, etc. Familiarise yourself
with the contents of HELP TERRAIN if you wish to involve yourself with the
command of legions and setting them about the task of changing the natural
environment.
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