21.1 Introduction to warfare in Avalon.
NOTE: This helpfile will be updated, in full, last of all; once the entire remainder of this section is complete. It will then contain a summary, founding concepts and suggested tutorial route through the intricacies of the warfare/military system. However, for now...
Warfare in Avalon is conducted using legions of either city-loyal or guild-loyal troops. These troops are kept in barracks in the cities and the guilds about the land and, during times of war or invasion, they are equipped, brought out and sent into battle or siege. In order to interact with the military of a city you will need to either hold the post of High Constable or, more likely, be an aide to the High Constable. In a guild you will need to be either the guildmaster or to have had the status of guild captain bestowed upon you. Much of warfare is restricted to those without pacifist, protected and duellist status - for the sake of fairplay since it is important the leader of a troop bent on battlefield action be able to be held culpable, personally, for their choices.
It takes quite some time to march a large army across the land and requires a great deal of rations to keep them fed; you should experiment with troop movement and feeding before you embark on any serious military exercise. For the purposes of legion movement, locations are divided into nine areas - as shown below. You will need to be aware of your legion's positions within a location, there is great advantage to clever attack and defensive formations.
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 +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.
See HELP LEGION and HELP TRAINING for up-to-date information. The rest of Section 21 is yet to be brought in line with the finished warfare metamorphosis.
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