6.7.3 Transporting Brigades by Sea

To move your armies overseas, or to capture territory that cannot be invaded from land you must transport your army by sea and launch a naval invasion. This will take you a minimum of two turns.

Example:

You have 4 brigades and a commander in one of your shipyards, which you want to transport to North Africa. Fleet 15 is also in the shipyard.

First Turn:-

In section -20- of the turn sheet, using the command ‘E / (brigade registration number) / 15’ for each separate brigade (not the federation number), and the command ‘E / (commanders registration number) / any ship in fleet 15’ (you must specify a ship i.d. number for the commander to board (see 6.7.1., p60).

Notes:

Brigades will also board a fleet that is situated adjacent to the land co-ordinate the brigades are on (i.e. North, South, East or West) using the ‘E’ command alone - no boarding direction needs to be specified(see 6.7.1., p60)

Second Turn:-

With the brigades and commander safely on board move the fleet to the desired location using section -18- of the turn sheet (see 6.3. , p42 & 6.3.6., p45).

The fleet has berthed at another of your shipyards.

In section -20- of the turn sheet, using the command ‘9 / (brigade number)’, for all four brigades and command ‘9 / (commander number)’, the troops and commander will disembark onto that co-ordinate.

Notes:

If the fleet was on a co-ordinate adjacent to the coast, and not in a shipyard, instead of command 9 you would use the unload commands 1, 3, 5, 7 (see 6.7.Boarding., p59) and they would land on the coast.

You can’t unload onto a diagonal co-ordinate.

If you are not landing on a co-ordinate belonging to your empire certain conditions must be met (see 6.7.2. preconditions., p61).

When troops are disembarked onto a co-ordinate they do nothing that month except climb off the ships and stand on the beach. Unfortunately they can’t conquer any territory or participate in any battles, unless a simulated battle is generated on the co-ordinate on which they land. To conquer the co-ordinate the following month they must be given a ‘9 / 1’ movement order(see 6.3.7.2., p46).

If the fleet on which your brigades are being transported is involved in a sea battle(see 8., p101) you may lose some of the headcount of the brigades. This is especially relevant if you lose a ship which has part of a brigade on board. Although your brigades might appear to be at full strength on your turnsheet, while still onboard the fleet, the true headcount will only appear when they are disembarked.

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