                              Command : ASSAULT

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: assault <SECT> <SHIP> troops [TANKS]

The assault command allows your marines to hit the beaches, and once the beach
is  secured,  land  tanks on the beach.  It is also the only way to get ashore
other than by unloading at a harbor, thus it is the first step to gaining land
on a new continent.

Any ship with military can assault an military-less  sector,  however  only  a
landing  ship  can assault a sector with military in it using its full comple-
ment of troops, and only a landing ship can land tanks.  Other types of  ships
will  only  be  able  to  land a fraction of their troops in any given assault
(this represents the use of the Admiral's gig, the Captain's barge, etc),  and
are  unable  to  land  vehicles  (because  of the need for unloading equipment
available only in harbors).

If you have ship #28 bearing 10 military at 31,53 it can assault land  at  any
of  the  adjacent sectors, (32,52; 33,53; 32,54; 30,54; 29,53; or 30,52).  For
example:
   [##:##] Command: assault 32,54 28 9

                              Command : ASSAULT

This command asks to assault sector 32,54 from ship #28 with 9 troops.  Assum-
ing  the sector has no military, and since there were 10 troops on the ship to
begin with, 90% of the food will be taken along by the assaulting troops, (and
each  one  that  makes it will contribute his or her 10% to the conquered sec-
tor).

The program will ask for any information which was not included on the command
line,  (sector  to be assaulted, which ship is doing the assaulting, number of
brave troops to disembark).

The assaulting troops face the disadvantage of  having  to  reach  the  beach,
therefore they are less effective than any land troops they may encounter.

Both capitals and forts fight twice as  hard  as  other  sectors  against  sea
assaults.

Tanks and balloons can also initiate assaults, but only against the sector  in
which they are located.

                              Command : ASSAULT

Note: the sector being assaulted will have exactly the same reaction to  being
conquered as if it were attacked by land.

See also : attack, board, land

