[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Some ideas

[andrew_mcguinness@xxxxxxxxxxx]

On 30 May, cyb97 wrote: > on 29.05.2000 19:57:05, 
the guilty party (ie. Tomasz Wegrzanowski), stuck his/her head out with
the following anouncement:

 >>>>> [snipped away _alot_ of old discussion about transporters and
killing of units] >>If they can't reach shore or another transport, they
can be simply killed, >>as it is done now. > yeah, but atleast you'll
have a chance to rescue some of the stronger and more expensive  > units
(since they'll survive longer than fragile units)...   

I think that rescuing sailors is way too low-level for freeciv.  If
your ship gets sunk, your equipment is gone, and the only thing that
can be rescued is the people.  At the level of freeciv gameplay, a unit
that has lost its equipment is basically destroyed, just as much as a
combat unit which is defeated on land.  There will always be survivors,
but they are below the scale that the game is simulating.


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Andrew McGuinness