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Re: Carrier groups
>>So a carrier strike group would be defined as a group of units centered
>> on
>>a carrier. (With a full load of fighters and a battleship.)
>>
>>The entire group moves with the carrier and withdraws with it when the
>>carrier is low on fuel, ammo or aircraft.
>
> What you are suggesting is in effect the possibility of having side
> doctrines for setting formations. This would certainly be possible.
> However, the AI doesn't know how to use formations, so one would first
> have
> to write some new AI code.
>
> Hans
Yeah, but nothing really heavy, just subordinate certain units to follow a
leader around.
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