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THE EFFECT OF DAMAGE
Successful attackers which have movement points remaining after combat can continue
moving — and even continue attacking — normally, if they choose. However, successful
attackers often sustain damage in each battle. As a unit is damaged, its strength bar gets
shorter, and eventually changes color. Both the length of the strength bar and the color are
significant. When a unit is reduced to approximately two-thirds of its full strength, the
strength bar changes from green to yellow. When a unit’s hit points are reduced to around
one-third of its full strength, the bar changes from yellow to red.
In addition to losing strength, damaged units also lose mobility. A unit’s damage is factored
into its movement allowance, so a unit which has sustained damage of 30 percent only has
70 percent of its movement points. For example, if the damaged unit normally had three
movement points, damage of 30 percent would reduce its movement to two (even though it
would still have a green strength bar). There are two important exceptions to this rule: Naval
units are never reduced below two movement points per turn, and air units do not suffer
reduced movement at all.
Different colored strength bars indicate different levels of hurt.
Partial Damage
No Damage
Critical Damage
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