Microsoft Close Combat manual Setup and Game Play

Chapter 2 Setup and Game Play 31

Leadership Leadership indicates the ability a soldier has to lead his team, rally his team, and rally other teams. Color is used to show a soldier’s leadership ability. Green indicates the highest leadership ability, while black indicates the lowest. An arrow symbol is used to indicate whether leadership ability increased or decreased as a result of the just-completed battle. An up-arrow symbol means leadership ability went up; a down-arrow symbol means leadership ability went down.

Physical Condition A soldier’s physical condition reflects the ability to perform strenuous actions without being fatigued quickly and to withstand injuries that would stop lesser men. Green indicates the best physical condition, while black indicates the soldier is dead. This attribute can decrease due to injuries received during combat and is indicated by a down arrow.

Mental Condition A soldier’s mental condition reflects the ability to react quickly to battlefield conditions, to learn from those experiences, and apply them the next time. This attribute never changes.

Experience Soldiers gain experience by surviving battles. The amount depends on how well they perform and how easily they learn (mental condition). Experi- enced soldiers tend to perform better than inexperienced soldiers. Color is used to show a soldier’s experience. Green indicates the highest level of experience (elite), while black indicates the lowest (conscript). Because soldiers can only gain experience and not lose it, only the up-arrow symbol is displayed.

Morale A soldier’s morale represents how well the soldier can withstand the terrors of the battlefield and remain an effective fighter. This attribute can increase (up arrow) or decrease (down arrow) based on the amount of stress and how well the soldier handles it. Green indicates the highest morale while black indicates the lowest.

The next five fields show you how the soldier performed in terms of scoring in the just-completed battle.

Tanks Killed Two numbers may be displayed in this field; the top number indicates the number of tanks a soldier destroyed (or helped destroy) in the just-completed battle, while the lower number is the cumulative total of tanks destroyed during a Campaign.

Guns Killed Two numbers may be displayed in this field; the top number indicates the number of guns a soldier destroyed (or helped destroy) in the just-completed battle, while the lower number is the cumulative total of guns destroyed during a Campaign.