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Step (8) – Retreat
Each player may decide to retreat back to his port. This choice is made by
clicking on the relevant button of the Naval Battle window at the end of a
round (or the AI will decide if you placed it in command). Possible cases are:
● Nobody retreats: The battle goes on. A new battle round starts.
● Both players retreat: The battle ends, and both fleets come back to port.
● One player retreats: It is usually successful if he obtains a test result
whose value is ≤ Sea Hazard.
- A fleet’s first retreat attempt gets a +1 penalty.
- If a fleet has executed a torpedo attack this round, it gets a -1
bonus (for this round only).
● If the check fails, the battle goes on, and a new round is resolved.
● If the check succeeds, the fleet retreats and goes back to port, but is
subject to a pursuit while breaking off.
Fleeing: You may retreat automatically (no check) if your opponent has no
ship squadron to face your best ship squadron in size (e.g. BC vs CL) or if
all your ship squadrons are faster (4- > 3+).
14.4.3 Effects of a Naval Battle
The outcome of a naval battle has an immediate and important impact on
National Will, depending on the magnitude of victory or defeat.
Naval Battles and NW
The naval battle has an immediate effect on NW. Each side counts his
losses, per unit (whatever the ship nationality is):
3 BB, BC (per unit sunk)
1½ AC
2 B
1 CL
1 Damaged battleship
(BB, B and BC, reverse side)
3 Retreat (for the retreating fleet)
The side with the lower value is the Victor,
the other side, with the bigger value is the
Loser. Adjust the NW of each side by the
net difference. NB: in case of tie, the loser
is the retreating player.
However, there is a limit to NW gain/loss,
depending upon the battle category
below:
Skirmish: No side had any BB, B or BC:
maximum won/lost: NW +/-2.
Minor battle: One side had only 1 to 2
units of BB, B or BC type: maximum
won/lost: NW +/-4.
Major battle: Both sides had 3+ units of
BB, B or BC type: maximum won/lost:
NW +/-15.
August/September 1914: if the Victor is at (or reaches) NW level 40, he
may keep his extra NW gain until the end of September (at the NW
Adjustment).
Britannia Rules the Waves: when the British lose a naval battle for the first
time, Great Britain will lose an additional NW -4 (national humiliation for
Britannia).
Mixed Nationality Fleet: the other powers with ships present in the battle
get half the NW gain / loss (rounded down), with a NW +/-3 limit.
Effect of battles on Control Missions (phase #5)
A side gets control of a sea for 1 turn if it has planned a “Control” mission,
and if it vanquished all enemy fleets or is alone at sea.
German North Sea control: If Germany controls the North Sea, for
one turn, the Blockade has no effect on Central Powers during the
next Interphase (no check required). In addition, consider that the German
fleet automatically succeeds in a Raid on England, against any coastal
town.
14.5 Naval Units and Supply
Naval units do not carry supply by themselves, although their presence in
a sea either allows or hinders the passage of supply.
14.5.1 Sources and distance
Sea transport capability is determined for each nation. Each military unit
(corps, support) counts as 1. This One major or two minor ports may act as
a supply source (See Supply).
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