<r> Here's an answer to the original question. <br/>
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"Each Repair Ship can only increase the chance for repairs ...

<t> To get some insight in the difficulty of programming AI to "think" and "see" a game board like a human, I recommend "How Computers Play Chess."&nbsp; It's ideas are applicable to computer wargames as well.&nbsp; <br/>
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AI can't "see" the map - it only "knows" what the programmer has ...

<t> In a totally ahistorical mod, I added oil to an island near Japan to help the Japanese AI.<br/>
I was pleasantly surprised that the AI could "see" oil & the AI sent convoys to get it.<br/>
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Hence, as BPRE noted, there must be some hard coded (pre-programed) value assigned to oil sites so ...

<t> If you'd like add'l insight on the challenges of improving the AI for WIP (or really any computer wargame), consider getting a copy of "How Computers play chess." Despite the book's focus on chess, reading it will give you much insight into the challenge of getting a computer to "see the map ...

<t> If you want insight into why the Germans didn't use nerve agents, check out the superb book "A higher form of killing" a history of biological & chemical warfare. It describes how at the end of WWI a german artillery corporal(?) was gased & temporarily blinded by mustard gas. It turned him off ...