Retreat?

[SlickWilhelm]

So, my boys are in the north road sector, and the fight is starting to go against us. Out of 4 mercs, one is dying, another is seriously wounded, and the remaining two are running out of ammo.

Is there a way to retreat and end the battle, or are the battles a fight to the death?

Note to self: Make sure to bring enough ammo!

[milkweg]

Take more Mercs too. I have one team of 6 including my own character and cleared the first sector without anyone dying. Two were badly injured though so they need to rest up but I don't see a rest option in the strat layer, guess I just leave them there until they are fully healed.

[ShadoWarrior]

The default option for mercs without any other assignment is rest. This is clearly visible from the "Zzzz" on the merc portraits.

[Chris Bisson]

ORIGINAL: Slick Wilhelm

So, my boys are in the north road sector, and the fight is starting to go against us. Out of 4 mercs, one is dying, another is seriously wounded, and the remaining two are running out of ammo.

Is there a way to retreat and end the battle, or are the battles a fight to the death?

Note to self: Make sure to bring enough ammo!

Yes, more men are better. I don't know about a retreat option in the game. I've never considdered it up until now. Regardless, you cannot retreat from the first battle as there are no friendly zones you control. So you must take the first battle or it's game over.

[milkweg]

ORIGINAL: ShadoWarrior

The default option for mercs without any other assignment is rest. This is clearly visible from the "Zzzz" on the merc portraits.

Yea, I see that now but at the point in the game I was at there were no "Zzzz" on their portraits. I also see now that you assign a Merc as patient and another as a Doctor to heal Mercs in the strat layer. As you can probably tell, I learn games by trial and error and rarely read the manual.