LCU Division

[James Malcolm]

I guess this is the proper place for expressing game enhancements. Maybe should be part of WITP, if not already there. (WITP is on my Christmas list since I don't have it now.)

What I would like is the ability to break up LCUs in a more organized fashion. (Yes, you can use tricks, like airlifting and loading into TF, then tranferring ships into other TFs)

My desire is to have a function that divides units by fraction. Since the most common factor in the military is 3, then 1/3 would be the default, but I would also like 1/4 and 1/2. Furthermore, the function should allow for inclusion of heavy equipment (artillery, engineer vehicles, radars, etc.) and maybe a button to make the unit self supporting.

This would allow for tailoring LCUs. For example, an Infantry battalion (for a raid) could be created out of a Infantry RCT or a Base Support Unit could be subdivided and placed in two or three smaller bases or a tank battalion could be divided to give each RCT a company of tanks with one RCT.

One other aspect is that if a subunit is given a different mission then it would not automatically recombine with the parent. For example, if you spin off a battalion of infantry and set them to march to another hex, while the parent regiment (minus) has a defend mission, then they would not recombine.

I also see this as a method to give better control of loading of TFs.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?