                              Command : FORTIFY

NAME
   fortify - Fortify a land unit

Level: Basic

SYNTAX
   [##:##] Command : fortify <UNITS> <MOBILITY>

The  "fortify" command is used to make units dig in and make themselves harder
to damage. The maximum amount of fortification is  the  same  as  the  maximum
amount  of  mobility  a  unit  can  have. (The version command will print this
info).  Each point of mobility used increases the fortification value by  one.

If <MOBILITY> is a positive number, at most that much mobility will be used.

If  <MOBILITY> is a negative number, at least -<MOBILITY> will be left in each
unit.

A fully fortified unit is twice as hard to hurt as it normally would  be,  and
is twice as strong on the defense.

Units  fortifying in a sector containing an engineering unit are better at it:
they get 50% more fortification per mobility.

If a unit moves or retreats, it loses all fortification value.   A  unit  that
reacts  to defend a sector, on the other hand, does NOT lose its fortification
unless it is forced to retreat. It receives the fortification bonus in combat,
and  is  still fortified when it returns to its original sector after the bat-
tle.

Note that fortification will not help a unit fight Guerrillas in  an  occupied
sector (see info Guerrilla).  Also note that fortifying a unit does not affect
it's mission status.

Units with maximum mobility automatically use further mobility gains  to  for-
tify.   For  example,  when a unit with 120 of 127 mobility gains 60 mobility,
its mobility increases to the maximum 127, and it uses 53 mobility to fortify.

Units  requiring  fuel  (if  option FUEL is enabled), do not fortify automati-
cally, as this would burn fuel.

SEE ALSO
   bomb, Unit-types, LandUnits

