How Battles Work

Operations are queued at Noon and all execute together in the Afternoon. Regular operations have a fixed goose cost, strike range, exposure level, and possible battlefield effect.

Operations

Choose from your unlocked operations. Probe, Assault, and Overrun are available at the start; policies unlock faction operations such as Crow Expose, Duck Waterline Raid, and Pigeon Surge.

Strike vs Defense

• Strike: The operation's strike result reduces the target's defense.
• Exposure: The operation's exposure result determines goose casualties.
• Flanking: +1 strike for extra Goose-controlled neighbors of the target.
• Zone defense: The target's defense rating is the only human-side stat in combat.
• Policy bonuses: Policies can unlock operations, improve operation stats, or add zone modifiers.

Casualties & Capture

If defense hits zero, the geese take the zone. Failed operations can still matter by applying states such as Scouted, Exposed, Softened, Flooded Approach, Rattled, or Surge Momentum.

In the Afternoon, zone details give way to battle-result cards so the resolved operation stays in focus. Hover or select a battle marker to review its result.

Intel

• Defense Intel: Tier 0 shows defense bands; Tier 1 shows exact defenses.
• Battle Forecasts: Tier 0 shows rough odds; Tier 1 shows exact odds, strike ranges, and casualty ranges.
• Combat states: Active states are always visible on zones and operation prep.