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.

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.