Intelligence Report
Army: 60-65k(+1k)
Training: 30-35%(+1%)
Armory: 16-21%(+1%)
The opposition continues to improve, however marginally, despite our best efforts.
Size of the enemy army is reduced 2.5% because of our success at Forest Hill. I Corps now has the next two battles off. "Assault on the rebel capital"? We are thinking rather highly of ourselves, and clearly hoping to end the war soon ...
Career Points Briefing
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Politics(4) -- Increase gold and recruits from + 10% to 12.5%.
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Economy(0) -- Increase weapon discount from 0 to 2.5%%.
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Medicine(1) -- Increase casualty recovery rate from 2 to 4%.
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Training(6) -- Increase the discount on veteran recruits from 15% to 17.5%.
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Army Organization(4) -- Increase the maximum size of the army. We currently have a max of 2 Corps, 3 Divisions, 4 Brigades, and 2000/Brigade. This woudl give us a 5th Brigade in each Division.
This seems to me to be an appropriate point to decide how we want to approach the rest of this mini-campaign. If we want that extra brigade for each of our 12 divisions, we should get them now or we won't be able to have them reasonably staffed for Gaines' Mill. It's a strategic size vs. quality decision point. If we choose to invest elsewhere, we're more locked in to working on improving our numbers/weapons/experience in the existing units, as opposed to having more sheer manpower to throw at the rebels.
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Logistics(1) -- Increase starting ammunition from +5% to +10% for all brigades.
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Reconnaissance(2) -- Currently we know the starting enemy army size going into battle. The next level doesn't kick in until 4, when we'll know how many men the enemy is fielding in real-time during battle, and what Corps/Division/Brigade we are facing off against. With only one point, we can make a partial investment here if we wish.
All Commanders are now on the clock. II Corps is of particular importance for our next engagement.