Instruction Manual For PON v. 1.02 INSTRUCTION MANUAL ........................................................................................................................................ 1 LEGAL ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 INSTALLATION....................................................................................................................................................... 11 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................................... 12 UPDATES AND SUPPORT ON THE FORUM ..................................................................................................... 12 INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 MAIN MENU ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 OPTIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 CAMPAIGNS AND SCENARIOS .................................................................................................................................. 15 LOADING, DELETING, AND RENAMING A GAME ...................................................................................................... 16 SAVING A GAME ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 PLAY BY E-MAIL (PBEM) ....................................................................................................................................... 16 WINNING THE GAME ........................................................................................................................................... 17 PRESTIGE POINTS (PP)............................................................................................................................................. 17 GAME SCALE .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 NATIONS OF THE WORLD ................................................................................................................................... 18 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................. 18 HEAD OF STATE INTERFACE: THE NATIONAL SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 18 NATIONAL ATTRIBUTES EXPLAINED ....................................................................................................................... 22 POLITICS, RULERS, AND ELECTIONS ............................................................................................................. 31 NATIONAL ATTRIBUTES AND ELECTIONS ................................................................................................................ 31 ELECTIONS, ELECTION ATTRIBUTES, AND ACTIONS ................................................................................................ 31 RULERS AND NATIONAL ATTRIBUTES ..................................................................................................................... 32 THE MAP................................................................................................................................................................... 33 REGIONS AND SEA ZONES ....................................................................................................................................... 35 THEATERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS ............................................................................................................... 38 MAP FILTERS ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 MILITARY ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................................................... 40 UNDERSTANDING THE UNIT PANEL ......................................................................................................................... 40 MANIPULATING FORCES .......................................................................................................................................... 42 FIXED UNITS ........................................................................................................................................................... 43 CHAIN OF COMMAND .............................................................................................................................................. 43 LEADERSHIP ............................................................................................................................................................ 43 COMMAND POINTS (CMDP) AND COMMAND PENALTY ........................................................................................... 45 UNIT ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................................................................................... 45 ELEMENT ATTRIBUTES ............................................................................................................................................ 47 LEADER ATTRIBUTES .............................................................................................................................................. 47 STRATEGIC RATING AND ACTIVATION .................................................................................................................... 49 FLEETS .................................................................................................................................................................... 50 ARMY COMPOSITION AND TROOP ROLES ................................................................................................................ 50 ORDERS .................................................................................................................................................................... 51 MOVEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 51 RESTING TO RECOVER COHESION............................................................................................................................ 52 NAVAL RANGE & REFUELING ................................................................................................................................. 52 POWER CONSUMPTION (RAIL AND NAVAL) ............................................................................................................. 53 BLOCKING MOVEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 54 SYNCHRONIZED LAND MOVEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 55 INTERCEPTION AND COMBINATION ......................................................................................................................... 55 SPECIAL ORDERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 55 POSTURES ................................................................................................................................................................ 59 RAIDS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 59 FOG OF WAR ........................................................................................................................................................... 60 DETECTION PROCEDURE.......................................................................................................................................... 60 DETECTION VALUE ................................................................................................................................................. 60 HIDE VALUE ............................................................................................................................................................ 61 SUPPLIES .................................................................................................................................................................. 62 OVERVIEW OF THE SUPPLY SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................ 62 OUT-OF-SUPPLY & OUT-OF-AMMO PENALTIES....................................................................................................... 63 SUPPLY POINT SOURCES .........................................................................................................................................