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[Ultimate tech is getting onto ground = space age - mars]

"The more I think about it, the more it seems clear to me that there'll have to be some kind of rudimentary inventory system. If only to direct where the recovered and manufactured loot and armour goes.

Should Rs have a pack animal/trusty companion animal/? It would give some flesh to the setting and spice up the combat strategy, but there isn't an ecological or gameplay precedent for it which may make it a little awkward or hamfisted. In my mind, I see a dumb, slobbering four-legged creature without a head, bounding around and snuffling with doggish enthusiasm. It has no head, four stubby muscled limbs and a short stubby tail. Instead of the head, there's just a mouth of slobbered tentacles, like a cuttlefish but without the eyes. Or maybe with the eyes.

If a creature comes in to fill theirroles it'll mean scent, guard dogs, aide in patrols.

Flanking, attacks from behind, ambush."-22/11/12.

Using the controlled angles of corridor warfare it should be easy to implement directional bonuses for combat based around which way a unit is facing. This should definitely add some depth to the combat, and difficulty when facing organised enemies on a higher difficulty. Leading the more mindless enemies into traps and ambushes will improve the odds of survival for members of their squad. Improving one's odds through attaining combat supremacy, while not paramount, is surely a priority, and utilising the R's inherent ability to manipulate aspects of the terrain is key: constructing a facade, funnelling enemies, setting traps and fabricating dead ends are all the advantages that the defender has at their disposal by virtual of being able to fundamentally manipulate the battleground.