An Italian Ariete Main Battle Tank
Orders Template:
Build-and-Move Orders
In the Build-and-move phase of each turn cycle, each player not only can move troops and conduct combat, they also spend cash points, conduct trade, and balance their resources. Orders are typically due on a Friday night before midnight Illinois time. Late orders will usually be accepted until late on Saturday, but do not abuse this privilege. Failure to turn in any orders for three turn phases in a row will result in automatic expulsion from the game. Orders should be sent via email to all three moderators. While the General Moderator handles construction orders, the Technical Moderator handles movement and combat, and the Archival Moderator Handles record-keeping, but the Moderators may temporarily divide up the work otherwise, and will want to have all information available regardless.
To send in your orders, cut-and-paste the form below into an email, and then insert the appropriate data into the fields indicated. If you need more lines, simply add them, and feel free to delete any lines you do not need. Add any appropriate comments or special instructions you feel are needed.
TURN 1 ORDERS
(Due Date)
Game Time: (Month and Year)
Player: (Your Name), (Your Email Address)Country: (Your Position) Current Status -
Economy Cash/Limit: (Current Cash/Limit Numbers)
Resources Supply/Demand: (Current Supply/Demand Numbers)
Cash/Resource Trades:
1. (What you got) FROM (Who you got it from) FOR (What you gave them)
2. (What you got) FROM (Who you got it from) FOR (What you gave them)
3. (What you got) FROM (Who you got it from) FOR (What you gave them)
4. (What you got) FROM (Who you got it from) FOR (What you gave them)
5. (What you got) FROM (Who you got it from) FOR (What you gave them)
Conversion of Cash/Resources:
1. Convert (How Many) Resource points to Cash
2. Convert (How Many) Cash Points to Resources
Temporary Status -
Cash: (How many cash points you have after trades and conversions above)
Resources/Demand: (Your theoretically balanced resource supply/demand after trades above)
Spending -
1. (Amount) - (What you spent it on)
2. (Amount) - (What you spent it on)
3. (Amount) - (What you spent it on)
4. (Amount) - (What you spent it on)
5. (Amount) - (What you spent it on)
Base Research: (What you are Researching)
Satellites:
1. (Satellite Type) In (Orbit Type): (Reconnaissance Targets)
2. (Satellite Type) In (Orbit Type): (Reconnaissance Targets)
3. (Satellite Type) In (Orbit Type): (Reconnaissance Targets)
4. (Satellite Type) In (Orbit Type): (Reconnaissance Targets)
5. (Satellite Type) In (Orbit Type): (Reconnaissance Targets)
Army/Land-based Aircraft:
1. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
2. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
3. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
4. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
5. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
Navy/Naval Aircraft:
1. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
2. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
3. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
4. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
5. (Task Force Name): (Units included, continue on next line if needed)
Location: (Where they are or where they are going)
Orders: (What they are ordered to do: Attack, Defend, Train, etc.)
Incoming Units: (units coming in this turn) From: (Task Force Name)
Outgoing Units: (units going out this turn) To: (Task Force Name)
Diplomacy Update:
1. (New treaties and negotiation details)
2. (New treaties and negotiation details)
3. (New treaties and negotiation details)
4. (New treaties and negotiation details)
5. (New treaties and negotiation details)
Other:
(Any questions you have, or anything else you want to mention)
Newsletter Articles:(Titles and text of articles for that turn's newsletter)
Here is a sample of what these orders might look like once they are filled in. This is not advice to the player in Orange, and it certainly does not reflect the actual turn 1 orders of Orange in any way whatsoever. This is simply a sample of the order template, filled out using actual starting position data.
Sample filled orders
TURN 1 ORDERS
(Due Friday, November 19th, 1999)
Game Time: January 2001
Player: Martin A. Hohner, spectrumwars@aol.comCountry: The Orange Oligarchy (Western South America)
Current Status -
Economy Cash/Limit: 15/8
Resources Supply/Demand: 14/8
Cash/Resource Trades:
1. 2 Cash FROM Denim FOR 2 Resources
2. 3 Cash FROM Yellow FOR 2 Resources
Conversion of Cash/Resources:
1. Convert 2 Resource points to 2 Cash
Temporary Status -
Cash: 22
Resources/Demand: 8/8
Spending -
1. 4 - Upgrade 2 RES to LI
2. 4 - Upgrade 2 HI to MI
3. 3 - Upgrade Level 1 Shipyards to Level 2 Shipyards
4. 1 - Invest in Counterintelligence
5. 2 - Invest in Research (Moderator-directed Naval Technology)
6. 8 - Send to Denim for 20 FA
22 Total
Base Research: Moderator-directed Naval Technology
Satellites:
1. 1 WSAT in Geosynchronous Orbit at 70 degrees West: Observing Green troop movements on my borders
Army/Land-based Aircraft:
1. Home Defense Force: 2 ARM, 2 MAR, 2 PARA, 30 FA, 50 OF, 2 MSAM
Location: Argentine/Brazilian Border
Orders: Guarding Border, MSAM defending troops
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
2. Simon Bolivar Brigade: 1 MECH, 1 AC, 3 MI, 30 MF, 40 MA, 20 R
Location: Colombian/Venezuelan Border
Orders: Guarding Border, R patrolling border and looking for enemy border troops
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
3. Task Force Maya: 6 HI, 6 LI, 20 FA, 40 MF, 40 OF, 40 MA, 4 AA
Location: Mexican/Guatemalan Border
Orders: Guarding Border, AA defending airfields
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
4. Task Force Inca: 2 GU, 80 OA, 50 GH
Location: Spread Throughout Interior
Orders: Anti-Rebel Patrol and Training
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
5. Capital Force: 2 HI, 8 RES, 100 T, 20 LB, 10 AEW
Location: Buenos Aires
Orders: Training or being upgraded
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
Navy/Naval Aircraft:
1. Home Fleet: 1 CA, 2 DD, 10 FF, 10 SS, 2 PHIB, 4 PG, 10 PTM, 10 SH
Location: Rio Plata
Orders: Routine Patrol and Training Exercises
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
2. Northern Fleet: 1 CVL, 1 CHG, 1 DDG, 11 FF, 11 SS, 30 M, 20 NF, 20 NA, 10 SH, 3 SHD
Location: Gulf of Panama
Orders: Advanced Training Exercises with Denim Pacific Fleet (1 CVN, 2 PHIB, 6 CGA, 7 DDG, 9 FFG)
Incoming Units: None, first turn.
Outgoing Units: None, first turn.
Diplomacy Update:
1. Alliance signed with Denim (copy forwarded in separate email)
2. Trade treaties signed with Denim and Yellow
3. NAP signed with Blue
4. Negotiations ongoing with Orange for NAP
5. Negotiations ongoing with Red for NAP and trade treaty
6. Free Trade Pact signed with Denim
Other:
1. A rumor was passed on to me by Red that Orange may be plotting to attack me.
Newsletter Articles:
ARGENTINA SIGNS ALLIANCE WITH U.S., HOLDS NAVAL EXERCISES WITH PACIFIC FLEET
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (PNA) -- Argentine Presidente Lothar Sanchez-Speer announced today that he has just concluded negotiations for an alliance with the United States, and that the Argentine Navy would hold joint training exercises with the U.S. Pacific fleet near Panama. The two nations pledged to come to each others' defense in case of attack by the Associated States, and the U.S. pledged to aid Argentina in the modernization of their military. Also as part of the agreement, Argentina and the U.S. agreed to lower tariff barriers and increase trade between the two nations. Presidente Sanchez-Speer stated that "This is the dawning of a new age for the great Popular Republic of Argentina, we will finally enter the modern age and take our place among the great nations of the world." American President Carney released a statement that said he was pleased with the agreement, and that he hoped this newfound sense of security would enable Argentina to carry out much-needed democratic reforms.
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