10.7.1 Squads

Guards can be placed in squads to better patrol and guard the city.

CITY GUARD SQUADS
This command lists all of the squads that have been created in your city.

CITY GUARD SQUAD CREATE <squad name>
This command will create a squad with the name indicated. The name can only be one word, up to 20 characters in length.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name>
View settings and members of a squad.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> ASSIGN <guard num>
Assign a guard in your city to a squad.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> STANDGUARD [room num] [permanent]
Set a squad to stand guard in one room. If you do not indicate a room number, it will default to the room you are standing in.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> PATROL <patrol name>
Set a squad to a patrol path in the city. See HELP PATROLS for more information.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> LEADER <guard num>
Set the leader of a squad. All squad members will move to the leader should the be separated.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> SPEED <5 - 100>
This is how man seconds squads will spend in a room when moving from waypoint to waypoint in a patrol.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> GUARD <5 - 100>
This is how long a squad will stand at a waypoint, before moving to the next one.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> STRUCTURE <type> [type] [type]
Structure is the basic guard make up of a squad. For example, if you want a squad to be made up of one of each type of guard in the city, you would enter CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> STRUCTURE 1 2 3 4 5 6. This is use in conjuction with the purchase command to quickly hire guards.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> PURCHASE
This command will check for missing guards in the squad based on the set structure. If any guards are missing they will be hired and they will travel to their station or patrol automatically.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> REMOVE <guard>
This command will remove a guard from its squad.

CITY GUARD SQUAD <squad name> DISBAND
This command will disband the squad and delete the squad. The guards will still exist, but they will no longer belong to a squad.

ORDER SQUAD <squad name> MOVE <dir>
Use this to an entire squad to move in a direction. If a squad it ordered in this way, it will be set to standguard in the new room.

See Also: HELP SECURITY and HELP PATROLS.