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Drongo -> (8/16/2002 4:54:48 PM)
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Mate,
For question 2, any unit that has engineers in it can upgrade the airbase level of a location.
Generally, to improve a location's air base level, do the following.
1) Get as many engineer squads and vehicles as you can into the hex/location you want to expand. Units with engineer capability will have ENG as their type when looking at the troops located at a base. They also have an engineering symbol on them if you are selecting them from the unit line of that hex. If you click on an individual unit you can see how many squads of engineers they contain. It will also show how many engineering vehicles they contain (if any). Only some allied units will contain engineering vehicles. Each vehicle does 5 times the engineering work of a squad (I think).
2) Ensure you have good supply at a base (cant tell you what it is exactly but having twice the minimum supply need of the base is a good start). To expand a base takes supplies.
3) Click on the hex/location to bring up the base screen. Toward the top and right you will see buttons asking you whether you want to expand/stop expanding the Port, Airfield and Fortifications. If you want to expand the airfield, click the button next to "Airfield" until it shows "Stop Expanding" (which is fine, if no building is happening, it shows "Expand") and the airfield capacity in the top middle of the screen should now say expanding and have a % (It will normally show 0 when you first start). The % means how much of the work has been done to expand 1 level. Your now on the way.
4) To build the airbase as quick as possible, make sure the engineers are not working on anything else (like the port or fortifications). If they are, stop them by clicking the buttons so that they show expand port and expand fortification. If this is combined with as many engineering squads/vehicles as possible, as well as good supply, you are probably building as fast as possible (in my opinion but someone else may know more).
5) Under the best circumstances, airbases can be expanded very quickly (one level a week, maybe. Not sure exactly). Check the SPS level the hex (explained in manual). If the airbase level of a location has not exceeded its SPS level, it will go fairly quickly. If you want to expand to beyond the SPS level (you can expand an extra 3 levels beyond the SPS of a location), it will take considerably more time to reach the next level.
6) Got to go now, need alcohol. Bye.
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