Combat Core

Combat Core is the shared combat brain other mods build on. Survivors, allies, neutrals and raiders all fight with the same building blocks.

Cover and position: fighters move to cover that really breaks the enemy's line of sight, peek out to shoot, find better cover when flanked, prefer high ground, keep their spacing and hold chokepoints. Movement: formations, bounding overwatch, flanking along covered routes, fighting withdrawals, pursuit on a leash, regrouping, guard posts, patrols, escorts, and clearing a building room by room. Fire control: never through a friend, suppressive fire, focus fire, holding fire until effective range, overwatch, reloading behind cover, and fighting at the weapon's best range. Morale and care: near misses and hits build up to pinned; broken units rout, rally and surrender; fighters stand over, treat and drag their downed out of the line of fire. At the base, survivors who hear gunfire nearby stop work to face it or take shelter, with an alert. Rank and File's squads and tactics run on it. Works in the game's own Mods menu and through the AshForge Hub.