ATTACKER & DEFENDER
Cadia is the attacker, mounting a combined-arms push to take a contested strongpoint. The opposing gang is the defender, holding the fortified position the Regiment means to seize.
BATTLEFIELD
A central fortified strongpoint — a bunker, ruin or emplacement — ringed by open approaches and scattered cover.
DEPLOYMENT
Cadia deploys massed at one board edge, its Sentinel or armour set on a flank to sweep the approach. The defender deploys in and around the central strongpoint.
THE COMBINED ASSAULT
Cadia's strength is its layered arms — heavy weapons suppressing while the infantry advance and the armour turns the flank. The attacker that commits every arm together presses the strongpoint hardest.
ENDING THE BATTLE
The battle ends when Cadia holds the strongpoint uncontested, or when the assault is broken and driven off.
VICTORY
Cadia wins if it controls the strongpoint at the end of the game. The defender wins by holding it to the end, or by breaking the assault.
REWARDS
Cadia gains reputation and a free special or heavy weapon requisition for a successful assault. The defender gains reputation for holding the ground.
THE CONTROL TRACK
A Cadian win advances its Control-Track claim on the strongpoint. A defender win holds the marker where it stands.