The press ends in either total annihilation or a rout. Physical combat is where it s at, unfortunately. You wont win too many battles with only gunfire in fact, you won t win any. Melee is almost wholly dependent on the Morale Ratings of the units involved. We did a little informal survey on the battlefield and found that nearly 4 out of 5 people would rather take a brisk walk in the direction away from the enemy than be stabbed repeatedly in the stomach the stomach if they re lucky .
Morale is an idea commanders have come up with to keep soldiers from following that instinct.
Still, sometimes cowardice is sooooo tempting. Despite the best efforts of your generals, your soldiers won t fight until they are dead at least, they won t choose to do so. A unit is routed when its damage exceeds its morale rating. Commanders may attempt to restore the morale of shaken troops. That s a pretty good idea since routed units are virtually no good to anyone.