Field Bases
Forward footholds, placed with care.
Field bases are the forward positions that let infantry spawn, resupply, and hold near the front. A good one anchors a push; a badly placed one is a gift to the enemy.
What this page teaches
- What field bases provide
- Where to place them
- Supplying a forward base
- Common placement errors
What field bases do
Field bases give frontline troops a forward point to spawn, resupply, and fall back to. They shorten the distance between the stockpile and the fight.
A push without a forward base often stalls simply because reinforcements take too long to arrive.
Where to place them
A field base should be close enough to support the front but not so exposed that it is overrun immediately. Cover, terrain, and supply access all matter.
Think about how the enemy will approach it before you place it.
Supplying a field base
A forward base is only useful with supplies in it. It needs uniforms, ammo, medical gear, and maintenance materials delivered and kept topped up.
Plan the logistics route to the base as part of placing it.
Common placement errors
- Placing a base too far forward where it cannot be defended
- Placing it with no cover or supply route
- Building a base nobody is willing to garrison
- Forgetting maintenance, so the base decays and is lost passively
When to build one
Build a field base when a front needs a forward foothold and players will actually use and supply it. Do not scatter bases that no one defends or stocks.
A single well-supplied base beats three neglected ones.
Related systems
Field bases connect to Public Stockpiles, Maintenance Supplies, and Bunkers for heavier fortification.
Dropping a field base far forward with no cover, no supply route, and no garrison. It just hands the enemy a target.
Before placing a field base, confirm two things: someone will defend it and someone will supply it. Without both, do not build it.