The Blockade is a key encounter.
Overview[]
Blockades[1] are obstructions that hinder the Train from moving forward on the track. These invisible locations are encountered only when the Train reaches them, and must be resolved in either of the two ways:
- Ramming: the Train proceeds without stopping.[2]
- This causes heavy durability loss to the leading car (mostly the Locomotive) and those inside it lose Health.
- Does not result in time lost.
- Clearing the track: the Train stops and the obstruction must be meticulously cleared by hand.[3]
- This causes the blockade to appear as a Point of Interest on the track, which takes 2 hours to clear, but does not require a squad to be deployed.
- After resolved, the Blockade rewards a large amount of wood (typically 70-90).
- Accident can occur, inflicting health loss on a random soldier.[4]
- Soldiers with the Caring trait gain morale.
- Soldiers with the Careless, Cowardly or Ruthless traits lose morale.
Some Blockades may be rigged with a grenade by the Red Army. If there is a soldier with the Vengeful trait on board, the booby-trap may be discovered when the Track is cleared, and the grenade is added to the Train's inventory[5]. Otherwise, it explodes, causing additional damage to the locomotive (when rammed), or a random soldier (when the track is cleared).
Outcome Report[]
- ↑ Major, the lookouts have spotted an obstruction ahead. It seems that a large tree has fallen on the tracks. We need to remove it.
- ↑ Ram it! Waste no time, we can deal with the damage.
- ↑ Stop the train! We can't risk any damage.
- ↑ Major, the obstruction has been removed, and we can move again, but there was an accident and soldier got hurt.
- ↑ Major, the obstruction was booby-trapped, but because soldier insisted that the whole thing had been a plot by the Reds, we checked it first and found a grenade rigged to explode. The track is clear now.