Dispatch Game Guide
Introduction to Dispatch
Dispatch is a tactical strategy game where every decision carries weight. As the commander of a special operations unit, you'll manage a diverse team of operatives, each with unique skills, personalities, and interpersonal relationships. Success depends on understanding your team's capabilities and making the right calls under pressure.
Core Game Loop
1. Mission Selection
Each mission presents unique challenges with varying difficulty levels, required skills, and potential risks. Review mission briefings carefully to understand what you're facing.
2. Team Composition
Select 1-3 operatives for the mission. Consider their skills, abilities, current status (fatigue, injuries), and relationships with other team members. A well-composed team dramatically increases success probability.
3. Mission Execution
Once deployed, mission outcome is determined by multiple factors: team skills vs. requirements, abilities that match mission tags, flaws that may cause complications, and team dynamics.
4. Post-Mission Management
After missions, manage fatigue, treat injuries, and maintain team morale. Overworked operatives perform poorly and risk burnout. Balance mission tempo with recovery time.
Skills System
Every operative has six core skills rated 0-100. Missions require different skill combinations:
Strength
Physical power and combat effectiveness. Critical for tactical raids and confrontations.
Tech
Technical expertise, hacking, and systems manipulation. Essential for cyber operations.
Speed
Agility, reaction time, and quick decision-making. Valuable in time-sensitive scenarios.
Negotiation
Communication and de-escalation skills. Crucial for hostage situations and diplomacy.
Perception
Situational awareness and threat detection. Helps identify dangers and hidden elements.
Leadership
Team coordination and command presence. Improves overall team performance.
Abilities and Flaws
Abilities
Special talents that provide bonuses when conditions are met. Abilities often activate when mission tags match their effect tags (e.g., "Master Negotiator" on hostage missions).
Stack multiple relevant abilities for maximum effectiveness.
Flaws
Weaknesses that may trigger during missions. Each flaw has a probability of activation and penalty value. Some flaws are minor inconveniences; others can derail entire operations.
Plan around major flaws or avoid sending affected operatives on vulnerable missions.
Team Relationships
Operatives have established relationships with each other, ranging from strong bonds to tensions. Relationship values directly affect mission success:
- +15 to +20:Strong bond - significant team performance boost
- +5 to +14:Positive relationship - minor performance improvement
- -4 to +4:Neutral - no significant effect
- -5 to -10:Tension - coordination suffers slightly
- -11 or lower:Serious conflict - avoid pairing together
Fatigue and Status Management
Fatigue (0-100%)
Accumulates with each mission. High fatigue reduces effectiveness and increases risk of mistakes. Fatigue above 50% starts significantly impacting performance. Rest operatives between missions.
Injured Status
Results from mission complications or failed operations. Injured operatives suffer -15% performance penalty. Medical treatment required before full recovery.
Exhausted Status
Occurs when fatigue exceeds critical thresholds. -10% penalty to all actions. Mandatory rest period required. Deploying exhausted operatives risks permanent consequences.
Understanding Success Probability
Mission success is calculated using multiple factors:
Use the Right-Call Simulator to test different team compositions and see detailed breakdowns.
Pro Tips
- Match abilities to mission tags - This is often more valuable than raw skill values
- Rotate your roster - Don't overuse the same operatives or they'll burn out
- Study relationships - Good chemistry can overcome modest skill gaps
- Accept some risk - 100% success isn't always achievable; 70-80% is often good enough
- Plan for the long term - Some missions can wait for optimal conditions
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