One of the core features of this mod is that any soldier can carry spare rockets, and Give them to other soldiers. So you can form rocket crews where only one soldier actually has the Rocket Launcher, while others simply carry the ammunition for it.

Giving a rocket takes one action and doesn't end turn.

The only restriction to Giving rockets is that the target soldier must have fewer than 3 rockets in total. If one rocket has several "shots", like when using Heavy Ordnance perk, each "shot" will count as a separate rocket for the purposes of this restriction.

Similarly, each "shot" of the rocket is Given separately.


At the request of Beaglerush: https://www.twitch.tv/beagsandjam/

I have added an optional feature. In XComRockets.ini, each rocket can be configured to require to be Armed before it can be fired.

• Arming takes one action and doesn't end turn.
  
• Normally, only one rocket can be Armed at a time.
  
• Arming another rocket will Disarm the previously Armed rocket.
  
• Once Armed, the rocket will remain Armed until it is fired, Disarmed by Arming another rocket, or Given away.

This feature is intended to make Tactical Combat more challenging, as you have to prep the rocket for the shot in advance, and you have to predict what kind of rocket you will most likely need next.


I have created some interesting interactions between these two mechanics.

• If a rocket was Armed this turn, it will remain Armed when you Give it to another soldier, who can then fire it right away.
  
  
• If that soldier already had an Armed rocket, then the Given rocket will remain Armed until the end of turn.
  
  
• If you try to Give a third Armed rocket to that soldier, then the rocket that was added second will Disarm.
  
  
• If that soldier has Salvo or a similar perk, they can fire both Armed rockets in one turn.
  
  
• If a rocket was Armed this turn, it can be Given to a second soldier, who can then carry and Give it to a third soldier, and that rocket will still remain Armed and can be Given further or fired right away.
  
  
• If an Armed rocket is Given to a soldier who didn't have any Armed rockets, and then that soldier tries to Arm another rocket, the Given Armed rocket will Disarm.
  
  
• If a rocket was Armed on one of the previous turns, it will Disarm automatically before it is Given to another soldier.
  
  That is a necessary tactical limitation, otherwise you would be able to pull off a cheese strat of splitting all the rockets between different squad members, and then just Arming all of them at the start of the mission.

For complete clarity of the mechanic, here are a few examples.






By default, the Nuke is the only Rocket that requires Arming. However, Arming works differently than for other rockets.

1. Once a Nuke is Armed, it cannot be Disarmed, and you cannot Arm any other rockets.
2. If a Soldier with an Armed Nuke is Given another Armed rocket, that rocket will be Disarmed automatically.
2. If a soldier holds any Armed rockets, all of them will be automatically Disarmed if the soldier is given an Armed Nuke.
4. Once Armed, a Nuke will automatically detonate on the third turn after it was Armed.
5. The overall intent is that once a Nuke is Armed, it will blow up, either because you fired it, or by itself.
6. (Currently) if a soldier with an Armed Nuke receives another Armed Nuke, the Nuke that was Armed first will Disarm. This is not the intended behavior, and I will be adjusting it in the future.

The Nuke also requires two actions to fire, so normally a soldier cannot Arm a Nuke and then Fire it on the same turn. However, another soldier can Arm a Nuke, then Give it to a soldier with an Elerium Rocket Launcher, who can then Fire it right away.