Airborne units

[rupd3658]

Is there a way to deploy airborne units on their aircraft at the start of a scenario?

[bru888]

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 74&t=77362

(On second thought, you may not be talking about scenario editing. If you mean in the deployment stage of an existing scenario, no, I don't think so. Airborne troops must embark at an airfield.)

[Horst]

Yes, you can put the paras into a transport plane during the deployment phase for 20 RPs. Afterwards move the transport plane around the airfield's hexes. The plane may not be placed on any air-deployment zones though.

[rupd3658]

Do you get to keep the transport plane or is it 20 RPs per unit per scenario? That would not seem worth the cost.

[Horst]

Paras don't keep their transport plane like an attached land-transport. If they don't jump in the last scenario then the plane won't be taken over to the next scenario either. It's always 20 bucks for each lift - sometimes worth it, sometimes not.
I hope someday we can also airlift other equipment from airfield to airfield. A pity we can't modify variables like mine- and airlift-cost yet.

[Erik2]

You can assign air transport to spawned regular units in the editor. They will then be able to land at airfields only.
I would love to assign air transport to a regular unit parked on an airfield, but only units that had an 'air-transportable' trait. This could be engineers and light AAs, ATs and artillery.