Emotional State

Emotional states are temporary buffs or nerfs that are given to Squad Leaders or Pilots after they experience certain types of events. For example, receiving HP damage in a round can result in the 'bruised' state, which may escalate to the 'injured' state if further damage is sustained.

Characters can hold multiple emotional states at once. Some negative states can temporarily be avoided by using certain Accessories, like drugs.

Currently, the game has X emotional states in total (Y positive and Z negative).

Positive Emotional States

Name	Effect/Description	Duration	Possible Trigger(s)	May escalate to
Determined	This character is determined to pull through any challenges put in front of them, they have their discipline increased by 15%	5	Stabilized by another SL	Euphoric
Eager	Reduces movement costs by 2 per tile	5	Enemies killed Stabilized another SL	Euphoric
Overconfident	Overconfidence leads to increased risk taking but can also be beneficient to combat performance: -10% defense and +10% Accuracy.	5	?	Euphoric
Euphoric	Gaining two positive emotional states in a row this character is now Euphoric which greatly increases their combat effectiveness: +10% accuracy, discipline, morale and damage reduction	2	Gaining two positive emotional states in a row	N/A

Negative Emotional States

Name	Effect/Description	Duration	Possible Trigger(s)	May escalate to
Frustrated	Being frustrated severely reduces a characters combat effectiveness: -10% Discipline and -10% Accuracy	5	Received Friendly Fire	Miserable
Hesitant	Increases movement costs by 4 per tile	5	?	Miserable
Disheartened	The slightest scare will make this character scream and run for the hills. They will flee instantly instead of being Wavering first	5	?	Miserable
Miserable	The unit is always in wavering morale	2	?	N/A

Exhaustion

Name	Effect/Description	Duration	Possible Trigger(s)	May escalate to
Weary	This character has been on too many consecutive missions and will get exhausted when deployed on another mission before recovering	1	Participated in consecutive missions before current	Exhausted
Exhausted	Without time to rest and refit this character went over their physical limits. Their combat effectiveness is severely reduced: -40 Action Points	2	Being deployed on a mission while in the "Weary" state	N/A

Injuries

Name	Effect/Description	Duration	Possible Trigger(s)	May escalate to
Bruised	This character suffered various minor injuries, usually from intense combat. They are not out of action but suffer from reduced effectiveness: -5% accuracy and -5% discipline	5	Lost all squaddies	Injured
Injured	The character suffers from injuries and has their combat effectiveness reduced: -40% accuracy, -40% discipline and -30 AP.	2	Near death experience	N/A