Editing Scouting (activity) (section)

=== Losing ===
If you lose the event, and you have surviving characters, they will form a ''footsquad'', and start to walk back to town.
Walking back to town is ten times (10x) slower than driving, and it is highly probable that your ''footsquad'' will have at least one encounter with the [[fauna|creatures]] in the area, or groups of on-foot bandits or mutants.

The walk back to town also exposes your characters to the aurora (they are protected while in their vehicles) and the blistering sun.  As a result, characters who have to walk may become sick due to radiation poisoning and/or sunstroke.  Stronger characters will be less affected by the environment than weaker characters.

'''NOTE:''' Be sure to equip each of your characters with a personal weapon, otherwise they will have to fight any encounters unarmed.

If your characters have formed a ''footsquad'' any encounters it has can be initiated from your gang's '''Squads''' page.

'''NOTE:''' Anyone with a character in the ''footsquad'' can initiate the encounters as there is no designated ''squad owner'' as there is with vehicle squads.