How do I equip my troops in strategus?

[Sir_Hans]

and other than losing all your troops, what happens when I lose a battle in strategus?

too lazy to search for answer  , looking for them on a silver platter thx   

[Jarlek]

When you lose a battle in strategus you: 1) lose all equipment, 2) lose all troops, 3) lose all Trade Goods and 4) you are teleported to a random location.

Also. You equip your troops by crafting (cheapest) the items or buying them from other players (can be cheap or expensive) or the AI (very expensive).

[RibaldRon]

To expand on what Zapper said, just having equipment in your inventory.

When a battle takes place people ("Mercenaries") sign up for  it and it plays out like a regular c-RPG battle,  but they use the equipment out of your inventory.  It CAN run out so it can  be dangerous to raid with  a minimal amount of gear.

[Slamz]

When you lose a battle in strategus you: 1) lose all equipment, 2) lose all troops, 3) lose all Trade Goods and 4) you are teleported to a random location.

Also. You equip your troops by crafting (cheapest) the items or buying them from other players (can be cheap or expensive) or the AI (very expensive).

Incidentally, I think #1 has changed.  Diggles got attacked a while ago and got sacked but when he teleported, he still had some of the gear that didn't get used in the battle.  Just eyeballing it, I want to say he kept 20% of his gear?  10%?  Something like that.  He still had stuff, anyway.  There was no retreat and he lost all troops, so it was just a regular old defeat.