Mortar Craters

[Stormkiko]

I was launching mortars at incoming raiders and a poison ship last night and it got me thinking how cool it would be to have visible scars in the land from mortars. Mortars landing on soft dirt could create a visible crater area and kill all the plants that are in it, mortars landing on rock flooring could crack it, making it less beautiful and slower to walk on until smoothed out by colonists.

I remember a game of Company of Heroes that a friend and I played that saw artillery used extensively and the burned out, pitted battlefield at the end looked amazing.

I think it would just add more character and story to maps that have been in use for a while.