Solved " not enough guys boss "

[Mark]

hello! I am wondering if I have done something wrong.
I decided to make Abernathy Farm my first takeover.
when I met my raiders near the Farm, there were many of them.
when I went to talk to Jammer, after I had built the war desk, he suggested we should takeover a settlement for supplies. I said yes but he said we lacked the man power. It was then that I noticed that there was only five raiders left on the farm. two with the option to guard and three with the option to work.
where did the others go?
can I go and enslave settlers alone? I need captives or slaves to farm i think.
finally I would like to ask about the map icons. i noticed that when I put the cursor over Abernathy, all the nearby settlements, red rocket, starlight, sunshine tidings etc, have an icon of a settler with chain under them. what does it mean please. sorry if none of this makes sense I am feeling unwell

 

[Phil_T_Casual]

They more than likely died during the attack.
Taking a farm as your HQ is a bad idea imo, you need them for vassals not as outposts.

 

[Superweevil]

Red Rocket defaults to the most functional first HQ settlement. I 'd definitely avoid Abernathy as an outpost, or some of the other farming-leaning ones like Finch, Greentop, Graygarden, et cetera...

 

[Mark]

ty ty I will restart and take red rocket as my first hq. i'm feeling slightly better now. I took some cold and flu medicine and went back to sleep. 6 hours later I look out the window and it is still, overcast raining and windy. yay! October!