Re: [Epic] Net Epic

From: <duckrvr_at_...>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:14:35 -0600

At 12:35 PM 2/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>> What the majority seem to want is the morale system to remain as is with
>> the following addendum: Units the have failed morale and are on fall
>> back orders DO NOT COUNT FOR TAKING OBJECTIVES! This simple solution
>> keeps all movement in the movement phase and does not give away free
>> Vp's to units on fall back orders.
>
>Situation:
>
>A Goff mob gets the crap kicked out of them by a detachment of terminatiors,
>and then fails their morale check and go on fallback orders. Following
>the rules for fallback, they move *away* from all enemy stands and take
>cover. In this case, the nearest cover that does not cause them to move
>towards the enemy is a building with an objective counter in its center.

>The terminators remain outside, about 5 cm. from the objective. Thier
>player doesn't want to send them in because their company is 1 model
>away from the breaking point, and even against demoralized Goffs that
>seems like a big chance to take as his enemy is only 8 points from
>victory (not counting the objective in the building.)
>
>Question: Who holds the objective? In the above suggestion, it would
>seem to go to the terminators. However, it is still covered with
>greenies. They are skulking and cowering, but they still own the ground.
>
>(Note: in the actual case, the marine player sent in his terminators.
>He won the objective easily, but one of the Ork stands got lucking
>and handed victory to the Ork player. See? Those greenskins had some
>fight left in them after all!)

Isn't it pretty clearly stated in the fallback rules that units on fall back
can't hold objectives? Or did I miss something about voluntary fallback and
shtuff?

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Received on Mon Feb 10 1997 - 22:14:35 UTC