Re: [Epic] WD217 Epic Article
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>>' The Great Gargant was standing on a hill, undamaged at the start of the
>>turn when 18 Space Marine units swept down from orbit and landed in the
>>open, in front of the Gargant. The Ork detachment in the woods nearby was
>>surprised by the Space Marine's arrival and broken. The Thunderhawks dusted
>>off, blasting the Gargant as they went and placing 3 BMs for their 24 FP
>>(before halving this for transport orders) and destroying 2 shields. The
>>Space Marines opened up, destroying some more of the Gargant's shields, and
>>placing another 3 BMs. With so many BM on it the Gargant's return firing
>>was seriously limited and it was unable to move in the assault phase.'
>><end snip>
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>>1) Is there a 'surprise' rule, which allows you to scare away detachments ?
>>I thought (I haven't got my rules book here) that the sequence was something
>>like 'do flying stuff, move, shoot, move, close combat, firefight, run
>>away'. The SM land, jump out, scare the Orks away, the Thunderhawks and SM
>>fire at the Gargant ???
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>I guess this is in fact just poetic license. You can shoot, firefight and
>close assault all in the same turn. The situation is possible that because
>the Orks were in the woods no shooting between the SM and Boyz could take
>place, but a firefight may have taken place. The order in which the events
>have been described in the paragraph are out of turn sequence, but could
>syill happen. Assuming the 18 SM stands could beat the Orks in a FF :o)
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>>2) The Thawks place BM according to their total FP, put fire at half their
>>FP ??? I thought you had to calculate your FP, and place BMs according to
>>that FP ?
>>
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>This bit is right. You place BM's according to total FP available before
>calculating final FP (So, before deducting BM's for example)
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>>Continually feeling always confused,
>>
>>Carl Billen
>>billenc_at_...
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>Merry Xmas!
>Cheers,
>Colin
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