Re: [Epic] Q&A suggestion: (was] Cheddar & Edam)

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:34:03 -0700

Miller, Chris wrote:
>
> > The ever-present
> > > example is fast attack troops (like Swooping Hawks) in one
> > detachment
> > > and another detachment of transports. Since they're 2 different
> > > detachments, you can give the transports March orders (x3 move) and
> > > still put the attack troops on Assault. You can move the infantry
> > > 90-100cm in one turn this way. Nasty.
> >
> > I still disagree that you can do this, since I think March orders
> > represents
> > the units moving quickly during the whole move (explaining the
> > no-cover
> > rule), including the time the assault troops would spend disembarking
> > and
> > moving further and assaulting). Has this been asked in a Q&A? (I'll
> > look of course, but typical netizen, I'm typing before researching.
> > :-)
> > (Also before finding any rule that says you can't do this.)
> >
> > andy
> >
> >
> --------> I think we could almost all agree that this is rules-lawyering
> bigtime, but the problem is that by the letter of the rules it's legal.
> All it would take to fix it is a statement like "a unit leaving a
> transport has movement remaining which is proprotional to the amount of
> movement used by the transport. Example: If you move the transport half
> of its move #, troops inside can move a max of half their movement
> allowed by their orders, even in the assault phase." Ok, that's a little
> cumbersome to explain, but anyone who's played SM/TL knows what I'm
> trying to say. That way, even if the transports are on march, the
> assault troops aren't gaining this sudden movement burst. Or just phrase
> it as "all movement within the movement phase is simultaneous" which
> means you can't string together movement like that described above.
> While we're at it, we could fix the annoying "infiltrators
> bouncing out of transports and gaining extra movement" effect too. Maybe
> state that the infiltrating bonus move must be used first.
>
> Chris Miller

I thought we had fixed this problem by saying that units inside of
transports must be on the same orders as the transports. smae with orks
hitching a lift.

Thane

Thane
Received on Fri Jan 30 1998 - 01:34:03 UTC