Re: [Epic] Stupid transport question (continued)

From: François Bruntz <Francois.Bruntz_at_...>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 22:26:41 -0000

Tu as �crit :

> Maybe the question should be asked to Jervis, 'cause it's worded quite
> ambigiously in the rules...
>
> p.15 : "It costs a Transport unit 5cm of its movement to pick up or set
down
> _a_ passenger unit or cargo."
>
> It may be nitpicking, but it does not say "...set down _its_ passenger
> units...", so I interpreted the rule in the way that a Rhino has to lose
> 10cm to set down its complete cargo of 2 passenger units (it takes twice
the
> time to unload two units).
>
> p.38 : "Mounting or dismounting a Transport unit costs 5cm to both the
> Transport unit and the infantry unit(s) movement a turn". Once again, it
is
> not quite clear whether the Transporter loses 5cm per Transportee
> dismounting.
>
> I do believe that when a unit cannot move, the units can still dismount,
so
> the Leviathan can drop off all its 6 units in one phase (but it doesn't
move
> at all).
>
> So here is the question :
> Does a Rhino which drops off its 2 passenger units lose of its movement:
> a) 5 cm (because someone dismounts)
> b) 10 cm (because 2 units dismount)
>
> I always played according to b).
>

I agree with you for b)
We can consider that mounting/dismounting two units will take more time
than mounting/dismounting one unit.

Fran�ois Bruntz
Apprenti MIAGE (Universit� Paris XII/IBM France)

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