Re: [Epic] 40K/IG infantry Detachments

From: Staffan Raupach <z96rast_at_...>
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 11:16:39 +0200

Jeff Schmidt wrote:
>
> >Flyers can also be snap fired, but I am not totally sure it halts their
> >movement. The rules don't say they keep going, but the example on the
> >very last page of the rules seems to imply (to me, anyway) that they keep
> >moving normally. This would make more sense than forcing a thunderhawk
> >to stop moving because an assault stand snap fired it, but it may be a
> >play-balance rule rather than a realism rule. Forcing the flyer to stop
> >would also have the odd effect (IMO) of making infantry screens a more
> >effective air defence than an equivalent points worth of Flak units.
>
> See p.46 "Ground Attack", E40k Rule Book:
> "2. Flyers have an unlimited move, but can only travel straight ahead.
> Enemy units can snap-fire at them as they move. However, unlike other
> units, flyers don't have to halt when snap-fired at."
>
> Still makes large infantry screens better than flak in many cases...

flak has greater range than the infantries 10" snapfire.
\\staffan
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