Re: [Epic] Transport units

From: Francois Bruntz <fbruntz_at_...>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 06:48:42 PDT

>> Hypothesis : detachment A : 2 Devastator Squads
>> detachment B : 2 Rhinos
>>
>> Question : Can the rhinos of B transport the Devastators
>> of A?
>>
>>I would not like a positive answer because it would be easy to say
>>that B is in March and to transport A with a tripled mvt. Not very
>>reallistic, no? What do you think about this?

You wrote :

>They you won't like the answer :(. There is nothing in the rules
>to say they can't. Also on page 15 of the battles book, under
>Reserves it says:
>
>"A detachment which is transporting another detachment (such as
>a transport flyers or a war engine for example) is treated as a
>single detachment for purposes of rolling for reserves."
>
>So, as you point out, it is quite possible to put the transport on
>different orders from the unit it carries. For example, you could
>put the transports on march orders and the unit being transported
>on overwatch.

Arg! I only hope that I did not give to many bad ideas to my

opponents...


Francois Bruntz
Apprenti MIAGE (Universite Paris XII - IBM France)

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