RE: [Epic] Transport units

From: Philip Troy Routley <ptr320_at_...>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 16:50:03 -0600 (CST)

>Putting one detachment on march orders and the 2nd detachment on overwatch
>is a great idea, but bear in mind that a unit (except orcs) has to pay 5cm
>in movement to load and an additional 5cm movement to disembark. The
>transporting detachement also must pay the cost. The 5cm deduction from
>their movement does not allow the unit to move 5cm to the transporting
>detachment. If you wanted the 2nd detachment to start the game loaded in
>the 1st detachment, you would either have to deduct 5cm movement from both
>detachments initially for their 1st turn movement, or start them in
>reserves. If in reserves, they would not be able to move onto the table
>until your reserve movement results allowed 2 detachments to move in, not
>just one.

Units transported by flyers cannot be put on overwatch or march orders the
turn the debark, so I would tend to think that ground transported units
cannot either.

Here's my ideas for detachments transporting other detachments:

1) The detachments must have the same orders or no orders. This means that
if your transports march, the tranportees cannot assault, overwatch, etc.,
if the transport do a regular move, the transportees can assault,
overwatch, etc. Or, both can assault, OW or march.

2) The 5cm movement cost to embark/debark is applied *before* multiplying
by 3 for march moves.

Without these concessions, an eldar wave serpent could march 85 cm,
disgorge warpspiders on assault orders who move a further 25 cm, and then
45 cm in the assault phase for a total move of 155 cm - a full 30 cm
further then seige artillery can shoot. With the concessions, the total
move is reduced to 115 cm (both on assault orders) - which is still further
then heavy artillery can shoot, but much more reasonable.

Troy
Received on Mon Jul 21 1997 - 22:50:03 UTC