Stargrunt questions (NOT about cavalry<grin>)

> Jon et al.,

"Hey, the Sarge can't see us up here, maybe if we just keep our heads down
and don't fire then no-one will notice us...."

> Then, the squad he was detached from proceeded to get into heavy

Tricky one this. A lot would depend on whether or not the SAW team could
SEE the rest of their squad bugging out - if they could then I think
they might well decide to follow, if not then they may continue doing what
they were before. This is the sort of situation that is almost impossible to
legislate on in the rules (unless you want us to get SPI/SFB syndrome
and tell you it is covered on P.247 of master rules book 4, paragraph 38, rule
651.12, sub-clause 9A..... :)) - it would be an umpire's call if you
have
one, if not then a gentlemanly agreement or a dice-roll!

> 2) Can a unit commander on the next command level up attempt to give a

Yes, I think under these circumstances this would be entirely reasonable.

> This was just a trial game - we were trying out the rules. I loved not

Jon et al.,

Couple of questions about some situations that came up in a game last
Saturday.  Scenario was a prison raid - a high-ranking officer was being
kept in an impromptu POW camp. Problem occurred when the defender (quite
wisely, I thought at first) detached his SAW gunner from one squad and placed
him in a guard tower. A good idea, but...the leader
of the squad was a Regular - 3.  He proceeded to fail every comm roll to
get the detached SAW to actually fire at anyone.   Then, the squad he
was detached from proceeded to get into heavy combat and routed.

Questions: 1) I wasn't sure what to do with the detached element when the rest
of the squad routed. The squad was probably 18 inches away at the time. It
didn't seem right to force the detached SAW element to rout as well since he
hadn't even been fired on during the game.

2) Can a unit commander on the next command level up attempt to give a
detached element orders? In this game, the Platoon commander was nearby