Locutus9956
Mongoose
Heres an interesting one:
How long does a unit stay suppressed for? Does it only last till it has 'lost an action' or does it last until its next TAKES an action. As an example I give a situation that arose in a test game I was mucking about with earlier.
A Brittish infantry squad is standing in the open around the corner of a building.
A USMC fire team moves up to the corner and peers round from cover, to fire in their second action, however their move to the corner ends withing 10" of the Brits, who react, unsurprisingly by opening fire. The lead marine is killed and about 8 or 9 dice are assigned to the unfortunate marines (who are a 5 man fireteam with their Sgt.) They are immediately suppressed and lose their next action so cant fire. Ok so far so good.
The issue arises next, as in their next turn the brits move round the corner to open fire with everyone on the Marines. Are the Marines still surpressed at this point (and thus unable to react except to run away 4") as they have not had an action yet since losing their fire action at the end of the previous turn or are they back to normal as soon as they lost action (at the end of their turn) and thus able to react by blasting away?
Hope that all makes sense as a question, if not, sorry Im tired and I'll check clarify if needs be
For the record I assumed you are still surpressed till you get your next unlost action but needless to say this can make a big difference (in this situation it resulted in the Marines being totally blown away in short order and pretty much wont the Brits that skirmish (the fact the Challenger blew the Abrahams away helped too though....)
How long does a unit stay suppressed for? Does it only last till it has 'lost an action' or does it last until its next TAKES an action. As an example I give a situation that arose in a test game I was mucking about with earlier.
A Brittish infantry squad is standing in the open around the corner of a building.
A USMC fire team moves up to the corner and peers round from cover, to fire in their second action, however their move to the corner ends withing 10" of the Brits, who react, unsurprisingly by opening fire. The lead marine is killed and about 8 or 9 dice are assigned to the unfortunate marines (who are a 5 man fireteam with their Sgt.) They are immediately suppressed and lose their next action so cant fire. Ok so far so good.
The issue arises next, as in their next turn the brits move round the corner to open fire with everyone on the Marines. Are the Marines still surpressed at this point (and thus unable to react except to run away 4") as they have not had an action yet since losing their fire action at the end of the previous turn or are they back to normal as soon as they lost action (at the end of their turn) and thus able to react by blasting away?
Hope that all makes sense as a question, if not, sorry Im tired and I'll check clarify if needs be
For the record I assumed you are still surpressed till you get your next unlost action but needless to say this can make a big difference (in this situation it resulted in the Marines being totally blown away in short order and pretty much wont the Brits that skirmish (the fact the Challenger blew the Abrahams away helped too though....)
