Caught in your own fire zone.

[retaf33c]

Does the rule that states that a model may never be caught within a Fire Zone that it helped create means that a model can't shoot at something say 2 inches away or that dice can't be allocated to it?

Not being able to shoot at something close simply because it will be in the fire zone doesn't make sense, so I'm assuming the latter but wanted to make sure.

 

[rjandron]

No, it means that a squad cannot be affected by a fire zone it creates.

Of course, if there's another friendly squad that wants to create its own fire zone that catches the first squad in it...well, can you say friendly fire?

 

[Shadow4ce]

No, it means that a squad cannot be affected by a fire zone it creates.

Of course, if there's another friendly squad that wants to create its own fire zone that catches the first squad in it...well, can you say friendly fire?

Yes, I can say "Friendly Fire." I can also say "Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairie" and other figments of imagination. I prefer the term "Incoming Fire from Idiots who can't ID their targets." It is much more appropriate, as "Friendly Fire" isn't (friendly). :x

On topic, rjandron is correct, you CAN fire at very close range without affecting the firing squad. Basically the rule means a unit cannot be caught within and harmed by it's own firezone. It may certainly fire at opponents who are within this zone, and one would hope quite effectively, as otherwise they are about to be overun. :wink:

 

[DM]

Yes, I can say "Friendly Fire." I can also say "Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairie" and other figments of imagination. I prefer the term "Incoming Fire from Idiots who can't ID their targets." It is much more appropriate, as "Friendly Fire" isn't (friendly). :x

Hmm, the sound of a nerve being touched. But, like it or loathe it, "friendly fire" is the accepted term. I wonder who first came up with it?

(Fratricide is a far more appropriate but I guess one reason for avoiding it, at least in "popular" circles and the press, is its obvious similarity to homicide; legal parallel can easily be drawn (see recent events in the UK for example) which is something the military would like to avoid)

 

[The Old Soldier]

Fratricide is killing ones own family member. So that doesn't fit. I think trigger happy morons is the best term to use.

 

[BuShips]

"Blue-on-blue" is another term for it.

"Friendly fire- isn't" is one of Murphy's war laws.

 

[Lorcan Nagle]

No, it means that a squad cannot be affected by a fire zone it creates.

Of course, if there's another friendly squad that wants to create its own fire zone that catches the first squad in it...well, can you say friendly fire?

Yes, I can say "Friendly Fire." I can also say "Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairie" and other figments of imagination. I prefer the term "Incoming Fire from Idiots who can't ID their targets." It is much more appropriate, as "Friendly Fire" isn't (friendly). :x

and military intelligence usually isn't

(and it's Santa Claus, by the way :idea: )

 

[Shadow4ce]

Hmm, the sound of a nerve being touched. But, like it or loathe it, "friendly fire" is the accepted term. I wonder who first came up with it?

While I am well aware of it being the accepted term, to those on the receiving end, all fire in unfriendly. :wink:
As far as who first coined the phrase, I'm gonna guess some media person who has never heard a shot fired in anger. :roll:

I think trigger happy morons is the best term to use.

Even better!

(and it's Santa Claus, by the way )

lol, so it is. Fixed. Thanks for the catch Lorcan. :wink: