RE: [DSII] Dozy question re: Command/Communications

At 9:29 AM -0700 12/6/02, B Lin wrote:
>Reading P.24 more closely, my interpretation of how many C/C systems 
>are needed is zero.  The rules only cover the LOSS of an onboard C/C 
>unit, it doesn't specify that one is required to begin with and it 
>describes the effects of losing one.  Thus if you don't have one on 
>board to start with, you don't suffer any penalties because you 
>don't have one to lose - by transitive interpretation of the rules, 
>if you don't have an onboard C/C then you start out receiving orders 
>through off-board channels, as you would after an onboard C/C is 
>destroyed.
>
>The disadvantage would be more limited onboard rally capabilites.

I think the easy way to look at it, is, "Since the old man isn't in 
harms way, why are we going to (keep) sticking our necks out for him? 
After all, most of squad two just got blown to shreds by that NAC 
mortar strike and there are some Gurka's out on Squad three's left 
flank. We know, because Pierre squad four's  com-tech reported close 
combat with the little demons and then he stopped stopped 
transmitting. Reynard said he could hear screams and I believe him."

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