Re: Stargrunt II Question

Brian spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> > In the ensuing battle the 5 defenders did pretty well. In the first
> > round of combat they lost 4 defenders to 5 attackers. Both sides
passed
> > Reactin Tests so round two. Strangely enough, we now had one
defender
> > against 9 attackers!!! And the lone defender still took out about
> > another 6 attackers in this Forlorn Hope defence!!
> >
> I would say that if the attackers called for surrender before firing,
> the defender would have surrendered. However, this would have taken an
> activation and they would have had to wait for a response. If they did
> not ask for surrender or didn't wait for a response, the defender
would
> have probably tried to take as many with him as possible.

Half a sec! You're implying almost that surrender is attacker driven. 
I don't think I agree. I think when the troop decides to head for the 
hills, and they can't, a set rule like "they should fight" or "they 
should surrender" is limiting. If you make them test again, to see if 
they fight like cornered rats or surrender like yellah dawgs is 
appropriate.  And I don't think you have to ask for another force to 
surrender. I know if my guys were being totally wiped out and were in 
an untennable position, I don't think that we'd wait for the 
attackers to take the initiative in this surrender thing. If we were 
going to surrender to avoid being killed, it would be on our time 
frame if they didn't ask. 

Just some thoughts. 
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