Re: Stargrunt Close Combat

> In our game, a unit of 8 pan oceanic regulars initiated a close
> assualt of 3 remaning squad members of a Neu Swabian green unit. The
> Neu's where in position but supressed. The Pans pass the confidence
> test to attack, the Neu's fail but as they are supressed they had to
> stay and fight.

I don't think suppression would keep the Defenders from running 
away. As far as I can tell the rules aren't specific on this point. 
But wouldn't the threat of being killed in close combat be greater 
than the general threat of getting shot that suppression represents?
 
> Figures are matched 3-1, 3-1 and 2-1. Taking each squad in turn, the
> Pans roll a d8 for each attacker, the defender then rolls a single
> d8 (d6 shifted up for In Position). The Neu score high, causing
> considerable casulties within the Pans, who (seemingly) gain no
> advantage for outnumbering, 

The Attacker got to roll more dice.
The Attacker had a good chance of scaring the Defender off without 
combat.

Those are the two advantages of numerical superiority. If the 
Defender rolls good dice then a smaller force can wipe out a larger 
one. So what? Things like that can happen.

> As defender gets to defend himself from
> multiple attacks albeit with the single dice, being outnumbered is
> in the intrest of the defender afterall,  he then can't  suffer more
> (overall) casulties than the attacker.

Both sides can loose every single troop.

Apart from the rules being vague on whether suppressed troops should 
run away if they fail their reaction role (I think they should, after 
all it's not taking an action as such). I think you did everything 
right. The NSL just got lucky.

	Cheers,
		Steve
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 I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. 
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