Re: still FMA-40k

Oerjan spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> The same effect applies in SGII. If you give your assault squads close
> combat weapons - swords, pistols, shotguns, flamers - instead of
assault
> rifles, they won't *be* very effective long range fire troops *because
> they don't have long-range fire weapons*.

Except that several units I have seen which are Close Assault 
Specialists have made use of things like the CAR-15 shortened assault 
rifle (which would give them good ranged fire capability). I don't 
think the answer is solely (at least to my way of thinking) to 
restrict this to a "what gun do you have in your hand" argument. 
 
> Why do we need to introduce special morale rules for assault squads in
> SGII, when not even WH40K has such rules for them?

I said I didn't want to talk 40K. I was replying to comments on it, 
but I wanted to focus on the idea of specialist assault troops. And 
the fact is you don't need special rules if you don't want em. But 
then you're relying on your answer above to differentiate the assault 
specialists by what they carry. I don' t find that satisfactory. But 
YMMV.  
 
/************************************************
Thomas Barclay		     
Voice: (613) 831-2018 x 4009
Fax: (613) 831-8255

 "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot.  C++ makes
 it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
 -Bjarne Stroustrup
**************************************************/