Re: Jon, we need an Official Ruling! (was Re: SG2 newbie Q)

Allan Goodall wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:40:53 -0800 (PST), Brian Burger
<yh728@victoria.tc.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >It's still berzerking (esp. for PA) but the Cmd officer types are
putting
> >a lot of effort into making this one unit thunder onward. Six is also
only
> >theoretical - bad die rolls on Comm checks happen, and ECM is always
> >entertaining. (In a game big enough to have CoyCmd on-table, I'd
expect at
> >least a couple of ECM techs somewhere...)
>
> It also assumes that the enemy is letting this happen. A suppression
result or
> two can slow up this squad. This, in fact, is a good reason to allow
the split
> fire of squads for suppression purposes. (There was another thread
recently
> where allowing a squad to split its fire -- so that half the squad
fired at a
> unit then the other half of the squad fired at the same unit -- was
considered
> "cheesy". This tactic decreases the likelihood of casualties but
increases the
> likelihood of suppression.) The only way to slow down this fast
moving,
> berzerk squad is to put lots of suppression on it.

    Even a broken clock is correct twice a day!  We agree on something!
<g>

-Mike

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