[DS2] Snipers

Thinking some more on sniper teams and on 
EW teams, I came up with what follows (on 
snipers... EW is still just a nascent thought). 

Comments? The pricing is just a guestimate on 
how effective the unit might be and remains to 
be tested on the tabletop. The write up is also 
possibly unclear, so if there exists any perplexity 
as to what I mean, please mention it. This is cut 
0.5 but I thought it might be of interest. 

Between this and doing APFC belts and PDS for 
SG2, I'm getting closer to having what I consider 
a harmonious set of rules and TO&E that scale 
well. 

Without further adieu, Snipers for DS2....
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Sniper Teams in DS2

Sniper teams in DS2 are two man teams (sniper 
plus observer). The sniper (and possibly his 
observer) are armed with weapons capable of 
long range, accurate fire (although often times 
the observer is equiped with a close combat 
weapon for local defense). 

The sniper has a 10" effective range if using 
modern sniping weapons (gauss rifle, laser rifle) 
or an 8" effective range if using older 
conventional sniping weapons. 

The sniper team is treated as a unit unto itself 
for movement, morale and firing purposes. 

When the sniper fires, fire is conducted as 
normal infantry fire combat, only interpreted 
slightly differently. 

Ineffective fire: No effect, but does place an 
under fire marker. 

Partially effective fire: Draw 1 chit and place an 
under fire marker. Confidence Test at TL + 0. If 
the 1 chit drawn destroys the target stand, and 
the target stand was a UNIT leader stand, then 
apply the rules for Unit Leader Loss and 
Replacement. 

Effective fire: Draw 1 chit, place an under fire 
marker. Confidence Test at TL + 0. Note, if the 
particular stand under fire is the UNIT leader, 
then apply the Unit Leader Loss and 
Replacement rules (including the TL +3 
Confidence test) in place of the TL + 0 Test. 
Note, in this case, the command stand may not 
actually have been eliminated (unless the one 
chit draw killed it) but the lead figure (the platoon 
leader) is actually dead, producing the 
equivalent effects. The only difference is that if 
the 1 chit drawn did not kill the command stand, 
then this stand is still considered the UNIT leader 
stand, just with the platoon sergeant taking over. 

A sniper team requires 3 damage points to 
destroy. Sniper basic movement factor is 4. 
(light infantry)

A sniper team may begin the game hidden. One 
appropriate hidden counter and one dummy 
may be placed on the board within 3" of one 
another. Thereafter, on any activation, a sniper 
unit in cover may declare it is "going into hiding" 
and replace the stand with the counter and a 
dummy. I wouldn't think the sniper could move 
once hidden. 

Sniper Team costs 30 pts (8" range) or 40 pts 
(10" range).