Re: [SG] Adrian's Medics (Jon T.? care to offer an opinion?)

>Hi Tom,
>
>>The medic team CAN'T take the reorganize action on behalf of the
larger
>>unit.
>>
>>[Tomb] Why not? I'd only let it treat the wounded (not do other re-org
>>stuff). Our medics seemed willing to be treating wounded while the
rest
>>of us were fighting!=20
>
>Sure, I agree.  However, I have to answer "because I think that's what
the
>rules say..."	Check out page 39, if you have them handy.
>
>The real question is "can a medic unit spend a reorg action to OFFER
medic
>services to a DIFFERENT unit?"
>
>Looking at the rules more thoroughly, I see it is another wonderful
example
>of Jon's somewhat ambiguous writing <VBG!!!>
>
>What it actually says is that "when a reorganize action is spent on the
>squad, any troopers who are wounded may be treated by their comrades
and/or
>the squad medic if there is one" (I cut a bit out of that).
>
>It doesn't actually specifically say that the squad itself has to spend
the
>reorganize action, but that is implied by how the rules on spending
actions
>work.
>
>It later goes on to say "if a medic figure is part of the unit, then
>add...; if a specialized medical unit (eg: a field ambulance and crew)
is
>attending the unit, then ADD 2 to each roll."
>
>So, we know that a medic from OUTSIDE the squad can aid in the recovery
>roll (they are "attending"), but it doesn't say that the outside medic
does
>the reorganize.  It only says that having an attending medic allows 2
to be
>added each roll.  But the rolls are already being taken because of the
>target squad's reorganize action, as outlined earlier.
>
>I suppose you could more generously read the "when a reorganize action
is
>spent on the squad" phrase, and interpret that to mean that the
reorganize
>action can be taken by the medical team, and "spent" on the target
squad in
>the sense of "we're doing our work on them, on their behalf, so we
spent
>our action on them".
>
>>[Tomb] And why isn't this up on House Rules at www.stargrunt.ca? I
hear
>>if you submit it, they'll get it up pretty quick. The webmaster
>>especially is supposed to be pretty quick. :-P
>
>Heh :)
>
>Quick as mollasses.  Bunch of slowpokes if you ask me.  I mean, people
go
>and spend their hard earned free time submitting articles to the site,
and
>what happens?	NOTHING.  That's what happens.	Geeze.	Those guys
should
>get off their a**es and....
>
>I don't know if we could put it up on stargrunt.ca.
>
>I might actually just be restating what Jon says in the rules, if you
>interpret it that way.
>
>And we can't put Jon's rules up on the site...

Well, in this sort of case, yes you can. I've got no problem with small
individual bits of the rules being quoted, adapted etc. on the site - I
just don't want somebody posting the entire system onto the net, for
obvious reasons!

As to the "medic question" goes, I guess this is one of those places
that
you can play it the way you want to.
The original intention was that the squad being treated still has to
spend
a reorg action - it's more of a game balance thing than a "reality"
thing,
in that any advantage gained has to be "paid for" in some way. BUT, if
you
want to rule that a specialist medical unit can deal with the wounded
while
the rest of the squad is fighting (which is, I agree, the most logical
in
the "reality" sense) then there's nothing wrong in that - after all,
you've
chosen to include that medic unit as part of your force (possibly at the
expense of another fighting unit) so you should get some advantage from
it.

Jon (GZG)
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