Re: [SG] Smoke
From: Yves Lefebvre <ivanohe@a...>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:57:50 -0800
Subject: Re: [SG] Smoke
We played that throwing smoke count as a fire action, so you can't while
suppressed. The list of availlable action you can do when suppressed is
pretty limited (p.18).
Yves
>"laserlight@quixnet.net" wrote:
>>
>> A point came up in the AAR for the SG PBeM game that Allan was
running: can
>> you throw smoke while suppressed?
>>
>> Let's say IF squad Ali takes a suppression and knows there is another
NSL
>> squads just waiting to fire. If Ali pops a smoke, he's basically
safe till
>> next turn, even if he fails to unsuppress. If he has to unsuppress
first,
>> then he might as well fire on the second NSL squad instead of
throwing
>> smoke.
>>
>> It would seem to make sense that you could toss smoke while
suppressed but
>> I can't think of any examples from reading (except for vehicles). I
only
>> recall infantry using smoke to cover an attack.
>
>We've always played that you can throw smoke while suppressed.
>
>Jaime
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