Hello! I'm new to this forum, but have been playing ASL for decades. Looking forward to learning to know this forum.
I have a question about infiltration and leader creation. We had the following close combat situation (no ambush occured):
Attacker: 348 HS plus hero
Defender: 458 squad
The hero attacks combined with the HS at 1:1 ratio. Rolls 5, which becomes 4 with the heros modification, which should result in the defending squads elimination. However, then the squad rolls 2! Obviously eliminating the attacker, but this also results in a possible infiltration, as well as leader creation. However, the infiltration rules says that you can withdraw "...UNLESS you were previously eliminated..." or something like that. Close combat IS simultaneous, but I guess he WAS "previously eliminated" still, and can't withdraw? But if he had been the ATTACKER, he'd been able to withdraw AND eliminate his enemy? Is this correct?
In addition, he got a leader after the leader creation roll. Now, under leader creation, it says that the odds should be recalculated as if the leader had been there all the time. That would change the odds, and the "4" final result of the attacker is equal to the "to kill" number on the 1-2 odds column, resulting in casualty reduction only. Random selection got the squad K'd. So the defender got a HS and a leader surviving the CC. Is this correct? Or would he even have been able to "infiltrate" and withdraw, surviving with the entire squad?
In short, how should this situation be handled?
Thanks in advance for any replies!
I have a question about infiltration and leader creation. We had the following close combat situation (no ambush occured):
Attacker: 348 HS plus hero
Defender: 458 squad
The hero attacks combined with the HS at 1:1 ratio. Rolls 5, which becomes 4 with the heros modification, which should result in the defending squads elimination. However, then the squad rolls 2! Obviously eliminating the attacker, but this also results in a possible infiltration, as well as leader creation. However, the infiltration rules says that you can withdraw "...UNLESS you were previously eliminated..." or something like that. Close combat IS simultaneous, but I guess he WAS "previously eliminated" still, and can't withdraw? But if he had been the ATTACKER, he'd been able to withdraw AND eliminate his enemy? Is this correct?
In addition, he got a leader after the leader creation roll. Now, under leader creation, it says that the odds should be recalculated as if the leader had been there all the time. That would change the odds, and the "4" final result of the attacker is equal to the "to kill" number on the 1-2 odds column, resulting in casualty reduction only. Random selection got the squad K'd. So the defender got a HS and a leader surviving the CC. Is this correct? Or would he even have been able to "infiltrate" and withdraw, surviving with the entire squad?
In short, how should this situation be handled?
Thanks in advance for any replies!