Re: Smoke Grenades
Seabee Mark said:
To stir the pot a bit, I'd say squads can try to place Smoke Grenades while offboard to cover their entry.
Mark
I disagree. Here's why: "... offboard units may move normally on the offboard map so as to enter the mapboard on a hex which is not adjacent to the one they set up in ..."
The movement is restricted. It is only allowed "so as to enter the mapboard on a hex which is not adjacent".
Seabee Mark said:
Here's why: since units are allowed to "move normally" while offboard, and Smoke Grenades are placed using MF, why not place a SG as part of entry?
Mark
I would argue that Smoke Grenade Placement is not "normal movement", because 1) only squads can move thusly, and 2) it is restricted to those squads having a Smoke Placement Exponent.
Seabee Mark said:
Once its MPh has started the squad is no longer awaiting entry, right?
Mark
I disagree. A unit is "awaiting entry" up until the very instant it arrives on board. Surely a unit cannot "enter"
before it enters?
Finally, I will pull Rules Order Precedence here. A2.52 states that no action is allowed by units offboard awaiting entry. Smoke Grenade Placement seems like an action to me, though I realize that "action" is not defined in ASL.
One could legally argue that this statement in A2.52 supercedes the statement in A2.51 about "moving normally" on the offboard map. I won't go there, though... :twisted:
Regards,
Bruce Bakken