PDF edition, section 8.D:
We have
Quote6.6. Pursuing TuGs that contact enemy SuGs in good going destroy them and continue their pursuit.
and
Quote9. If any unbroken enemy are met, they may run away or skirmish as if charged, but do not shoot (we consider there has been a mass of friends running towards them). TuGs that cannot run away or skirmish stand to receive.
The question came up in a game where we only had an older hard copy edition to hand in which the wording is even less clear, but either way the question remains.
The question is: If a pursuing TUG "contacts" a SUG, is it destroyed immediately, or does it get to skirmish/run away and is only destroyed if you contact it again after the evade move?
It gets a chance to run away/skirmish. Only if it is then contacted are they destroyed (if in good going).
Richard
I have noted that this could be clarified (perhaps with an example) - so am adding it to my list for a future edition.
I also need to investigate further, but I believe the "within one base of breaking rule" should also be applied (even if the rules do not say it!) - so if the pursuers are within one base of breaking the SuG should not be destroyed.
Ooh. Does the "within one base of breaking" rule already apply to normal charges by TUGS on SUGS?
Quote from: LawrenceG on January 30, 2025, 01:17:52 AM
Ooh. Does the "within one base of breaking" rule already apply to normal charges by TUGS on SUGS?
Page 25. 1.C:6.4: It is one of the rules that is in the turn sequence that should also be in the chapter on charges.
Whether this applies to a pursuit (because a pursuit would be treated as a charge) needs clarifying.
Richard