Main unit and Support unit in second combat

Hi All

Just wanted to check something ............ page 14 has the multiple melees diagram and am looking at the third diagram down. Clear match up of two main unit combats. The player decides to fight the P2 match up first and my question is if in the diagram the red unit P2 retreats is the white P2 unit able to act as a supporting unit in the next combat melee red P1 versus white P1.

I think in main impetus it is played as a fresh combat BUT in Basic Impetus 7.6.3 it is the phrase "However if you are fighting as the Main unit you cannot also be Support Unit or Main Unit in another melee"

Know always got confused with this point in Impetus .................

Cheers Jez

Unless Lorenzo says otherwise, I'd read 'you are fighting' as 'you are currently in contact' so a unit in contact as a main unit can't be counted as support in another melee. On the other hand, if the unit is no longer in contact as main unit, because that melee has already been resolved, then I think the unit can act as support in another melee. I'm distinguishing between 'are fighting' and 'have fought'.

Thus in the third diagram on page 14, if the P2 units fight their melee, and red P2 retreats, then white P2 is no longer fighting as a main unit, and can be a support in the P1 melee.

I know that is the same as 'full' Impetus, but the wording of BI2 7.6.3 seems to be saying the same thing as 'full' 7.7.3.

RogerC

as Rogers says. All situations are temporary and can change during the process

hi

just an add on to that scenario

if the P1 fight first and its a draw, then the P2 fight and as above Red P2 retreat, does this restart the P1 fight with White P2 as above being a support, even if they say roll a zero for any pursuit?

cheers

Good question, frazer. I don't think that the P1 melee restarts when red P2 retreats. Rule 7.6.7 says that a melee starts again if a new unit 'moves' to contact. Since white P2 is already in contact with red P1, it can't move when red P2 retreats, irrespective of its pursuit score. So the condition for restarting the melee doesn't seem to be met.

It might seem odd that if white P2 was just clear of red P1, any successful pursuit of red P2 would restart the P1 melee. However, if there was any clearance, the two melees would be distinct anyway.

RogerC

if there is not movement then nothing triggers a new melee phase.