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Rule 5.1.2 question/clarification
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Author:  Net Warrior [ Sat May 05, 2007 12:17 am ]
Post subject:  Rule 5.1.2 question/clarification
Gentlemen,

The rule states: "Lone officers (that is, any number of officers not stacked with at least one cavalry, infantry, or artillery unit) will not be used in front of your lines as scouts to determine the position of enemy forces. Positioning any officers on high ground behind your lines to better view the battlefield, however, is perfectly acceptable."

It seems to me that when you are moving units in column on a road or pike that you don't really have front lines. So leaders can't scout alone "down the road". What about to the right and left of the column? Can they move 3-4 hexes to the right or left of a long column to high ground near the front of the column, or mid column?


1st Lt. Wm. Cirillo
3rd Brigade, 1st Div.
XX Corps, AoC
Author:  mihalik [ Sat May 05, 2007 2:24 am ]
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Hi, Lieutenant,

The intent of the rule I think was to keep folks from using officers to commit suicide by springing ambushes. If what you are proposing is likely to cost you the officer when he runs unattended into an enemy unit, it is probably a violation.

MG Mike Mihalik
1/III/AoMiss/CSA
Author:  tciampa [ Tue May 08, 2007 4:08 am ]
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Nice, clear, succinct answer!

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<br />Hi, Lieutenant,

The intent of the rule I think was to keep folks from using officers to commit suicide by springing ambushes. If what you are proposing is likely to cost you the officer when he runs unattended into an enemy unit, it is probably a violation.

MG Mike Mihalik
1/III/AoMiss/CSA
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Colonel Tom Ciampa
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