[ASLML] Unarmed units as sniper targets

[Bruce Bakken]

Hi, David.

>

>two hex range there is a woods Location containing a German HS and two
>unarmed Russian squads (these had been prisoners but were abandoned; the
>German HS has not attempted to recapture them).  At three hex range there 
>is
>a concealed Russian squad in a stone building.
>

Since the Unarmed units are no longer being guarded, they revert to the 
previous owner.

>By A14.22, prisoners are considered non-targets for the Sniper.  I contend
>that the unarmed squads are not prisoners and therefore are valid targets.
>What sayeth the List?
>

NRBH, but doesn't A14.2 say that eligible targets must be *enemy* units?  I 
believe that an Unarmed unit that is no longer a Prisoner is *not* an enemy 
unit, but is rather a friendly unit.  E.g., the owner could move those 
Unarmed units into a hex containing a friendly unit, but could not move them 
into a Location containing an enemy unit.

By that reckoning, they should not be considered "enemy" units to the 
target, and are thus not eligible as Sniper targets for the player owning 
both the Sniper and the Unarmed units.

That's my opinion.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken

>David "don't leave your boy-toys lying around" Olie
>
>
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