[ASLML] 2 questions

[Bruce Bakken]

Hello, Jeff.

What... you mean you're confused by A20.21?!?  ;-)  :-)

Treat the two sentences independently of each other, not complementarily.  
They are talking about two separate instances, albeit in the typical ASL 
run-on paragraph sort of way.

>
>And I'm still confused.  I just can't reconcile the 5th and 6th sentences 
>of A20.21: "If the only adjacent armed enemy unit is 
>in-Melee/berserk/vehicular, the broken unit must rout away (even if 
>disrupted) or be eliminated for FTR.(5th sentence)"
>

The 5th sentence tells us that broken units *never* Surrender to enemy units 
that are in Melee, Berserk, or vehicular; instead, they will always 
*attempt* to rout away, even if Disrupted.  If it is not possible to rout 
away (due to the proximity of other enemy units, for instance) they will 
instead be eliminated.

>Which is seemingly immediately contradicted by the 6th: "If the broken unit 
>is also Disrupted, Encircled, or surrendering due to a Heat of Battle DR, 
>it will instead rout to that enemy unit as its prisoner even if it had a 
>legal rout path..."
>

The 6th sentence tells us that, if the enemy unit is ADJACENT, Known, Good 
Order, armed Infantry/Cavalry (per the primary condition in sentence one), a 
Disrupted or Encircled will *always* Surrender, even if they have a legal 
rout path.

It would make more sense, perhaps, if the 6th sentence were actually the 2nd 
sentence.  And actually, the 5th sentence could be considered the EXC for 
the 6th sentence.

(... getting dizzy...)

>I tend to agree with Pete but it still doesn't make sense to me.

Believe me, you're in good company.  I think there is widespread agreement 
that section 20. is perhaps one of the most confusing sections in the tome.

Regards,
Bruce "have some experience contemplating A20.21" Bakken

;-)

>--
>Jeff "huh?" Barber
>

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