[ASLML] Similar to the J74 question but to do with SS ELR and blurry rules.

[Bruce Probst]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 12:03:31 -0500, "David Reenstra"
<vaslplayer at triad.rr.com> wrote:

>I'm confused.  Why would you assume that the printed ELR doesn't apply to the
>entire OB?

Because of A1.23.

>A19.13 clearly states that a unit with an underlined ML can have an
>ELR < 5.  They *typically* don't, but you should learn early that this game is
>all about the Exceptions.  A19.132 states that if an SSR (not just the OB) gives
>units with an underlined ML an ELR <=4, then they undergo Unit Replacement
>normally.

Yes, you've read and understood A19.132 correctly ....

>In "Going to Church", the lower ELR is OB given, not SSR given, so
>the entire OB has ELR = 4, with squads being replaced with two same class HS on
>ELR failure and HS Disrupting on ELR failure.

.... Except, suddenly, you fail to understand it.  Where is the exception to
A1.23?  It's not in the rules -- indeed, the rules say exactly the opposite
(which can be paraphrased as "the OB-given ELR is not sufficient *by itself*
to change the ELR of underlined-morale units").  It's not on the scenario
card (no SSR).  Why do you assume that A1.23 "magically" no longer applies?

>There is nothing vague in A19.13.

Again, correct.  So why are you interpreting it incorrectly?

To be strictly pedantic, A19.132 covers two (and only two) situations
explicitly:

First is the situation when an SSR defines underlined-morale units as no
longer having underlined morale -- in which case, of course, they suffer all
the "normal" penalties for ELR failure.  This is pretty straightforward.

The other is the situation when an OB has a mixed force of MMCs, some with
and some without underlined morale.  In this situation, the OB-given ELR
only applies to those units without underlined morale, and the rest have
their normal (A1.23) ELR of 5, *unless there's an SSR to say otherwise*.
Again, this is pretty straight-forward.

Now note the following very carefully: A19.132 does NOT describe the
situation of "OB ELR < 5, *all* MMCs have underlined morale, no SSR" AT ALL.

Since that situation is not covered by *any* explicit rule, we can only
assume that all of the other rules apply as they would normally -- which
means A1.23 applies, and all the MMCs have ELR 5.  Therefore, only the
leaders will have an ELR < 5, per the OB.

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