Can I use a detachment as my hostage exchange unit?
Card says to place a corps unit prior to deployment. Detachments are a corps unit.
Hostage Exchange and Detachments
What do you mean detachment?
Assuming you're referring to the Imperial Mortar and Rebel MKII? Yeah I don't see any reason you can't select them.
2 hours ago, Mokoshkana said:What do you mean detachment?
Page 35 of the RRG.
Why would you choose a detachment? It effectively gives your opponent a better chance to kill your unit holding the objective.
As for can you do it, I would say yes. The Hostage Exchange card just says to select a corps unit, and the detachments are in fact corps. This all happens before "deploy units" so there would be no restrictions.
1 hour ago, Mokoshkana said:Why would you choose a detachment? It effectively gives your opponent a better chance to kill your unit holding the objective.
As for can you do it, I would say yes. The Hostage Exchange card just says to select a corps unit, and the detachments are in fact corps. This all happens before "deploy units" so there would be no restrictions.
Bigger base = bigger move and you can't target the hostage holder in round 1.
Also, notched base. Mortars are a significantly lower target profile.
Also 3 Health, 2 courage.
2 hours ago, nashjaee said:Assuming you're referring to the Imperial Mortar and Rebel MKII? Yeah I don't see any reason you can't select them.
That is unfortunate, as it gives the imperial players a glaring advantage over the other three factions.
Having just played the mission, B2s are fantastic for it. Might be a worse save, but so many wounds to chew through. Problem with the mortar is it can be one shot.
10 hours ago, Zrob314 said:That is unfortunate, as it gives the imperial players a glaring advantage over the other three factions.
I think you need to reconsider what constitutes a "glaring" advantage. They have less health than even a basic squad of anything, the extra courage will almost never matter, they don't move that much faster (3/4 of an inch or so?), and they aren't that much shorter. The mortar is a pretty terrible choice for Hostage-taker. Keep in mind that with a multi-mini unit you can cohere them into cover.