(Please note I am still using Beta rules at this point as my CRB is delayed)
How does Soak work with Minion groups, is it calculated for the group or individually?
Say the group encounter a group of 5 Stormtroopers (split 2/2/1) and a player gets a shot off before the ST can react generated 12 points of damage.
The lone trooper is a gonna, because after taking off the 5 soak value for an ST, he would still be left with 7 damage which is easier than his 5 wounds value...easy.
Now if the shot hit one of the pairs, I am a little confused.
Now the rules say that the wound pool is added together (10 in this case)...do I remove 5 soak (from the 12 damage, leaving 7) and kill one ST, which would leave 2 points of surplus damage, and then apply 5 soak for the second ST in the pair which would negate the 2 points of damage....net result being one downed ST and one still in the fight....
Or just apply the soak once, meaning one ST is still downed regardless and the leftover damage (2 points) is applied to the second ST?
The first way seems more long winded but makes more sense, while the second way is quicker but makes less sense.