A situation came up in our recent game of Crossing Lines: impetuous trooper (4-4 move) is in the centre line dz and activates impetuous order. An enemy camo marker is just outside the ZoC out of LoF. Another enemy trooper is in LoF in the far end dz. Where does the impetuous trooper move? A. Towards the camo marker. B. Towards the enemy dz in the centre line because it's the closest dz. C. Towards the visible enemy trooper in the far end enemy dz.
The enemy troopers are irrelevant for your question unless you can enter SIL contact during the individual movement skill declarations which if one is out of ZoC and the other is in the other deployment zone can not happen. Just follow the Impetuous priorities Go towards the Enemy Deployment Zone without doubling back from the movement's starting position, applying the following priorities: 1. Use their complete MOV value. 2. End their movement as close to the Enemy Deployment Zone as possible. 3. If they cannot end their movement closer to the enemy Deployment Zone, the Trooper performs an Idle. Once inside the enemy Deployment Zone, the Trooper can move normally as long as they stay inside it.
If the impetuous trooper cannot reach silhouette contact with an enemy in the first move but can do so with the second move, does he still move towards the enemy? Does the enemy have to be in LoF?
No as per the rule if you cannot enter SIL contact you follow the other section towards the enemy DZ It only matters during this move
If you declare a second skill with the movement label AND you can get into silhouette contact with an enemy trooper, then you must move into silhouette contact with the enemy trooper. You're not obliged to declare a second skill with the movement label, however, even if an enemy trooper is within movement range. It does not matter if they are in LOF or not, only that you can get into silhouette contact with them.
Thanks for clarifying, as that was my follow up question. So if an enemy trooper is not within moving range but is within jumping range, the impetuous trooper is not obliged to jump into silhouette contact, but can instead move towards the enemy and shoot. Is that correct?
If you choose Move as your first basic short skill, you'd have to move towards the enemy DZ. Then you could choose BS Attack as your second skill and shoot whoever you wanted. But if you choose Jump as your first basic short skill, then you'd have to jump into silhouette contact with the enemy in this situation.
