coherancy, IC's and oddities

[narf]

Hi folks got a few questions for people here.

 

1) if an IC has been pinned or gone to ground, and during the owners movement phase a unit moves within 2" of the IC the IC joins them, does this mean he is free to do anything else that turn, ie assault, shoot etc? or is the unit that joined him now pinned?

 

2) as above but with a vehicle and unit within 2" can the character and unit board the vehicle?

 

3) an IC is running away for some reason following a failed morale check, and gets within 2" of a unit does he join it? is the unit then broken? or does the IC rally?

 

4) as above but with a broken unit coming within 2" of an IC?

 

5) an IC is in combat, during the mvoement phase a friendly unit gets within 2" of him, and therefore joins him, can they still charge? or are they considered to be in combat already so cannot move during the assault phase?

 

thats all for now, i'll think of some more at some point, page references would be great.

[dswanick]

3) an IC is running away for some reason following a failed morale check, and gets within 2" of a unit does he join it? is the unit then broken? or does the IC rally?

 

4) as above but with a broken unit coming within 2" of an IC?

 

5) an IC is in combat, during the mvoement phase a friendly unit gets within 2" of him, and therefore joins him, can they still charge? or are they considered to be in combat already so cannot move during the assault phase?

 

-An independant character may not join or leave a unit while either he or the unit is locked in combat or falling back.

[Seahawk]

1) if an IC has been pinned or gone to ground, and during the owners movement phase a unit moves within 2" of the IC the IC joins them, does this mean he is free to do anything else that turn, ie assault, shoot etc? or is the unit that joined him now pinned?

When you are pinned or have gone to ground, you cannot do any voluntary actions. As joining a unit isn't voluntary but is in fact required when conditions are met, yes the character would join the unit and then the unit would go to ground. Think of it like him ushering them into cover.

 

2) as above but with a vehicle and unit within 2" can the character and unit board the vehicle?

Pinned units cannot voluntarily move. Boarding a vehicle is a voluntary action. Hence, since the unit and character are pinned as above, they cannot board a vehicle.