Hit and Run Actions

Hit and Run Actions are extended actions performed either during a Boarding Action or Ground Assault or instead of one. When it is performed successfully it can alter the ongoing conflict or completely remove the need for a massive military engagement, some ground assaults are doomed to failure without proper support from Special Forces. Depending on the situation in which a Hit and Run action is launched it requires a number of decisions to be made prior to its execution.

Selecting the Unit/Detachment

Only a non-basic unit/detachment may be selected for a special operation, and based on the Objective being undertaken may require a Special Ability. Only a Unit that has not been activated that turn may be chosen for a Special Operation. If it is part of a Hit and Run Action then that Unit may be in Reserves, if acting as part of a Boarding Action the Unit must be on Active Duty.

Detected vs Undetected

A Unit with the Stealth, Warp, Chameleon or Invisible ability has the option to avoid enemy engagements and hopefully succeed in their missions without taking a single casualty. Of course this all depends on the Units ability to remain undetected.  Detected Units have the Infiltration Phase as an option for reaching an Objective.

Insertion/Extraction

Teleporting In

Teleporting in seems to be the easiest and most direct route to an Objective, and it would be if not for the delicacy of the calculations required to transport living creatures through the immaterium and have them remain living and not steaming piles of biological matter. In order to properly use a Teleporter the location must be discerned with a Focused Augury test. A Difficult (-10) Tech Use is then made, modified by many different factors listed on the following chart.

Teleporting Out is handled the same as Teleporting In though depending on the Objective the alarms may have been sounded and shields raised making it far harder to leave.

Phases: Teleport In, Objective, Extraction

Piloting In

When an aerospace transport unit is in the same space that an enemy vessel is they may attempt to unload their charges while avoiding enemy fire. Further rules for Piloting In can be found in the Sorties section.

Phases: Pilot In, Movement, Objective, Movement, Extraction

Jumping In

A Unit equipped with a Jump Pack is capable of launching themselves over most obstacles, even achieving flight for short periods of time. If a Vessel is within 2 Void Units of another Vessel then a Unit properly equipped may launch a Hit and Run action. The action is handled in the same way as Piloting In though there is no Transport that has to return them and as long as the two vessels remain within 2 VUs of each other this unit is never Cut Off. On Ground Assaults the Unit is not Cut Off if the player chooses to abandon its current Objective and return to Reserves.

Dropping In

A Drop Insertion is different than the one from the initial attempt to establish a Beach Head. Primarily used to conduct Special Operations it is begun by dropping a Unit (Support Restriction) from high to low orbit into the atmosphere of the planet where the unit uses a Jump Pack, Grav Chute or Flight Pack to descend to the planet’s surface, hopefully on target near their objective, if not the they must use an Advance Phase to reach the Objective. If the transport craft are detected then any anti air assets may target the Unit, otherwise their first action upon landing counts as Surprise for any enemy they choose to encounter.

Phases: Drop In, Movement, Objective, Movement, Extraction