chiavarm Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Is there a way to Fire then hide? I resently lost a Flamethrower unit when I targeted a unit. What I wanted was for the unit to fire then hide. Could I have target the opposing infantry, press the pause, then hide to get the effect I desired? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 No. You can only add a hide to the tail end of the movement commands (move, fast, move to contact, etc). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 About the closest you can come is give them a short sneak order with appropriate delay, so that they don't pop up and fire until near the end of the turn, so you can immediately hide them at the beginning of the next turn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 For anything but a flamethrower, your question makes sense. Once that ball of fire comes out, everyone knows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon-fodder Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Borg spotting makes that pointless anyway - if you open up and someone sees you, the whole army does. Still, if you are only visible to one unit, then whipe it out, you are effectively 'hidden' anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiavarm Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 The Flamethrower was in a building. The infantry unit could not be targeted directly, so I did an area fire right next to him. My Flamethrower fired once then he was dead. Don't know who took him out. Thought if I could shoot then hide, then he (flamethrower) would survive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon-fodder Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Nah flamethrowers are notoriously vulnerable - you generally need some infantry support when you use them, if just to pin the enemy squad so that the Flamethrower can break it. I think the lesson here is not to use your flamethrowers unsupported, and also to make sure they are in a keyholed position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wartgamer Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 You can give a FT a fire order, pause, and then a sneak order (away) from the enmy. Hopefully attack from a position that will allow the sneak-to spot to be some kind of cover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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