Routing, not shown: Macedonian LC
In Pursuit: AS/XV Ex RC (w/ 4 hits)
The voting:
Option | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Stay put and fire missiles | 3 | |
| Same, but personally move toward Pyrrhus | 4 | |
| Stay put, but spread out to maximize cohorts under fire | 1 | |
| Get out of the way of the legions | 2 | |
| Move east, start ordering MI out of the way of the legions | 1 |
An interesting set of votes for what I thought was a pretty straightforward situation. It's eye-opening (for you, too, I hope) to see the various approaches to what to do.
All but two of the votes mentioned getting Socrates out of the center and over to the flanks, which I think is the correct thing to do. Moving east instead of west is something that I hadn't considered, but certainly has merit. That voter saw the Epirote left as in pretty good shape, and the Epirote right as where the finesse is required -- and more leaders there means more flexibility.
Moving left puts Socrates in Pyrrhus's command range, and potentially allows Socrates to aid the cavalry attack next turn.
Spreading out a bit would put more cohorts under fire, preventing the kind of recovery shenanigans that happened last move. It's always good to plan ahead, but I'm guessing that the Romans will be forging ahead rather than recovering. We'll see what happens when Laevinus's turn rolls around.
Implementing the majority vote, Socrates first tries for a line command, and succeeds with a dr '0'.
Routing, not shown: Macedonian LC
In Pursuit: AS/XV Ex RC (w/ 4 hits)
The skirmishers score four out of five hits (on the Roman cohorts on the west part of the front line with '3' hits), with the remaining skirmisher rolling the inevitable '9' and hence going "Missile Low".
Socrates moves left to get within Pyrrhus's command range.
Next up is Drusus.