BFG:R Vote 20: RSVs

[Jimmy Zimms]

I could go for that. 

[Bessemer]

So RSV's as standard IN, SM escorts at their BFGR cost? Probably the best solution all round.

[afterimagedan]

So RSV's as standard IN, SM escorts at their BFGR cost? Probably the best solution all round.

Exactly.

[AndrewChristlieb]

Not really, the simplest solution would be to allow Space Marine players to take IN escorts as their SM counterparts (ie: Cobras ARE Hunters, Swords ARE Gladius, Firestorms ARE Novas). 

[afterimagedan]

So all of a sudden when a SM commands a Firestorm, it begins to fly faster and its lance can turn left and right? That is the most simple, but it doesn't make much sense.

[Khar]

So I guess the next vote will be on this variant:

SM escorts stay as in BFG R, costing 40, 40 and 45 points,
RSV's are identical in every respect (including Ld) to escorts in BFG:R Imperial Navy list ?

It seems to be more or less accepted, and offer probably the only reasonable compromise between keeping RSV's and making both types of escort viable.

Letting SM fleets use IN models as their escorts (Cobra as Hunter, for instance) would just be a counts as rule, leading to having same ship with different stats in two fleets. Sometimes in one game. Can lead to a misunderstanding.