Art De La Guerre

[Ramses II]

A unit of Heavy Cavalry is charged and chooses to evade.
During the Evade move it contacts an enemy LI, which is not considered an obstacle. What happens?

[daveallen]

[Ramses II]

So apologies for repeating a question raised fairly recently, though the FAQ does not cover this question and that thread does not seem to provide a definitive answer either.
There are two views expressed

1. The evading CV stop to kill off the enemy LI, and are themselves potentially caught in the rear by the original enemy charge.
   
2. The LI also performs an evade, being destroyed if re-contacted by the evading CV.

[daveallen]

I don't think there is any provision for evaders to contact enemy as they evade.

I'm pretty sure the last thread covered this:

Whilst LF within 1 UD are not an obstacle to evading heavier troops, once they move beyond that initial 1 UD (as a result of the LF fleeing) they become an obstacle that the evaders need to avoid - by wheeling or sliding.
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[Ramses II]

And that is the point; while all other troops are an obstacle (which can stop a unit from evading or require evaders to avoid them), LI specifically are not an obstacle. Consequently there is no need for the evading CV to avoid them - leading to the question over what happens under these circumstances.

[Snowcat]

I would hope that in the spirit of the rules, the light infantry are either destroyed or interpenetrated by the evading cav.

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[daveallen]

[Snowcat]

Would the evading cav be more likely to maneuver to avoid the light infantry in their path, or ride straight through/over them?

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[Commodore]

Situation is relatively clear for me:
1/initial evading capability evaluation : the CV change its orientation and, as it is a LI, it is not an obstacle so the evade move is possible (p38 para 5, 1st bullet).

2/ the CV perform its evading move and meet the LI, in open terrain. The LI must then make an evade move (P39, last bullet )
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[Ramses II]

Thanks, though I am not sure it is so clearcut.
As Dave says, the LI movement cannot be an 'Evade' in the formal sense since the CV are not specifically charging them. It also goes against the note on P52, amplified in the FAQ, that requires the CV to stop and destroy the LI if the contact is in the open.

In my view, the FAQ should be revised to show that this is more an 'Avoid' in the sense of LI being moved away from an illegal contact with heavier troops in the open. However, I also think the LI should be destroyed automatically in the very unlikely event that they cannot be moved out of the way as the heavier enemy burst through them.

But, this also raises the question of what happens if the contact is in terrain. Do the LI constitute an 'obstacle' at this point, that the heavier evaders must avoid, or is there another wrinkle here as well?

[Commodore]

[footslogger]

Yeah, I think it needs clarification in the FAQ.

The question would be:
If LI evading from evading non-LI get caught during their own evade, what happens?

[Commodore]

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