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Hello
Question arose in my recent games:
1) unit fires multiple barrage;
2) initial blast is scattered and it's final position determined
3) secondary blast scatters from the first
3a)if arrow is rolled, all is clear, place secondary blast in contact with the first, touching it's side
3b) but if HIT is rolled, is the secondary blast still placed in contact with the first, just from any side I want, or can i place the secondary blast be placed right over the initial blast?
The BRB is kinda confusing on this point:
("If Hit! is rolled, firing player places the marker so that it touches any part of any marker in the group that is already placed. note that it's pervectly fine if some markers are placed overlapping one another (including being directly over the top of a previous marker")
So the last sentence, does it mean that second blast can go right on top of the first, or that third blast can "bounce" from the side of the second blast to get on top of the first?

It means the second can go directly on top of the first. As long as you roll a hit when scattering the second of course. If you keep rolling hits it's perfectly fine to keep stacking the markers up.

Page 34 states if a hit is scored the firing player may put the additional template in any location, as long as part of it is touching an already placed marker in some way.

This means you have permission to place it entirely on top of the first blast marker if you want, so the inner holes line up. If you where to spread them out, you could chose to have it overlapping only half of the original marker or as far as just having the two edges touch. You would resolve any additional markers with the same rules, so if it scatters back over the first marker then you place it overlapping said marker. Any additional hits can be placed in any location you wish, the only requirement is it touches a marker that is already on the table.

It is easily summed up by stating a hit allows you to decide to place the marker wherever you want, as long as some part of it is touching an existing marker.

It works exactly how JinxDragon explained.

Oddly enough, the barrage rules as they are make Barrage one of the best sniping weapons in the game due to this. A lucky Barrage salvo can easily take out all the "specials" in a squad with more easy than pretty much anything else.

Thank you Guys (and Girls, if any ).