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So, when you lose your Lt., does the model you promote have to have the option to be a Lieutenant/chain of command, or can it be any old model?

Can be any model.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
So, when you lose your Lt., does the model you promote have to have the option to be a Lieutenant/chain of command, or can it be any old model?

Any model except REMs.

Any model except REMs... which does have some hilarious corner cases.

Combined Army especially. 'Look sir, that Preta is our new commanding officer!' and 'Our leader hasn't even been BORN yet, he's still a seed pod!'

Ariadna has another funny one 'Sir, the LT got shot. Promote the antipode, he seems like a smart puppy'.

 Killionaire wrote:
Any model except REMs... which does have some hilarious corner cases.

Combined Army especially. 'Look sir, that Preta is our new commanding officer!' and 'Our leader hasn't even been BORN yet, he's still a seed pod!'

Ariadna has another funny one 'Sir, the LT got shot. Promote the antipode, he seems like a smart puppy'.

That's pure B - "U" - L - L - S - H - I - T.

It's clearly stated in the rules: "anyone except REMs, Antipods, Hungries and Irregular units (in the case of a regular army, which is almost always)"

BUT, there is nothing wrong with Yu Jing transformer taking control.

Or even robotic geisha pleasure bot XD

Holycrap. I just realized the SuJian "Transformer" isn't a remote. It's just a regular Heavy Infantry. That thing is weird in every way.

 Absolutionis wrote:
Holycrap. I just realized the SuJian "Transformer" isn't a remote. It's just a regular Heavy Infantry. That thing is weird in every way.

But there's nothing wrong with the Sù-Jiàn taking command. Afterall there's a human operator somewhere within a few hundred Km radious.
The Karakuri on the other hand... well, there goes to say these things feature quite an advanced AI software, I guess

Could you check the background for Su-Jian. Unless I imagined it, it has a pilot not a remote control. Even something about the transformation causing horrendous stress on the pilot's body. I do not have the book to check it myself.

The Sù-Jiàn Program is the jewel in the crown of Yu Jing’s military industry. A Remote Presence Heavy Infantry with variable morphology.

Straight from CB's website.

 Knight wrote:
Could you check the background for Su-Jian. Unless I imagined it, it has a pilot not a remote control. Even something about the transformation causing horrendous stress on the pilot's body. I do not have the book to check it myself.

It's a remote presence unit. No strain on the operator's body at all.

Like ^ says.

Ah, that's how it is. I got puzzled by later references of exoskeleton.