Crew Building Questions - Do I have this right?

[mrharold]

Hi There,

Just wanted to throw out some examples and make sure that I have the crew building down right.

For the Two-Man crew I can have two elite units. But because I would have to upgrade a veteran unit, I can basically have:

1 Elite unit (other elite unit discarded to upgrade unit)
2 Veteran units. (both elite units downgraded)

Is there any way to have to elite units?

For the Veteran crew I can have

1 Elite, 2 Veteran (1 elite discarded to upgrade a unit)


The biggest question I have is since there are no base-elite units (to make something elite you have to upgrade it) then you're always going to lose a unit. Is this right?

Thanks!
Harold

[dijit80]

Hi and welcome aboard!
There's quite a good discussion about it here:
darksondesigns.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rules&action=display&thread=2609
and then in one of the Over the Wire issues the a disscussion of detachment building for Ae-WWII which uses the same principles (but different templates) to AE Bounty, it can be found on the downloads section of Darkson Designs website.
I must admit I found it quite confusing at first too, and I think many people do so don't worry.
Duncan

[mrharold]

Thanks for the link... does that mean if a unit can be 'upgraded' to elite, I don't have to give up a unit to do it? So I can have two units of elites?

[dijit80]

Sept 7, 2010 12:37:33 GMT -5 mrharold said:

Thanks for the link... does that mean if a unit can be 'upgraded' to elite, I don't have to give up a unit to do it? So I can have two units of elites?

Yes, you've hit the nail on the head. I think it would have been simpler if they'd written 'Maybe betaken as Veteran or Elite' under the unit entry or some such thing.

[mrharold]

Cool... that clears up quite a bit. thanks!

[gregx999]

It took me a couple re-reads to get it too. Basically, you can sacrifice a slot to upgrade a slot. You don't sacrifice units to upgrade units. So if you want a Gunsel, then you can freely choose either veteran or elite as long as you have the correct type of slot available.