Withdrawals

When to withdraw

Unless the rules state specifically otherwise, a Broken formation may choose to make a withdrawal immediately after the action that caused it to become Broken is resolved.

If a formation becomes Broken while it has only partially completed an action (for example, it is Broken by the Blast marker it receives for failing an Initiative test, or as a result of Blast markers it receives from overwatch shooting), then it loses the rest of its action and may make a withdrawal.

Making a withdrawal

A formation making a withdrawal may make two moves. Make these withdrawal moves exactly like normal moves, in any direction, with one exception: You may ignore enemy zones of control (though you may not move units directly over enemy units, as usual).

However, any units that end the second move within 15cm of the enemy are destroyed (they are killed while trying to escape!). Units with a Speed value of 0cm obviously cannot move when making a withdrawal, so they are destroyed if there are any enemy units within 15cm when they become Broken.

Enemy formations on overwatch can shoot at formations making withdrawal moves.