Fire and Hold

Fire and Hold

Whats happens, if units/LDR retreats adjacent during range combat.
Can the ordered unit, still battle, its a melee then, and get they
+1 bonus die?

I think, battle yes, but without bonus die.

Well, Michael, you're right if we look at the card text - there are no direct indication that unit may battle only in ranged combat.
but
Logic suggests that as we treat every battle in which units are adjucent as "melee" and card allows us only to "fire", close combat is impossible here.

This is a tricky one.

I'd say that judging by stated intent of similiar cards in other C&C games the unit would be unable to battle.

As written the unit may be able to battle (but without the +1 die as that is explicitly only for ranged combat) however the second sentence does say will perform range combat implying that this is all they will be able to do from that order.

Phill

I don't think this is a possibility.

You can only command units that are NOT adjacent. This is ranged combat, there's no battle back and if anybody is retreating it's the target.

Here you can find an answer directly from GMT GAMES (Mr Tony Curtis)

The Ordered unit could not battle because the card specifies Ranged Combat. Since you choose the order of combats, you should be careful to have this firing unit fire first.

Added FAQ in the relative "Card" Page.