[Steppes] Joint War Practice - Elfsea/Steppes - 12-05-2004

[Mike]

All that was cover and in some depth (i.e., flankers and how to deal 
with them).

Mike

Greg Shetler wrote:

>Dang.  Sounds like I missed a good practice.  Mud (or slippery ground) and I
>don't get along, and rain is almost a guarantee that I'll get sick, so I
>gave this one a pass.  I'm glad it cleared up, and envy y'all who were
>there.
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>(extract from post)
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>1. Do you know how to defend against a flanking maneuver?
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> If you do not, then you missed the opportunity to learn how. The end 
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>individual is responsible in staying with the flankers and remaining 
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>alive. Lead these flankers away from your unit, while remaining just in 
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>sword reach of the flankers. The flankers must deal with this defender 
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>or else turn their backs on him or them, which places them between two 
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>groups of fighters.  The main objective here is for the defender to 
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>actually draw the flanker(s) away with them into the "bushes", thus 
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>removing them from the actually main battle. The main unit can them deal 
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>with what is facing them or if there is no unit threating actually go to 
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>help the defender who has lead the flankers away if necessary.
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>(end of extract)
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>I'm sure y'all talked over the fact that you have to be careful if you're
>that end guy splitting off, because if there are more than one flanker
>they'll likely jump you as soon as you get a little ways away from support.
>but of course, that doesn't mean you should let them run around you just so
>you can stay in support range.  Tough job.
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>I'm sure you guys also talked about when you're a flanker and somebody peels
>off, to jump them as soon as they get a ways away from the unit, so they
>don't keep you "stringing along" for too long.
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>There are other ways to defend against flanking maneuvers in addition to
>this, but this is the most common and easiest to practice.  Sounds like
>y'all had a lot of fun practicing how to frustrate our foes :D
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