Quote Originally Posted by sihnfahl View Post
Well, apparently Ansom has enough of a high opinion of the Archons.

Unless he's an idiot, he would come to the conclusion a hunt might result in all of the units in Jillian's stack except for the five gwyphons, Jillian and the archons running out of move, leaving 9 units to face down 19 dwagons and 3 warlords.

And he has enough opinion of those archons and Jillian that those 9 have enough power to actually stand a good enough chance of succeeding to send them out. If there was no chance of success, he'd not have tried.
The main fault here is that Ansom also had to assume Webinar and Dora would be included in the Hunt. Their bonuses were surely weighed into any combat calculations Ansom ran in his head. Even if their bonuses aren't that spectacular they are reliable and would be able to give the Archons orders in the event that Jillian is croaked/captured (the latter being a very real and documented possibility).

I'm of the opinion that the Archons will not continue the mission if Jillian is incapacitated. At the very least they would have to contact Ansom for new orders. Even if they do continue the fight without Jillian, they are now missing out on the large bonus she gave.

Everything hangs on the most unstable person in the field right now regardless of what actions the Hunters take.