I agree it's against the spirit of the mission - it's just we're a pretty competitive, rules-as-written kind of play group and I know if the situation was reversed there'd be some argument in favour from the rebels. I'm torn, and hoping for some justification for my natural instinct to go with the spirit of the mission instead of what appears to be the rules!

So I'm reading the mission description for "Chain of Command" in preparation for an upcoming session (I'm the Imps, obviously) and there is a scenario that is potentially to my benefit as the rules seem to be written, but which doesn't make sense from a fluff perspective. I don't want to miss out on the benefit if it is valid, but equally I don't want to irritate my rebels trying to argue for something unreasonable. Can the wise folk here suggest any rules points to push us one way or the other? The scenario in question: