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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dragoner" data-source="post: 8081840" data-attributes="member: 6943731">The employment of tech is not always well understood. I had a player that would throw smoke grenades at the drop of a hat, as the magic cure all for combat: facing a 30mm auto-cannon? Smoke. Enemy mechanized platoon? Smoke. Then they seemed frustrated when things didn't work out the way they wanted, such as the auto-cannon (AA gun) "firing at smoke" where, they were actually firing on the 2nd turn vs getting fired on, the smoke grenades coming from the armored monorail car only alerted them to swivel the gun towards them on the 1st turn. In the real world, smoke is usually of two types, to conceal movement, or to signal; but sitting right there when area fire weapons are already aimed at you, it is fairly pointless. It gets worse as GM when you have to meta-nerf the situation so it isn't a TPK.4. Pop SmokeTo “pop smoke” means to leave or retreat. In the field, it means “you throw out a smoke grenade and vector in on it for extraction from a hot area,” Army Staff Sgt. Adam Dillon <a href="http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-30/seven-words-and-phrases-used-soldiers-we-could-all-learn" target="_blank">told Public Radio International</a>. Whenever you find yourself in a situation and are looking to get out, just tell your party it’s time to “pop smoke,” and then get the hell outta there.</blockquote>