If you want to kill the hostage, you should execute
him.
You can't, if he has a decent agent rank. Though the
rulebook clearly says Execute orders (Turn sequence
#10) precede escape attempts (#11), it isn't true.
Hostage escape attempts actually occur at Turn
sequence #X -- whenever is most convenient for them.
In the turn they are captured, they follow agent
orders, giving them a chance after capture. But in the
next turn, they can escape before the Execute orders
go through, as in order results from last week: "---
escaped from being held hostage. He was ordered to
execute a hostage. He was not able to execute the
hostage because the hostage character was not a
hostage."
While you can avoid such gripping prose with
assassination, it won't help when guards or battle
victors take hostages.
Dan
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