Commander units and Order tokens

[Laehaem]

Hi!

With regards to commander units: how does it work with order tokens? 

E.g.: I'm having a field commander in a heavy unit. Do I replace their Heavy order with a Commander order token?
E.g. When a (field) commander unit is defeated, and I promote another unit as commander, do I replace their order token (corps/special/....) with a commander token? Or do they retain their original order token and just receive a commander token for indication next to the unit? And what is the timing (beginning next round, immediately)?

Apologies if this is already available somewhere, I wasn't able to find it inside the core rulebook or on this forum (only found closed inaccessible threads)

Many thanks in advance!

[Seth]

Hello Laehaem,

On 6/3/2023 at 5:59 AM, Laehaem said:

E.g.: I'm having a field commander in a heavy unit. Do I replace their Heavy order with a Commander order token?

As stated under the Field Commander keyword, "A unit with the Field Commander keyword is not a <Commander> and only counts as one for the purposes of issuing orders with a Command Card during the Command Phase." Its token is not changed, and the unit will use the order token it would have otherwise.

On 6/3/2023 at 5:59 AM, Laehaem said:

E.g. When a (field) commander unit is defeated, and I promote another unit as commander, do I replace their order token (corps/special/....) with a commander token? Or do they retain their original order token and just receive a commander token for indication next to the unit? And what is the timing (beginning next round, immediately)?

If a trooper unit is promoted during the game because all of your commander or Field Commander units are defeated, that unit's order token is discarded and replaced with a commander token.

Hope this helps,
Seth