i think he means keep 2 spotters.. because there is a line in the code that says that if a units total health.. (group) falls below a certain amount it is considered lost.. and u regain that pop cap back.. if you drop some units and then repair those old nearly destoyed units.. now u have gone over the pop cap :/ how this relates.. is because thats also how it determines if the unit lives on or "dies" so maybe the game treats the 2 spotters as 50% of the group and it says the unit survived.. .. so u get ur 2 artys back