[Adversary]

Ok, I am not as up on the minutia of Gurps melee as I would like to me, so I could be missing something obvious here. But take the following situation: one company of heavy infantry, armed with swords, is holding a position. A second company of heavy infantry advances on them with spears. The swordsmen are waiting. The spearmen I guess would advance with a series of steps, to avoid the penalties for move and attack. (Let's leave out slams/shield rushes for now).

Under these rules, when the spearmen approach to melee combat range, the swordsmen will get the first hit, as their waits are triggered and they step-and-attack the spearman. This seems wrong.