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Here's the quote from 2nd Edition p.14 that describes destroying a figure:
"When all figures on an Army Card have been destroyed, the Army Card is out of play. Do not reveal any Order Markers that are on that card for that round of play. On future rounds, you can't take any turns for that card."
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To me, this implies that you can have order markers on an inactive card. If not, then it seems to me that they would have said "Remove any Order Markers..." instead of "Do not reveal any Order Markers..." It's clear that, once a card is out of play, having turn markers on and taking turns with an army card are not one and the same. So, I think it follows that, since having turn markers on an out-of-play card doesn't imply taking turns with that card, you should be able to place turn markers on an out-of-play card.
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Except that the reason you're not supposed to reveal order markers is to keep your opponent from seeing what order things were placed. It keeps things fair. Besides, after that round you do remove the order markers, and I'd agree with Killercactus that you can't place order markers on a card that's not in play.
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How is it unfair to anybody to place order markers on one of your own inactive cards? It's not unfair to your opponent, because it's now easier for him to divine your order marker placement. Maybe it's unfair to you, except that you chose to take a risk and potentially waste a turn-- that's not unfair, that's just gambling. There's a lot of gambling going on in Heroscape.
The key sentence, I think, is this: "On future rounds, you can't take any turns for that card." Well, I could place 15 order markers on an inactive card and it wouldn't make any difference-- I still couldn't take any turns with that card. Why? Because there aren't any figures from that army card on the board. If placing turn markers on an inactive card doesn't allow you to actually take turns with that army card, then it seems to me you're still working within the rules when you do so.