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CyrDraconis Ensign
Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 17
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:43 am Post subject: [Rules] Shuttles and 'contact' |
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Checked the FAQ and Errata, didn't see anything on this and just need a sanity check.
ACTA:SF p20 - to recover a shuttle, it must move into 'contact' with any friendly ship. Likewise, a Suicide Shuttle attack can only happen when the SS is in 'contact' with an enemy ship in the End Phase.
I presume this refers to contact with the stem of the model (or the center of the counter), and not just the base? |
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:53 am Post subject: |
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No... it actually means in contact with the base.
An earlier draft of the rules had a bit more detail.
At one time, shuttles were armed with phaser-3s and could be used in defense of any ship they were in base contact with.
This led to ships traveling at speed 4 with a cloud of shuttlecraft sittign on its base and using it's p-3 against incoming drones / plasmas. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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CyrDraconis Ensign
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Scoutdad wrote: | No... it actually means in contact with the base.
An earlier draft of the rules had a bit more detail.
At one time, shuttles were armed with phaser-3s and could be used in defense of any ship they were in base contact with.
This led to ships traveling at speed 4 with a cloud of shuttlecraft sittign on its base and using it's p-3 against incoming drones / plasmas. |
Thanks for the clarification - makes a big difference!
Followup - guess it's 2" bases all 'round, then. Good thing I'd only made a few templates... |
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:27 am Post subject: |
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That would be my guess, since everything in ACTA: Sf has a 2" base. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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