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Re: PDAF/ADAFs

From: Casey Robinson <robinson@g...>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 23:50:07 -0500
Subject: Re: PDAF/ADAFs

>Incorrect. ADAFs may only attack fighters/missiles that are attacking
the ship
>on which they are mounted or friendly ships within 6". This means that
fighter
>group that is 2" away (in range even for a PDAF) and attacks a friendly
ship
>that is 7" away, the ADAF on your ship may NOT fire at the fighters!
Also if the
>fighter group does not attack anything, it cannot be targeted.

>Page 17 FT:
>"There are two types of Anti-Fighter (AF) systems:	 POINT DEFENCE
and AREA
>DEFENCE. A POINT DEFENCE AF system is only capable of engaging Fighters
that are
>actually attacking the ship equipped with the system - it is purely a
>self-defence weapon. An AREA DEFENCE AF system, on the other hand, may
engate
>ANY Fighter Group that is within a 6" range of the carring ship, OR
that is
>ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carring ship."

  I'm not an FT player, I got on this list for DS stuff, but just from
reading
that quote it would seem to me that the fighters 2" away from the ADAF
attacking
the 7" away friendy would be fair game.  It does say right there any
fighter
group that is within a 6" range of the carring ship.

Casey

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