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Re: Fleet Book Errata ?

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:56:50 +0100
Subject: Re: Fleet Book Errata ?

>Brendan Pratt - Complete Bastard - bastard@oalink.com.au
>"I always said you could get more with a kind word and a 2x4
>that you could get with just a kind word!" - Marcus Cole
>>>  A query that arose at my local club during our last game - If a
magazine
>for a salvo missile launcher is lost to a threshold
>>>    test and then subsequently repaired - do you get the remaining
>missiles back (i.e was it only the feed that was clobbered?) ?
>>>    input very much appreciated.
>>>
>>I don't believe that this question has been answered yet. I would vote
>>for allowing the rest of the missiles. But (not having the Fleet Book
>>yet) I do not know if you roll for each missile salvo when you roll
for
>>threshold checks or not. If you do, and the missile load fails, I
would
>>say that that group of missiles are NOT recoverable. Again, this is
just
>>my humble, ignorant, opinion
>
>
>Jon sent me a reply to this and my other query, but thanks very much
for
>your assistance - Jons' suggestion was :
>i)    all the missiles are lost
>or
>ii)	test for each salvo individually
>
>while I have peoples' attention - do submuntion packs have a fire arc?
- the
>rules make no reference, nor do the design rules, leading me to
conclude
>that they are 360 degree arc weapons - comments?

They have only one arc. The symbol icon is "directional", with the
"trumpet" end facing the arc through which the pack bears.

Jon (GZG)

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