Re: PDAF/ADAFs

Brian Bell wrote:
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>"4) PDAF/ADAFs should be able to target any fighter/missile in range.
>
>ADAFs already do this."
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>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.

Nope, your interpretation is incorrect.  As you stated from the book, an
ADAF may target any fighter group that is within its 6" range OR it may
defend a friendly ship if the ship is within its 6" range AND has a
fighter
group attacking it.

>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
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Here it is.  The ship does NOT need to be attacked for this to work only
in
range.

>ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carring ship."

Mike Miserendino