Re: DSII: VTOL Damage, Arty Direct Fire, Terrain's affect on GMS

On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Nils A Hedglin wrote:
> 1) When a VTOL gets a damage chit, how is it handled?  The Aerospace 
> section states that VTOLs are treated as special ground units.  So 
> what happens to when one gets a Immobility result?

It crashes & burns. An "IMM" chit works the same as a "BOOM" chit for
VTOLs -- after all, if the rotor(s) stop spinning, it's hard to see how
it can be an effective fighting vehicle any more!

>
> 2) Does have anyone practical experience with modern artillery?

Sorry, none here.

>
> 3) Does Hull or Turret down affect GMS fire?

It has no effect in the rules as they are written, but in our group we
have a house rule that adds a d6 or d8 defense die. We did this to try
to
make missiles a little less deadly, without pulling their teeth
altogether.

--
Rick Rutherford ----- rickr@digex.net ----- The above opinions are mine.
"I've seen collisions on fire off the side of the ethernet LAN. 
I've seen the lights on the CSU/DSU glitter in the dark near the router.

All these things will be lost in time, like dropped packets. Time to
die."