Re: EFSB Combat at ORION

Jerry Han (ancestor to Li Han? ;-) )  wrote:

[Nice battle report snipped]

> One errata question (which I think has been addressed before, 
> but I'm too lazy to look inside my own archive (8-) ):
> 
> Fighters engage in dogfight.	This is done in Fighter movement phase.
> Logic says that they won't be able to engage ships in the Combat
> phase, but there isn't a rule that explicitly says they can't.  
> Likewise, there isn't a rule that explicity says they can, either.

Actually, there are rules saying both things - but not very explicitly
:-/ 

On p.73, "4A: Ship Selection", last paragraf: "...If a Fighter Screen is
defending the ship, start by resolving all combats between Fighter
Groups
(see Dogfights on page 86). Finally, any Fighter Groups that have
survived
get their chance to attack the ship ..." This seems to say rather
explicitly that any attacking fighter that survived the dogfight with
the
fighter screen is also allowed to attack the ship.

However, on p.86, "Fighter Screens", last paragraf, last two sentences:
"Each Fighter Group in the Fighter Screen must be engaged by at least
one
attacking Fighter Group. Once this condition has been satisfied, any
further uncommitted attacking groups may fire on the escorted ship."
This
seems to imply that the attacking Fighter Groups that have engaged the
Fighter Screen may *not* also attack the target ship.

> So, here's the $64 question:	Can fighters that have engaged in and
> survived a dogfight then fire on an appropriate active ship in the
> Combat phase?

I'd say no. The rules are contradictory, so logic can prevail :-)

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson

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