Re: [sg] Starting Forces

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:59:42 +0100 (CET), Derk Groeneveld
<derk@cistron.nl>
wrote:

>> EW doesn't use up actions.
>
>Mmm. I ran across a comment on this, somewhere on the net. I can't find
it
>again, however. is the author of said comment on this list, perchance?

This was hashed out on the list back at the end of August, 2000.
Technically
speaking there is nothing to suggest that it costs an action to turn on
EW
units. However, there is also no reason in the rules to turn OFF the EW
units,
yet the rules state that they are turned on and off. So, if it doesn't
cost an
action to turn the EW units on, why would you NOT turn them on?

 Here are the conclusions that came out of it. Note that these are
essentially
house rules, but logical extensions. This is definitely an area that
needs
cleaned up in "Bugs Don't Surf". The conclusions:

:We had a discussion about this earlier in the year. The rules don't 
:actually give a reason for turning off the EW. The way it is written,
it 
:seems to be on all the time. 
:
:After our discussion here on the list, this is what we came up with: 
: 
: - You switch on the EW set with an action. This gives you 3 EW
counters. 
: - It does not cost an action to use the EW counters. 
: - The next time the EW unit is activated, the EW counters are removed
and 
:the EW is turned off. To turn it on again requires that the EW unit
spends 
:an action. 

I will add that it only costs one action to turn on the EW unit, and
that the
EW unit is available to do other actions. There was a question as to
whether
or not the EW unit should be allowed to turn on the EW set if
suppressed. I
don't know if this was ever resolved, but I have been playing it that
the unit
can NOT activate the EW counters if suppressed.

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
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