John Tailby wrote:

> John Tailby wrote:

> >>>>AMTs must declare an attack against all ships within 3 mu.
(which
> is supposed to mean "enemy ship or orbital base"). Once it has made

> about.

Yes, it is *exactly* what the rules talk about.

You seem to have mixed up the AMT rule with the salvo/heavy missile
rules, BTW: the "must attack the nearest target within range" rule you refer
to

above does apply to salvo and heavy missiles (and is explicitly stated in
their respective rules), but it does *not* apply to AMTs (which is why the AMT
rule *doesn't* say anything about *attacking* the nearest target).

> Also the missile doesn't attack as such. It just catches ships in it's

And for the purposes of PDS fire in the beta-test fighter rules, it has
to "declare an attack" against every ship within its (undamaged) blast radius
during the fighter/missile/plasma attack declaration phase.

> The game effect of an AMT declaring attacks against all ships

Because otherwise an AMT would be impossible to target with PD weapons unless
you use an FCS to direct them, and that would be very bad indeed for
the game balance. The AMT's -1 DRM vs PD weapons and their area of
effect makes them quite nasty already.

> Interceptor Pods) regardless of whether or not that fighter group

> with a fire control at enemy ordnance?

The restriction on (A) arc fire is a restriction on the FCS, not on the firing
weapon. If you use the limited (A) arc fire rule (not all groups
do), it applies whenever you use an FCS to direct a weapon - even if
that weapon happens to be a PDS.

> >>>>Scattergun 6mu 1d3 1

The defensive DRM is applied to the d3 roll, so the fighter group loses
1D3-1 fighters.

Regards,