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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.
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 ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carring ship."
> Incorrect. ADAFs may only attack fighters/missiles that are attacking
Also if the
> fighter group does not attack anything, it cannot be targeted.
> Page 17 FT:
I'm not an FT player, I got on this list for DS stuff, but just from reading
that quote it would seem to me that the fighters 2" away from the ADAF
attacking the 7" away friendy would be fair game. It does say right there any
fighter group that is within a 6" range of the carring ship.
> I'm not an FT player, I got on this list for DS stuff, but just from
Duh!!! How many times can you read the same thing and read it wrong the same
way??? Sorry. I did read it wrong.
Date sent: 12-DEC-1996 10:47:04
> Incorrect. ADAFs may only attack fighters/missiles that are attacking
Also if the
> fighter group does not attack anything, it cannot be targeted.
I think you'll find they can.
> Page 17 FT:
Read that again.
"A POINT DEFENCE AF..." {snip as we only want the ADAF bit]
"An AREA DEFENCE AF system, *on the other hand*, may engage ANY fighter group
that is within 6" range of the carrying ship,
OR
that is ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carrying ship."
The ANY and OR are emphasized to make the point that ANY fighters within
6"
may be attacked by a ADAF. The ADAF only cares about the fighters actions if
they are beyond the 6" kill zone. The OR bit doesn't even come into it unless
the fighters are outside 6" range. The "on the other hand", the emphasis is
mine, is to show that the ADAF uses compleatly different rules from the PDAF.
> Brian Bell wrote:
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:
> ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carring ship."
In a message dated 96-12-11 23:15:57 EST, you write:
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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.
<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 <ATTACKING any friendly ship within 6" of the ADAF carring ship."
Um, Brian? The rules you quoted seem to state that an ADAF system CAN fire on
ANY fighter group, regardless of whether or not it is attacking, if it
gets within 6" of the ADAF-equiped ship. This is the way the rules are
designed to work. How do I (and Mike) know this? We both ran FT games for
GEO-HEX at the last GenCon with Jon Tuffley watching and we asked him
this same question. From Jon, ADAF systems can attack ANY fighter (attacking,
loitering, parallel parking,.....) that comes within 6" of an
ADAF-equiped
ship. Also works for missiles.
Morgul, aka Morgan Keyes Sine Pari Airborne All The Way! <Brian Bell