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Drone on Drone and ADDs

 
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Sebastian380
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:33 am    Post subject: Drone on Drone and ADDs Reply with quote

Hello All,
A drone question this morning.
Drone A is targeted on drone B. Drone A enters the same hex as drone B and so they impact. At what point are the two drones removed from the board? And, does the owner of drone B have any opportunity to defend his drone against A? Can he, for instance, launch an ADD or fire a phaser at drone A?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drone B can only be protected during the normal sequence of play. A ship can only fire on Drone A during the Offensive Fire phase. It can't be defended during the Defensive fire phase. An ADD could be used offensively (with the newer rules for ADDs), but not defensively.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First would depend on whether drone B reached the hex of it's target --
If A arrived at the same time, or B is held in tractor then both impact the target.

Otherwise, (4F5c) Drone impact on another drone will destroy that drone. Both would immediately be removed from the board as no actions can be taken that impulse.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mike,
Just asking
Could an aegis defend the hit drone in def fire


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No. When the two drones occupy the same hex, they are both immediately destroyed. They don't last until Defensive Fire; they are removed in that sub-pulse.

The reason for this is because if you don't do that, you can get really weird situations. For example:
Drone A is targeted on Drone B. Drone A hits Drone B in sub-pulse 2. However, since we have to wait until Defensive Fire to see if Drone B can be saved, it has to move for two more sub-pulses. It now hits *its* target in sub-pulse 4. This means that Drone B's impact is conditional. It's just ugly and gross, and the rules already say the drones are immediately removed from play on that sub-pulse. Let's just go with that.

Note that applies to suicide shuttles, too.
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