Substitution Hits

[Hod K'el]

My thinking may be a little fuzzy on this, but tell me if I am right.

C Hull can be substituted for F Hull.
C Hull can be substituted for R Hull.
Cargo can be substituted for any hull.

Can a probe be substituted for my last Lab?

[Crimin]

It's a different system, so I don't see how it could. Even if they are both used to gather information, that's about the only similarity between the two.

[OGOPTIMUS]

I asked this a long time ago, here's Mike's answer for at least part of it:

http://starfleetgames.com/federation/ph ... .php?t=145

[Dal Downing]

Can a probe be substituted for my last Lab?

I understand your logic Hod, but if you can not substitue a Phase for a Drone or a Torpedo I doubt you will be able to subsitute a Probe for a Lab. Besides why would you really want to give up a Backup Weapon System to save a Lab Box?

[Mike]

He might need information points for something and has used all his probes, so the probe launcher is basically useless for information gathering.

[pinecone]

Isn't there a way to reload Probes?

[Mike]

Probes are reloaded just like drone launchers. See (5G5).

[pinecone]

Then I see no reason to go against Dal's Comment.

Note: Don't take that offensively, I just think that Dal had a good point.

[terryoc]

No, you cannot substitute your probe launcher for the last lab hit. Or any lab hit, for that matter. Probes are hit on "probe" hits on the DAC.

The Center Hull/Cargo hits work because there is a specific "enabling rule" that lets you do that. There is no rule that says you can take lab hits on the probe launcher.

[mjwest]

Terry's answer is correct (and nicely succinct). You cannot substitute one damage type for another unless the rules specifically enable this.