[Rules] Shuttles and 'contact'

CyrDraconis · Post by **CyrDraconis** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:43 am

Checked the FAQ and Errata, didn't see anything on this and just need a sanity check.

ACTA:SF p20 - to recover a shuttle, it must move into 'contact' with any friendly ship. Likewise, a Suicide Shuttle attack can only happen when the SS is in 'contact' with an enemy ship in the End Phase.

I presume this refers to contact with the stem of the model (or the center of the counter), and not just the base?

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:53 am

No... it actually means in contact with the base.

An earlier draft of the rules had a bit more detail.
At one time, shuttles were armed with phaser-3s and could be used in defense of any ship they were in base contact with.
This led to ships traveling at speed 4 with a cloud of shuttlecraft sittign on its base and using it's p-3 against incoming drones / plasmas.

CyrDraconis · Post by **CyrDraconis** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:18 am

Scoutdad wrote:No... it actually means in contact with the base.

An earlier draft of the rules had a bit more detail.
At one time, shuttles were armed with phaser-3s and could be used in defense of any ship they were in base contact with.
This led to ships traveling at speed 4 with a cloud of shuttlecraft sittign on its base and using it's p-3 against incoming drones / plasmas.

Thanks for the clarification - makes a big difference!

Followup - guess it's 2" bases all 'round, then. Good thing I'd only made a few templates...

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:27 am

That would be my guess, since everything in ACTA: Sf has a 2" base.