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particular salvo. The rest of the missiles get through, but don’t resolve their attacks until after all point-defense attempts have been made. A fighter may dodge torps during the Torp Results Phase and then use its pointdefense system against missiles in the Missile Results Phase without penalty. Limited Defenses Ships can only make a limited number of attacks each round with their point-defense systems. The number in brackets next to the ship’s point-defense kill spread is the number of torps or missile salvos that the ship can use its point defenses against each turn. You always get to choose which torps or salvos your ship is firing at in any case, but you can only make a maximum of one attack against each particular torp or salvo. Decoys: ❍ ❍ P–D: 1–7[2] Dmg Con: 1–6 Example: This small box describes a Salamander’s decoys and point defenses (as well as its damage control systems [see page 77]). The Salamander has two decoys. Its point-defense systems’ can attack up to two torps or missile salvos each turn, and it successfully neutralizes incoming warheads on results 1–7 on a 1D10. If only one torp was entering it’s hex this turn, it could only use its point-defense systems against it once. Losing Point-Defense Systems Whenever your ship takes a critical hit, its point-defense systems lose one attack. For example, if the Salamander above took a critical hit, it would then only be able to attack one torp or one missile salvo each turn. Cannon Fire While the regular rules provide you with a number of different weapons, they are fairly simplistic. For those that want even more realism in their battles, we offer the following rules. They cover everything from new range increments to defending yourself by firing out of turn. Gunnery Duels Normally, gunners and then pilots fire their cannon weapons in accordance with their Gunnery values. The gunnery duel option allows for some variance within this strict sequence. If, during the normal sequence of firing, a gunner or pilot declares a cannon attack on a target that wishes to return fire with a cannon, one of that target’s eligible crewmembers may declare a gunnery duel to determine who actually fires first. To resolve the gunnery duel, both firing crewmembers roll 1D10 and add their Gunnery value. If dueling with a gunner, a pilot suffers a –2 penalty to this roll. The highest modified total fires first. In case of a tie, resolve both attacks simultaneously. The loser of the gunnery duel must attack immediately after the winner. Note that this will often entail a crewmember firing out of the normal sequence. Remember that each gunner or pilot may only discharge one cannon once per Cannon Fire Phase, so a crewmember may not fire once normally, then fire again in a subsequent gunnery duel or vice versa. Example: During the Movement Phase, Ken’s Salamander crosses in front of Nancy’s Thunder Bird. His gunner has Gunnery 4, while her pilot has Gunnery 7. During the Cannon Fire Phase, Ken declares that his Salamander’s gunner is firing his twin Splatterguns at the T-Bird. Since the Thunder Bird’s pilot has the Salamander in her sights, Nancy declares a gunnery duel with the Salamander’s gunner. Ken and Nancy roll 1D10 and add their Gunnery values, but Nancy subtracts –2 because her pilot is dueling with a gunner. Ken rolls a 5, giving him a (4+5=) 9. Nancy rolls a 6, giving her a (7+6–2=) 11. The Thunder Bird resolves its attack first. If Ken’s Salamander survives, his gunner must then retaliate. If the Thunder Bird knocks out the Salamander’s Splatterguns, the gunner can switch to his 360° Pulse Laser, but he must still attack the Thunder Bird. In any event, the Thunder Bird cannot fire again during this Cannon Fire Phase. dead for sure. He would rather die than end up a slave to the Draconians. But his fears faded to joy when he heard Hamad’s voice on the pod’s communicator. “Abushkara! Are you there? Our sensors show that you are alive. Are you awake?” Basaam responded instantly. “Here, sir.” Suddenly Basaam was overwhelmed with guilt for having lost his ship. “Let me apologize—” he started. “Apologize? Are you kidding?” Hamad’s voice was filled with disbelief. “Son, for what you’ve done, you’re sure to get a medal. “That was the most amazing bit of courage I’ve ever seen in all my years. That little maneuver isn’t part of your training, kid. Where’d you come up with that?” As the Drakar began towing the life pod back to the Q’raj base, Basaam took a moment to think before he answered. 75
“I think it was from a story that my mother read to me when I was young, from an ancient book. Its stories still ring true so many thousands of years later. “I saw the Draconian Goliath, and I asked myself, what else could defeat such a creatures but a rock thrown by a young man in his first battle?” Hamad laughed at that all the way home. 76 Deflection Deflection simulates the effect of a target’s aspect in relation to the firer. Due to the ships’ relative movement, it is more difficult to hit a target with cannons if it’s crossing your field of fire than if it’s moving toward or away from you. Additionally, sitting ducks (i.e., ships with a Drive of 0) are incredibly easy to hit, especially if you’re heading directly toward or away from the mostly stationary ship. To use the Deflection To Hit Modifiers Table, read across its top to find which of the defender’s firing arcs the attacker is in. Then read down the table’s side to determine which of the attacker’s firing arcs the defender occupies. Cross-index the row and column to determine the Attack Dice To Hit modifier for this attack. Add the modifiers presented in the chart at the top of the page to your cannon’s Attack Dice total to figure if there is a hit. Deflection modifiers do not affect damage. If a vessel occupies two eligible firing arcs (is in a hex on the border between adjacent firing arcs), the defender chooses which of the available columns and rows of the Deflection Table to use for that attack. Example: Mark’s Salamander fires at Dan’s Epping with his 360° Pulse Laser. Mark determines that he is in the Epping’s Rear Quarter Right firing arc, so he goes to the Rear Quarter Right column of the Deflection Chart. Next, he sees that Dan is in his Front Quarter Left firing arc, so he cross indexes on the Front Quarter Left row of the Deflection Chart. The result is a +1, so when Mark rolls the Attack Dice, he adds +1 for To Hit purposes. Deflection To Hit Modifiers Table Defender is in this Attacker is in this Arc of the Defender Firing Arc of the Attacker F FQL FQR R RQL RQR Target Has Drive 0 Front 0 –2 –2 +1 0 0 +2 Front Quarter Left –2 –1 +1 +1 –1 +1 +1 Front Quarter Right –2 +1 –1 +1 +1 –1 +1 Rear +1 0 0 0 –1 –1 +2 Rear Quarter Left 0 –1 +1 0 –1 –1 +1 Rear Quarter Right 0 +1 –1 0 –1 –1 +2 Automatic Hits and Misses Some situations may arise where a target becomes hit-proof against certain weapons, while others ships become so susceptible to attacks that its rare that they’re ever missed. To remedy this, you may institute the automatic hits and misses options. When using auto hits and misses, it’s important to differentiate the Base Attack Dice from the Attack Die Bonus. There’s little problem when the Attack Die Bonus is of a different size than the Base Attack Dice, but when they are the same (e.g., 3D6), you’ll have to use different colored dice, noting one as the Attack Die Bonus and the others as the Base Attack Dice. Automatic Hits A target is automatically hit if the Base Attack Dice come up as doubles of their highest possible value (e.g., two sixes on 2D6, or two eights on 2D8). The Defensive Value of the target is ignored in the case of an automatic hit. It is hit regardless. Automatic Misses A target is automatically missed if the Base Attack Dice come up as double 1s. The Defensive Value of the target is ignored. The target is not hit, regardless of the resulting Attack Dice total. Range Increments You may find that the range increments on the Master Weapons Table do not sufficiently reflect the effects of range on cannon fire. In this case, use the range increments and To Hit modifiers on the Alternate Range Effects Table (page 165).
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