BattleTech - Battlespace

154 Pages·1993·168.917 MB·English

by  Chris Hartford

O O K
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 4 JumpShip/WarShip Critical Systems 26
Components 4 Space Station Critical Damage 29
Counters 4 OPTIONAL RULES 30
Record Sheets 6 Advanced Movement Rules 30
Mapsheets 6 Optional Thrust Point Use 30
Dice 6 Optional Facing 30
Game Terms 6 Atmospheric Operations 32
Fire Factor 7 Space/Atmosphere Interface 32
Piloting Skill Rolls 7 Atmosphere 32
Other Rolls 7 Ground 34
Margin of Failure 7 Asterolds 35
PLAYINGE HT GAME 8 Shuttlecraft 35
Sequencef o Play 8 Emergency Exit Systems 35
Initiative Phase 8 Advanced Point Defense Weapons 36
Movement Phase 8 Docked DropShips 36
Combat Phase 9 Boarding Actions 36
End Phase 9 Debris 37
Clan Rulesf o Engagement 9 Dropping Troops 37
MOVEMENT 11 Attacking the Jump Sail 38
Facing 11 Surfaceo t Orbit Fire 38
Thrust Points 11 Weapons of Mäss Destruction 39
Using Thrust Points 1 1 Orbio ttS urface Bombardment 39
Stacklng Limit 12 Nuclear Weapons 40
Gontröl Rolls 12 CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS 42
Making Control Rolls 12 Hyperspace Travel 42
Special Actions 13 Jump Point 42
Evade 13 Jump Field Damage 44
Roll-Över 3 1 Mae kJhiunmtg p 45
Change Formation 13 Jump Sail Recharging 46
Hover 13 Physical Effects of Hyperspace Travel 48
Docking 13 Detection 48
Launch/Recover 13 Deep-Space Rendezvous 49
Landing 13 Docking 49
Jump 3 1 Moving Damaged Craft 50
COMBAT 14 Launching/Recovering Small Craft 50
Detection 14 Recovering Fighter Casualties 52
Weapons Flre/Firing Åres 14 System Transit 52
WarShips 16 Fuel Consumption 52
Fighters 16 In-Flight Refueling 53
Heat 16 Pilot Modifiers 53
Range 16 Planetary Landing 53
Makie nAhgtt tack 71 Liftoff 55
Damage 17 Cargo 56
Armor 7 1 Maintenance 56
Applying Damage 8 1 Support Points 56
Determining Fighter DamV (aSPgmMeall Craft) 81 57
Damage to Fighters V (LPaMrge Craft) 91 57
Crftical Damage 02 Effect fosM aintenance 58
Critical Damage Effects 22 Maintenance Costs 60
General Critical Damage 23
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Repalr 60
Repair Modifiers 60
Component Repair 61
Armor Repair 61
Dd Wesnriigatlnn g
Jump Sail Repair 61
Chris Hartford
Fighter Repair 61
Crew 62
Development
Crew Quality 62
Scott Jenkins
Crew Requirements 62
)NSTRUCTION RULES 64 Levlathan Original Design
DropShlp Construction 64 L. Ross Babcock III
Determine Parameters 64 m Lewais S
Determine Propulsion 64 Jordan Weisman
Determine Structure 66
Choose Weapons 68 Jumpshipd nDsa ropships Original Design
Clare Hess
JumpShlp/WarShip Construction 72
Determine Parameters 72
Editorlal Staff
Add K-F Drive 72
Senior Edltor
Determine Propulsion 73 Donna Ippolito
Determine Structure 73 Associate Editor
Choose Weapons 75 Sharon Turner Mulvihill
Space Statlons 76 Editorial Assistants
Calculatie nChgto st 76 Diane Piron
Converting AeroTech Craft 78 Rob Cruz
Movement/Fuel 78
Production Staff
Offensive Systems 78
t rDAirector
Armor 78
Jeff Laubenstein
Miscellaneous Stastics 79
Project Manager
Fighter Units 79
Mike Neilsen
)BATTLE 81 CoverArt
Fighter Engagements 81 Peter Scanlon
Modlfylng BattleSpace 81 Cover Design
Armor Re-scale 81 Mike Neilsen
Weapons Split and Re-scale 81 Illustration
Expanded Combat Rules 81 Joel Biske, Earl Geier,
Low Atmosphere Rules 83 Jeff Laubenstein, Larry MacDougall,
Allén Nunis, Gary Thomas Washington
Altitude Levels 83
dCnoaun ptear IMllustrations
Map Scale 83
David Martin
Movement 83
Layout
Air-to-Air Combat 84
Mark Ernst
Air-to-Ground Fire 84 Steve Bryant
Return Fire Kd ePynaliasntee up
Ernesto Hernandez
Playtesting
The Nottingham BattleTech Club
Steve Bacon, Chris Cantrill, Neil Dale, Richard
Eaton, Roger Gerrish, Darren Merriman,
VTTLETECH, 'MECH, BATTLEd MMnEECCaHH WAReRrIOaR
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Mike Collins, Rick Cox, Greg Gbur, Jason
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INTRODUCTION
A burstf o infrared radiation signalse ht invaders' arrival in-system. Space blurs, then resolves itselfintoe ht needle-\
like shape of a JumpShip. As the vessel snaps solidly into existence, the crew seans the immediate vicinity for threats. j
Nearby areaf oss pace shimmer, marke inahe te grhf hrrlteeit v fs sefoaoADtt l . ropShips detach from their fragilel
transpd aoncratcs elerate towe tahartrdg et plae e fnhlsehehtet tif, tpo sd eploy huge, flexible, metallic diso cctso llect
ehre tanhty efosa rby stars, recharging their Kearny-Fuchida drives.
Having covered he adhltif stae nthatc roegt e efhltte, f eoDt ropShips turns end-over-ed nfniadre s their engineost
reduce their velocity. As the attackers make a controlled approach to the target, both sides launch squadrons offighters
to take up defensive positions and protect their larger cousins from the opposing forces.
Unwilling to intercept in deep space, the defenders gather and wait in orbit around their planet. Fighters strain under
multiple-G maneuvers whilee htD ropShips travel steadily onward, moving like whales among darting minnowsehT.
battle isjoined—the minnows become piranhas, biting ät the enemy DropShips. Alone, a fighter would be only a minoi
nuisaa Dn orcote pSt luhikibpe , piranhas, fighters rarely attack alone. Half-a-dozen fighters break throuo gctoh nverge
o anB attleMech transport, shredding armd vnoaitr al systems. Though badly damagee cdhrt, aft limps towas rgtdi oal
afrien dfly of eighhet lephr sqtwuai thdron.
elThahtr sigsi e-scale action ofplanetary invasion, whe esrhd kedtn iaall rinf ofgi ghter e pthaitl cdotntiacs al training
of captain fsoD ropShips, JumpShipd snraa, re WarShips determine hfetä tf eop lane hteti ddtnf esaow ar.
r moBo aroett wlpelaSta gyprae aosmrcsfiee that simulates COJVIPONENTS
battles in space between the Houses of the Inner Sphere, and the
invading Clans. Players commana rda nf gcore aft, from DropShips,
BattleSpace provides the following components to play the
e htworkhorse vesselsf o transportd na planetary travel, through
game. As used here, the word unit refers to a single vessel of an|
fighter units, to the flimsy needle-like JumpShips, necessary for
type or a squadron of fighters.
interstellar travel. BattleSpace also provides rue lhhet ruosf ge,
deadly WarShips, powerf ul, jump-capable combat ships unseen in
COUNTERS
the Inner Sphere since the beginning of the Succession Wars.
BattleSpace provides a number of color counters to mark thd
The rules for playing BattleSpace begin with Playing the
position and orientation of each unit on the map. The following
Game. The Movement and Combat sections expand on the
counters represent shuttlecraft, DropShips, JumpShips, fighte
elements of the sequence of play. Optional Rules allows players
units, WarShips, and space stations. Additional counters mari
to add more complexity to the basic BattleSpace game, and
asted roontihdaes r obstacles (ss udaceh stroyed units), marjk
Campaign Operations covers situations likely to occur during a
craft's heading (or orientation), and show the formation of a fighte
campaigne hT.C onstruction Rules section outlinese htp roce-
unit.
i dure and formulas for creating custom-made craftl lsoai fzes. The
AeroBattle section incorporates fighter-to-fighter engagements
into the larger scale of BattleSpace.
i BattleSpace was designed to allow players to run a campaign
in space, pl llatahy otiunsoge elements usually negleehctt endi
ro ulasthn d BattleMd sentcaahrts sluggit niog ut. This book
supplements Drod pJSunhmaippsS y hsbtirpes amelihnitng
operationsd e rnxuplaeas nding other secd tpionronavsni d,aes
alternative to AeroTech by incorporating those rules into the
BattleSpace sequencf d pocenl oaany struction rules. Players will
eBnheaetttd leTech Comped MndneicuahmW arrior, Second
; Editlo onpt, lay BattleSpace.
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Weapon Data
BattleSpace provides a record sheet for each unit, to keep The table in the upper right-hand side of the record sheet lists
y dnaamta rfagocek inflicted age auhinntist tduring the game. the weapons bays of each vessel. Each line provides data on the
Each type fo unit, DropShip, JumpShip, WarShip, space station, typf woe eae pbhaoty nn, si their firie ndhgat mdanraeag, e they
ad uf nnisgaiqhautheer ,record sheet. Every record sheet, inflict ät a given range. See the Combat section, p.14, for more
regardless of the type of unit it represents, divides needed informa- information on weapons. This table also gives the amount of heat
tion into several common sections, described below. generated by using that weapons bay.
We ruhhleeta snc ra rdoeoas(fems t xreadog-eobdu t afroea
the ship), that part of the ship has taken damage, which is indicated Unit Data
e bahypt p Xtru-oionpgr iate boxes. Unmarked boxes reofetr Each record sheet also lists the unifs important statistics,
location boxes that remain intact (that part of the ship has taken no includs ind StMigna aafex imum Thrust (see Moveme. np1t1 ,).
damage, and so the boxes are not crossed out). The same section provides space to record the amount of thrust
currently available, and the unifs velocity and fuel reserves.
Critical Damage Data
Non AlT iIOH The final section of the DropShip and WarShip Record Sheets
::AKI¥s«JH "?. ! H» nv
provides a template of the unifs vulnerable internal components.
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1201 FUflELMHs --- J1O1 Each class of ship has a different number and layout of Critical
13 u1190 ---- --- --"S Damage boxes, and a different mix of internal components. The
4i9i90 - 19—09- 495950 Fighter Record Sheets do not have a Critical Damage section; the
um u70 44J3IS900. '- R1- I-1OH_T- 7•<005 W1NTT9M HMllHl1RTJELML eCeriSticaamf Clo ooD u0manmr 2tbm oo aa.offtgp r,deea , imnfaogrme aretioqnui.red to destroy a fighter is much smaller.
s 70 - 9 BattleSpace provides two WarShip Record Sheets. The
1101 7_9 - 1190 Small WarShip Record Sr Wohfe aseriS thips mässing less than
21910909 9»9et109t --_ _-- -- »J1O1 L 750,000 tons. Heavier WarShips use the Large WarShip Record
40 - #*-»« __ _ - « WIHO Sheet.
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II 99
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•7B0 49 IVUVPSHEETS
HUT HHU d 1 FUll The game provides two mapsheets printed with a grid of
UFI THRUCT ~~~] FU1ADAI l— | — | — 1
MAX THRUST C ~l uunmaoui 1 hexagr oohn(es xes). These hexes regulate moevhetm neni t
ftVKHUCl 1D n| | | 1 I*fj" ™ M» ••.'_ game, and provide a quick means of calculating the distance
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•PILOT DATA- between units. Each hex represents approximately 18 kilometers
MLOTlNa IKIU ini . J_5 i i-.* !O_Mrm»_ (just över 11 miles). This is the distance that a craft would cover
COHC
OUNNIRY HULL TAM ——i every Game Tu1 rmn( inute) after accelerating ät one-half gravity
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Ift rNoOaStt AAFfTT _ _NiiOmSE_ _NuOmSE_-AkflXL i (5 meters/sec./sec.) for one minute (moving ät 1,080 kph or 670
NOSC AFT LWING RWING mph).
NOSE AFT FUSELAGE FUSELAGE
RLWWtINNGG LRWWIINNGG FLU SWELINAGGE FURS WELIANGGE R WING 9 1
FUSELAGE FUSELTFAAG TFAE i AFT
V•LOCITYAND ALT]miDi RICO» DICE
téAii 1 WiHA"-AB- JUT.
1 WWEEAAPPOONN l WWEEAAPPOONNWWEEAAPPOONN GEAR e BhTattleSpace game system often requires player osrt oll
3 WEAPON 1 WEAPONCONTKX EUEt
4 FCS ICONTVOL ENGINE UfESUP. diceo dt etermine their unifs succesr sof ailure ät certain maneu-
S NOCItlT. 1 NOCBT. ENGINE AV10NKS
IEFOMFREE1WJ -: i vers. Whenever dice rolling is required, BattleSpace uses two
standard six-sided dice, included in the game. The rules may ask
the player to roll one six-sided die (1D6) or two six-sided dice (2D6).
When rolling multiple dice, add the result of each die to get a single
Armor Data totalr .oFe xample, rolling 1D6, that, si rollinge nso ix-sided die, will
e lee hbfhtto -Tnhxeaons d sif deoea ch record sheet repre- produce a result betwe. 6 Rednan o1 l dlniaan 6dDg2 dineght
sent the amount of armor plating on each f acing of the unit. Fighters results will giva teo tal bed t1wn2ea.e 2n
as einsf Aoug trelmes or boxeo rste presee anhrtt m noeora ch unit;
DropShips have four armor facings, Före, Aft, Left Side, and Right GAME TERMS
Side. WarShips, JumpShips, and space stations have six armor
facings, Före, Aft, Fore-Left, Aft-Left, Fore-Rd iAgnhfatt- ,Right.
The following information reviews game terms introduced in
Successful attacks dae maharmgteo r (ree dnhuuctmfe obe r
previous products and defines terms used in BattleSpace. See
unmarked Armor boxes); when onA rmor boxes remain unmarked,
MechWarrior, Second Editione ht dna BattleTech Compen-
the unit will take critical damage if hit on that facing.
diur momf ore information.
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fMTftODUCTfOM
FIRE ROLLS
In BattleSpace, weapons damage is grouped together in BattleSpace uses dice rollso t resolve other typesf o actions
nglevaluescalled Fire Factors. Each weapons bay of a DropShip, dnasituations. nI these cases,e ht rules will instructe ht playersot
jmpShip, WarShip, or space station has a single Fire Factor. The make a Repair Roll, Landing Roll, and so on. The player rolls 2D6
Fire Factor, or damage, of each weapons bay is different ät and compares the result to a base or modified number to determine
fferent ranges. (See Comba. pt1r , om6f, ore information.) the outcome of the action. For example, a player making a Repair
e rRheoptl6 alo riDocrt ol l2dmi fefpice ahraurhteel( tstfys uol t
»ILOTING SKILL target number provided for each component of a ship).
Whenever a pilot attempts to execute a difficult maneuver or
; shis pei xposeo dct ircumstances that might caue spheti loott Ml ARG l FO FN AILURE
se control, the player makes a Piloting Skill Roll. The BattleSpace When a player makes a roll and fails (gets a result less than the
ules indicate when the player should make a skill roll, and also target number), how badly he failed may affect the pilot and the
Dvide modifiero tsth yiansap rdpodrlAol. priate modiefihet rost crae hdfTti. fference betweee hdnt ice roll e rhetats drungalet t
»iloting Skill Level. numbers i callede ht Marginf o Failure.
To makea Piloting Skill Roll,e ht player rolls 2D6. Ife ht result
sequal to orgreaterthan the modified Piloting Skill Level, the pilot
naintains controls ih fo craft.e ht fI results i less thane ht modified
sting Skill Le epvhieltol ,t löses cod snnute rafcofheo lrtns se-
jnces given in the rules for each situation.
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PLAYIE NGHGAT JVIE
INITIATIVE
One player from each team rolls 2D6 to determine the teanYs
Initiative. The team with the higher roll has the Initiative throughout
the turn. Having the Initiative is an advantage; because the team
with the Initiative moves last, those players see what moves their
opponents inteo n mntatda an kekecaie c adhd vtnuarannt ,afgoe
those maneuvers and counter them if necessary.
JVtOVEfVtENT PHASE
e foVlelhoswstein lsgn morodive er, accoo sridziten :g
JumpShips
WarShips
DropShips
Fighter Units
Escape Pods
Lifeboats
The player or team with the lowest Initiative chooses one unit
and moves it. A unifs move may be to remain stationary, if the craft
has a Velocity of 0.
The player or team with the next lowest Initiative chooses one
unit and moves it.
e hpTlayer rot eam wite hhht ighest Initiative choosee unso nit
and moves it. Movement alternates between sides until all units on
the map have moved or chosen to remain stationary.
If ät any stage during the Movement Phase a player or team
has twice as many units left to move as the opposing sides, that
player or team should move two units ät his next opportunity. If one
side has three times as many units left to move, that player or team
should move three units, and so on. The player or team with the
lowest Initiative will always me e ofpihhrvlsatte t ry doeunr nait ,
team with the highest Initiative will always move one of its units last.
Where possible, each team should mn idoaeven tical numfboe r
cn reaaif tch Movement Phasf eeIa .ch teamTia ads iff erent number
The BattleSpace game system allows players to run a cam-
of craft left to move, the players should determine the maximum
paign using allthe resources requiredtoapproachatargetsystem,
numberf o turns requirede ht rof team withe ht lowest Initiativeot
evade or blast through the system defense, land ground troops on
move all its units. The teams with larger numbers of vessels should
the target planet, and take the objective or effect an orderly retreat.
then move an appropriate number of units each turn to move an
equal numbef toru rns, starting we itlhaht rgest grouf cpo raft. (See
example below.)
Players should only move unin tesxa tphcean td Thrust Points.
The sequef npoclae y provide a rfefurhaos lemts erwoofrk Units that cannot expend Thrust Points, such as space stations,
BattleSpace, regulating the players' actions and giving structure to Out-of-Control units, or units suffering from serious engine dam-
the game. The optional and campaign rules add complexity to the age, may not move to give the owning side an advantage. Ät the
basic sequenf pcolea y. Players ree pseehaqt utenf pcolea y until end of the Movement Phase, any Out-of-Control units should move
e htactionr o battles i resolvede .hTs equencef o play consists:fo straight forward a number of hexes equal to their velocity. All other
Initiative Phase units incapablf oee xpending Thrust Points continuo etm ove
Movement Phase straight forward ät their current velocity. Resolve any potential
Combat Phase collisions immediately.
End Phase If ordereo adt bandoe nph rseth nvid Ppiio nhuEase cshreet ,w
will lee avhvetes sel using escape p dlonifdaesb oatse hät t
beginning of the Movement Phase. (See Optional Rules, p. 36.)
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ISfi.TganiBroiii-.rt i<:
st Initiative*:T|
C must moveorié of iti ulits fffst, l
Team B.. _
; . ...
rriove1 ^crafffirSt: TearriWll|i|||iSiclrlJiowest Initiatl
must move ät lea1 csr taft nelp||J^||y;er, 3 Tco resada'fA tm
:
not divide equally between twi-BeJSjÖf nominations (the mir|w:i
m.um numbf toeurr nt wis ill ta:P'li||SamQ;jojominate
:
its movernent), o athnsedy mové;;'ä|:i|l|lii|||il|i^sfti||^;
tion. AfterTeam A moves its 2 unitsvTÄrif iEmövilf illj
(has tti lofot tae ls)hT.e cond roundf on ominations begins vill!
_^_((aarnAthen
moves its last duTnneaiat, m B i
The teams use an identical |
then e arettshaocltvkl estel aaafmte sr haVitfiiii&ted their:
targ eeohtrTsd. feorre solutio suin nimportinlPfSecaulslae
damage occurs ät the same time), but resolve all attacks from
one :cMft before starting those of::4oo||i6j, After the players
remo:vé all destroyed craft taking effect in the End Phase, a craft destroyed by fire from a unit
bd eengaicanhs team rolls dice • with higher Initiativ ehcte niu rrent tur yansm till caynrar tuyo
nominated attacks.
d PnEh aeIhsnte , players apy pdnlaay mad dgneae termine
In the Combat Phase, units declare any attacks and then s tieffects, attempo tt regain controf ol Out-of-Control unitsdn,a
Iresolve them. may order crews to abandon ship.
The player or team with the lowest Initiative should choose a Al lfatuenr its have resolved their attacks, damage lakes
unit and declare all the attacks that unit will make according to the effect. Removey na destroyed units from eht mapsheet.
e Chrout mlnebsi at sectio. 1pn4 ,. This declaration should specify All Out-of-Control units may attempt to regain control. (See
ethatre gfiber eotsdt e wh uet pdaonpano ns be eubahs ytoe snt di Control Rolln sMi overnen. pt1, 2A .s) uccessful Control Roll will
e pr tlhoaaeytae tTeamn rceh kx w.tt itlh owest Initiative then end the effects of being Out-of-Control. A failed roll means the craft
selectsa und indta eclaree shtt argetst i will attack. Declaration continueo sst ue fefheftfr ecf tobs eing Out-of-Cone tprholTal. yer
rotates betwee ehtetn ams ue nhpttlial yers have nominated may attempt another Control Roll in the next End Phase.
attacks for all units. A player may give orders for a crew to abandon ship. Linder
y sntIafa a gpäe l tar tyoeea rm has ts wmaicae ny units those circumstances, escape pod dnsali feboats eject äehtt
remaining to declare fire as the opposing sides, that player or team beginning of the next Movernent Phase.
should declare the attacks of two units in the next nomination. If one
side has three times as many units, it should declare the attacks of
three units, and so on. The player or team with the lowest Initiative CLAN RULES
will always nominae tfheirt st atte aphtlc daknya, er tore am wiethht OF ENGAGEJVIENT
highest Initiative will always dece s aluahttnrti aeti ftcsok last. Once
a player nominatee tshat rgea t ursof nifs attack, that unit must fire
The idea of massed nåväl engagements is somewhat new to
esheält etcted targe pehlatTsy .er mt cohanay e ntaghretg f teoh tat
e Ghlatns. Their society, though placing great emphn awsoaisr -
unifs attacks, even if other weapons fire destroys the target before
riors, has historically favored the ground-based military. Glan
the player's unit fires.
military philosophy decreed that only ground troops could seize
After nominating the attacks for all units, resolve the attacks
and hold an objective. The Glans' system of honor and love of battle
unit by unit. Resolve all fire from one unit before resolving another
meant they always preferra esdt and-up fight between 'Mdencahs
unifs attacks. Becausel la combats i simultaneous, with damage
infantry. Only ra ac rodemildy mander appreciate te hbhaett stway
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to prevent a challenge to possession was to prevent the enemy
force from arrivings dtäie tstinae tIhnioTnne .r Sphere forces,
drae ehwxt inpnoeg rience provide ymbd a oh draenlf at hoawnt
centurief ocs ontinuous war, heo slndu ch reservations.
y D tlonorsonae Gep hdSlaThindn itsp his eir invasione inhtto
Inner Sphere, mainly because eGht lans mounted better armdnsa
armor than their Inner Sphere countee Irnhpnta terutrsb S, phere's
willingness to attack what the Glans considered essentially non-
combatant craft forced the invaders to radically rethink their aero-
space tactical procedures e.nO immediate resuls taw thateht
Glans assigned more aerospace fighters to escort their DropShips
insystem. Commanders also began assigning AeroStars to hunt
dowd ndna estroy potential aerospace threatse hmT. ost important
ref sroeutl thinking their aerospace stratewgye egGnahl avatne s
set of rules governing aerospace engagements.
Rule 1. Once a Glan unit attacks an enemy unit, no other Glan
unit may engage that target. One lhoty fi riginal Glan attackesri
destroyed, or under one of the conditions laid out in Rules 2 or 3 can
another unit attack that target.
RuA lG e.2 lan uny aemitn gagy neua nit th saafhit re,ti ndo
eve ftinh is contradicts Rule 1.
Rul .3eA ttacks against capital shie preasx empt froemht
above rules. Any number of fighter units or DropShips can engage
a single WarShip.
RuleA .4 Glan unit will,y b preferenced na ideology, always
engage a single enemy unit until that unit is destroyed or Rule 2
occurs. Attacking more than one target simultaneously changes7
the nature of the engagement from a mäss of one-on-one duels to
a huge "grand meo lreenes(" trictiw oGnelasFn) . commandeerars
willing to open a battle up to a grand melee. The punishment meted
out to warriors who initiate such melees (if they survive) is severe.
Rule 5. If a Glan AeroStar engages a smaller fighter unit, it will
use offensive firepower appropriate to the number of fighters in the
smaller unit. In other words, the Glan unit will fire as if it had as many
fighters (rows of armor) as the target unit. For example, if an Inner
Sphere uns aoiht nly four fightersa ,G lan unit wildla hf itgi fi hsat
only four fightes fritsrIe .power will e e sgotbhrdile tld atsut ewbr i,ll
go from the standard 10 to 6 (1 Står vs. 1 squadron) to 1 fighter vs.
1 fighter.
Ru5 lae pplie omst ost Glan engagemet ndu ttoabosep ,nsp ly
in some very specific situations. For example, the forces prosecut-
a T grniia foAl nnihilation we msiull aximum forco eet liminaethet
tainted enemy; this trial represents a battle of total destruction.
Units engagedn i hunting bandity asam ls eosum aximum force,
because they are fighting honorless scum.
Glan pilots ohw disobey eht fo yna above rules dna surviveeht
battle receive punishment ranging from a reprimando t execution.
The specific punishment depends on the attitude held by the
offender's commander and Glan.
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