Re: Drop Pod Questions

From: <ramospeter_at_...>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 12:47:13 -0000

Hi!

Well I'm back from my moving blackout and son my home account should
be active.

To your questions:

According to the fluff the drop pods come in too fast to be
intercepted by thrusters, so they cannot be attacked by then until
they land and are deployed.

Drops pods are supposed to be rar but I go go with what you propose
to make them more numerous and have support cards and such available.

Peter


--- In netepic_at_egroups.com, 100kheretics_at_z... wrote:
> The 1st question I had was whether or not Drop pods could be
attacked
> by flyers as they're landing. I could see the rules going either
way
> on this one, cause I immagine the pods would be falling PDQ, but
> still, fighters (on dogfight orders) could concievably make an
attack
> before they landed (though this _could_ make drop pods completely
> unplayable as they already have to go through a pretty severe
ammount
> of fire as they land).
>
> My 2nd question also involves drop pods... shouldn't there be a
> support card that would allow more drop pods for a company that
chose
> to deploy in them. As it stands there's 16 pods, 10 of which carry
> troops, and the destruction of any of which represents a distinct
> disadvantage to the marine player (especially if the one containing
> the HQ or other special characters is hit).
>
> I would submit that there should be 3 support cards available for
> this kind of a company; Decoys and additional deathwind/support
pods
> (decoys could be additional assault pods that aren't carrying any
> troops). I guessed that since the cost of the drop pod special card
> is 300 points, and that the 10 assault pods simply replace the
> company's rhinos, that the 300 points reflected the cost of the
> support/deathwind pods. Therefore I thought that the decoy card
could
> represent 6 decoys and cost 100 points (the same cost as 6 rhinos)
> and the deathwind/support cards would each cost 150 points for 3
pods.
>
> Any thoughts?
Received on Thu Aug 03 2000 - 12:47:13 UTC