Re: [Epic] A Thunderhawk question...

From: Geoff Kemp <geoffkemp_at_...>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:40:57 +0100

The rules for rhe Evac basically say it is the opposite of a Transport with
troops moving into rather than away from the Thnderahwk

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> From: Andy Skinner <askinner_at_...>
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: RE: [Epic] A Thunderhawk question...
> Date: 01 July 1998 12:46
>
> > It is never a good idea to say you can do something because the
> > rules don't
> > say I can't.
>
> Well, it sorta depends on the argument. For the Flak ability question,
> firepower can shoot at enemies on the ground, and the Flak ability
doesn't
> say you can't, so you can. I think this is quite appropriate reasoning.
> What we're really saying here, is that the Flak ability doesn't specify
an
> exception to the normal ability to target ground units. With this
variation
> in mind, I agree with what you say.
>
> For the Thunderhawk question, it specifically says you can put down
troops,
> but nothing about taking them up. I think it does make sense to say that
> you can't do this because it doesn't say you can. It wouldn't make sense
to
> say you can because it doesn't say you can't, and I don't think that
> conflicts with the reasoning behind the Flak ability argument.
>
> Besides, why would they have added the evac rule for flyers in White
Dwarf
> if the main rules allow it? (I haven't seen that issue, just heard of it
on
> the list.)
>
> andy
>
Received on Wed Jul 01 1998 - 13:40:57 UTC