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"Your incorrect assumptions are three=
fold."
"You assume law still reigns in the Five Galaxies"
"You assume that =
we would be bound by precedents and precepts from the last 10 million years=
."
"But your most incorrect assumption of all is to assume that we care." =
-David Brin, Infinity's Shore
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--------------James Nugent----------------------------------------
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iginal Message-----
From: PAspin3551_at_... [SMTP:PAspin3551@...]
Sent=
: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 5:18 AM
To: space-marine_at_...
Subject: Re: [E=
pic] Question on Tyranid Biotitans
In a message dated 13/06/97 09:58:06, =
aebrain_at_... (Alan Brain)
writes:
<<
Case in point: Chaos Que=
stor: Assuming it's undamaged, and gets into CC,
it has a massive 11 in 36=
chance of DESTROYING any war engine,
regardless of the AF. This is becaus=
e the worst that it can do if it
loses by +5 or more is to require a 6 to =
get a Catastrophic Hit (ie
Instant Kill), and it has 2 rolls to do it with=
.
Of course, it's chances of survival are miniscule. >>
Wrong. You need t=
o win close combat to automatically cause a catastrophic
hit. although this=
isnt mentioned in the questor stats, it is in the main
rule book, and ther=
e are no exceptions in epic 40K (apart from space marine
chapters).
That a=
nd the rule about Tyranid's not taking dangerous terrain tests. It sort of =
an afterthoguh on the datafaxes. If they were going to do this, i wonder wh=
y they didn't give eldar titans multiple turns. (I think the smaller chaos =
engines, like the slannesh ones and maybe warhounds should have something l=
ike this also). What's the point of a fast agile titan that can only travel=
in a straight line?
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"Your incorrect as=
sumptions are threefold."
"You assume law still reigns in the Five Galaxies=
"
"You assume that we would be bound by precedents and precepts from the la=
st 10 million years."
"But your most incorrect assumption of all is to assu=
me that we care."
-David Brin, Infinity's Shore
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---------------------------------James Nugent------------------------------=
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