CAN I ROTATE THE ACTIVE UNIT IN THE DIRECT FIRE PHASE?
No, even though rotation does not expend any distance while a unit is maneuvering, it must be capable of maneuvering to rotate. Units in a Direct Fire Phase should retain their directional orientation from their previous Maneuver activation (unless they entered the Battlespace on the current turn).
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HOW DO 5D10 CQB ATTACK ROLLS INTERACT WITH MODIFIERS?
Any positive or negative modifier, such as those from Intervention or Special Intervention Cards, are distributed amongst the dice by the unit’s player after rolling (Phase Line pg 19).
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A 5D10 ATTACKING UNIT ROLLS A 'STAGGERED' RESULT ON A UNIT THAT IS ALREADY STAGGERED?
The unit remains staggered rather than being killed.
WHEN, DURING AN ACTIVE UNIT'S MOVEMENT, DO IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TAKE PLACE?
The non-active player has full authority to declare an Immediate Action at any spatial point in the active unit’s activation when it is in LOS of a unit capable of attacking with an Immediate Action. Immediate Actions will always take place before any actions taken by the active player (attacking, detonating s-vest, glinting, etc.) (Core Rules pg 37).
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IN WHAT ORDER ARE INTERVENTION CARDS RESOLVED IF MULTIPLE COULD BE PLAYED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY OPPOSING PLAYERS?
This is determined solely by the order in which players declare that they will be using Intervention Cards. If players declare simultaneously, roll off 1D10; the higher rolling player plays their Intervention Card first.
HOW DOES "FULL SEND" INTERACT WITH BELT-FED MACHINE GUNS?
When the Intervention Card Full Send is used in conjunction with an attribute permitting multiple attacks to be rolled simultaneously, it must be played before any single attack roll in the salvo, activates if that attack roll misses, and only permits rerolling the selected roll.
PLAYING "SAVE THE LAST BULLET" INTERVENTION CARD WITH A BELT-FED MACHINE GUN
The EVOLYS, PKM, and LAMG can only attack multiple times with Save the Last Bullet if the death occurs in the Direct Fire Phase. Maneuver Phase attacks (excepting Immediate Actions, which this is not) are always a single attack roll.
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PHASE LINE FIRES CARDS
PL Fires Cards, employed when attackers cross Phase Lines, are a separate class of cards from Fires Cards employed by units using attributes such as Glint. They are distinguishable by their reverse sides — Fires Cards have illustrations of the munitions they represent while Phase Line Fires Cards have a uniform reverse side that does not reveal their contents.
Mechanics that interact with Fires Cards such as Atmospherics and Cognitive Jammers do not interact with Phase Line Fires Cards. Phase Line Fires Cards are always employed exactly as written.
WHEN EMPLOYING GPS-GUIDED MORTARS, ARE ALL FRAG TOKENS PLACED ON A SINGLE POINT OR CAN THEY BE DISPERSED?
Every Frag Token can be placed at a different point individually. Any number of available Frag Tokens can also be stacked on a single point.
STEP-BY-STEP, HOW DO I EMPLOY SENSOR FUZED MUNITIONS?
Sensor Fuzed Munitions represents the player employing two “skeet" munitions, each of which shoots an explosively-formed penetrator (EFP) at a single unit and then peppers the area with frag (mechanically represented by randomly-dispersed explosions).
First, choose the two points that will be attacked by these skeets. Both can be employed on the same point.
Next, within 3" of each target point, roll 2D10 for an opponent unit whose base is at least partially within the 3" radius and is at least partially exterior (if any target units are available). On a result of 5 or higher, the unit is killed with no save roll. This represents the EFPs killing individual units.
Finally, at each target point, use the Radial Template to determine where two explosions will take place. These explosions will take place 3" from the target point in the rolled direction (except for results of 1 or 0 which take place directly on the target point), and will have a 2" area of effect from their rolled location.
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WINDOWS
Windows are mechanically identical to waist-high cover terrain. All of the windows in Echelon-produced structures are too narrow to be surmounted while maneuvering due to units’ 1" bases, but windows with an aperture greater than or equal to 1" in custom terrain can be.
TERRAIN DESTRUCTION IN THE DIRECT FIRE PHASE
In some cases, obstructions on the Battlespace may be removed or altered during play. This usually takes place in the Maneuver Phase but very rarely can happen in the Direct Fire Phase via some unit attributes and Intervention Cards.
Changes to terrain layout caused by events in the Direct Fire Phase do not immediately alter eligibility for Direct Fire activations. Throughout the Direct Fire Phase, use the Battlespace’s state at the beginning of the Phase for LOS resolution.
MULTIPLE LMG ATTACKS IN ONE TURN
As of the release of Spearhead, the following rule is applied to units with the LAMG, PKM, or Base of Fire attributes:
This unit can accumulate two ACT Tokens, but the second Token can only be gained via a Direct Fire or Immediate Action activation, and neither Token can be gained from Maneuvering.
DRONE SWARM PHASE LINE FIRES CARDS
Drone Swarm Phase Line Fires Cards can only target an exterior point.
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