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Category: Squad

Category: Single Model

So basically this is just to check my math on this one. You have a Fire Support squad consisting of 1 Spartan Recon CAV and 3 Sovereign III Fire Support CAV's. The Spartan has EST and TAG. The Sovereign III's have FCS and Adv Targeting Computer 1 The Spartan declares a target lock on point A which may or may not have a enemy model standing on it. The Spartan uses EST to relay this target lock to the Sovereign III's The Sovereign III's will each get a +3 to their Strike Point roll due to the following +1 from the target lock triggering the Adv. Targeting Computer +2 from the FCS system as each Sovereign III has one and the max bonus available from FCS is +2 If the Sovereign III's can individually see (have LOS) to the Strike Point they would get a further +1 for a total of +4 to the Strike Point roll. For the Combat roll the only bonuses would be if the target was Disabled, Immobile, Stationary or Prone or if the Sovereign III's Salvo Fired their 2 Heavy R10 rocket pods. The Spartan's TAG does nothing as nobody is using Guided Missiles and you can't feed TAG through a EST system anyway. Right?

That all looks right to me.

If a target model is under a ECM bubble It cannot be target locked unless you. A. Use a ECM equipped model on your side to shut it off by a special action attempt and a roll-off B. Blow up the model producing the ECM bubble beforehand. Correct? Example: My mighty Butcher wants to target lock a Enemy Centurion. The Centurion is currently under a ECM bubble produced by a Saber recon tank. My options are. A. Use the ECM module on a Nomad to Jam the Saber or the APA on the Shadow to bypass the ECM? B. Use a prior activation to disintegrate the Saber with extreme prejudice and then activate the Butcher without fear of contradiction.

Correct. In the rules update though APA will no longer be able to "jam" as that will become unique to ECM only.

So if I take a Flight squad of 2 Dragonfly aircraft since they are listed as recon types does the squad give me the ability to move flipped initiative cards to the bottom of the deck? Or is that limited to Recon squads only.

FLight Squads get "dual" designations so if you have two recon aircraft they do count as a "recon" squad.

Here is a question that came up on stream tonight, laid out so that Jon can review and address it. I am running a Specialist squad with a Concussion, a Scout Helicopter, and two Bears. I have fitted the Concussion with Semi-Guided Rockets. The interaction in question is: 1) The Scout Heli target locks a strike point and shares it to its squad with EST. It spends its other action to paint that target with the active version of TAG. 2) The Concussion accepts the target lock and fires its Semi-Guided Rockets at the strike point. 3) The Bears have declared their intent to accept the Chain Fire firing solution and shoot the same target. IF all the bonuses interact together as the "on paper" implies, then the Concussion has a maximum +6 on its Strike Point roll (+1 Semi-Guided, +2 Target Lock, +2 FCS, +1 Can see the target). Can the Concussion use the Semi-Guided Rockets and still share the successful strike point to the Bears, even if they aren't running Semi-Guided ammunition? ((Specific models provided to flesh out the example and to push the numbers as high as I think they can go. I very much believe that seeing how extreme the numbers can go can help us see if the interaction gets out of hand. Considering the investment involved (target lock, another model spending an action for TAG, etc) I don't think this is out of line for a maximum best case scenario, but hey.))

It's a weird situation that I think points out a problem with both TAG and Target-Lock coming into play at the same time. Im thinking that the +1 for semi-guided should probably apply to the combat roll rather than the strike-point.

I looked at the rules and everything seems legal to me. The Concussion in your math benefits from 'can see the target' but you could do all of this without LOS to the strike point, you'd just lose the +1.