The Cheng Meister
Australia
Western Australia
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Hi All
Just wanted to clarify scrambling:
To scramble, you MUST:
1. have aircraft on an island territory
2. have an airbase on that same island territory
Only fighters and tactical bombers can scramble.
With regards to naval movement through islands that are able to scramble, does the enemy fleet have to stop and encounter the scrambled planes or can the fleet move through the island territory and scrambling only apply IF the fleet wants to attack the island?
Also, what happens if enemy ships move into an island sea zone during non-combat? Can the planes scramble against them?
The way I perceive it is that scrambling only occurs in defence of an island territory with an airbase but just wanted to confirm.
Thanks!
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Kevin Chapman
United States
Powhatan
Virginia
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chengr05 wrote: Just wanted to clarify scrambling:
To scramble, you MUST:
1. have aircraft on an island territory
2. have an airbase on that same island territory
Only fighters and tactical bombers can scramble.
Correct.
chengr05 wrote: With regards to naval movement through islands that are able to scramble, does the enemy fleet have to stop and encounter the scrambled planes or can the fleet move through the island territory and scrambling only apply IF the fleet wants to attack the island?
Scrambling occurs after all combat movement is completed, so it can't block movement.
chengr05 wrote: Also, what happens if enemy ships move into an island sea zone during non-combat? Can the planes scramble against them?
No.
chengr05 wrote: The way I perceive it is that scrambling only occurs in defence of an island territory with an airbase but just wanted to confirm.
That's correct.
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Jan Ozimek
Denmark
Aalborg
Must resist M:tG. Boardgames are my methadone :)
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Krieghund wrote: chengr05 wrote:
[q="chengr05"]The way I perceive it is that scrambling only occurs in defence of an island territory with an airbase but just wanted to confirm.
That's correct.
Well, if the SZ surrounding the island is attacked, but no invasion/attack of the island itself is happening, the defending planes also get to scrabmle, right?
Another case:
What if there is no naval battle (ie no defending ships) in the SZ, but an amphibious assault on the island is conducted. Do the planes still get to scrabmle against the invasion fleet?
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Kevin Chapman
United States
Powhatan
Virginia
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Sorry, my response to that last statement was incomplete. The planes may scramble in response to any attack in or originating from the sea zone. This includes a naval battle without an amphibious assault or an amphibious assault that wouldn't otherwise include a naval battle, even if the territory being invaded is an adjacent territory rather than the island itself.
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Jan Ozimek
Denmark
Aalborg
Must resist M:tG. Boardgames are my methadone :)
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Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to be nit-picky, but you are normally so precise in your answers, that one is beginning to assume, that they are taking everything into account.
 I just needed to be sure.
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The Cheng Meister
Australia
Western Australia
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Krieghund wrote: Sorry, my response to that last statement was incomplete. The planes may scramble in response to any attack in or originating from the sea zone. This includes a naval battle without an amphibious assault or an amphibious assault that wouldn't otherwise include a naval battle, even if the territory being invaded is an adjacent territory rather than the island itself.
Yes, thanks, that's how I interpreted this as well.
That means Hawaii and Japan have huge defense capabilities due to this scrambling ability. 
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ozimek wrote: Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to be nit-picky, but you are normally so precise in your answers, that one is beginning to assume, that they are taking everything into account. I just needed to be sure.
Gheghe, I was about to ask the same verification as you did.
I would not want to be in Krieg's shoes.... but I love him! (if only I oculd find a smiley offering him a beer)
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