Overall I am very impressed with the space combat rules however I am struggling with a few points and would appreciate some direction / clarification with it please.
1-In the rules as written for the kickstarter space ships section it says :
The Autocannon is a small Vulcan cannon used to counter boarding attempts or incoming torpedoes.
It is listed as having a range of contract e.g 0 Cu and would require 1 Ep to fire during your turn in the combat phase.
1A-How does this work during combat as the incoming torpedoes move during the opposing players turn and you will never get the chance to fire them because as soon as they are at 0 Cu they have hit you ?
1B-what rules cover using the Autocannon versus boarding attempts / how does it work?
Is there something that I am missing here ?
2-In the rules under boarding a enemy's ship it states that once the pilot has docked with the ship the engineer needs to make a technology roll to open the airlock
The action to open the airlock costs 1 Ep.
So I have a couple of questions:
2A- as the pilot's phase is after the engineers phase does this mean that boarding takes two turns ?
2B- if you can complete in 1 turn does this mean the engineer gets a additional action out of turn provided you have the Ep remaining ?
2C- finally if boarding takes two turns what is stopping the opposing ship just taking a action to move away ?
If so how is this handled ?
3-Counter measures are listed as being : a powerful sensor buoy launched from the ship to lure away incoming torpedoes.
In the combat section it can make only one attempt per torpedo and turn ?
3A- is this a wording error meaning either :
One attempt per torpedo for 1 turn or 1 attempt per torpedo per turn in which case it stays on the board for longer ?
3B- the range is listed as kort what is kort ?
3C- I am assuming that the countermeasure id launched in the same square as the ship is this correct?
3D- what is the effective range of the countermeasure is it effecting all torpedoes within 1Cu of it ?
3F -is the countermeasure classed as a one use item like a torpedo?
Sorry to ask so many questions hope you can help
Andy