Author Topic: (Answered) Pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question  (Read 1699 times)

GOTHIK

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The rules regarding pre-flight checklists and engine status found on pages 71-72 in Strategic Operations are all in regard to the craft lifting off, but this question is about weapons readiness.

Here's an example: an Overlord dropship in cold engine status is sitting on the launch pad (let's assume for simplicity's sake that the entire crew is onboard, awake, and at their stations) when a surprise attack is initiated and enemy forces are on their way to the spaceport.  What has to happen (e.g. does the preflight checklist have to be completed and/or does the engine status have to change from cold to either warm or hot) in order for the Overlord to be able to be used as a grounded weapons platform in the event that the attackers reach the spaceport before the dropship is able to lift off?
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GOTHIK

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Re: a pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question ...
« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2013, 14:05:37 »
bump

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Re: a pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question ...
« Reply #2 on: 06 December 2013, 23:06:54 »
90-day follow-up: anything on this one, guys?

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Re: (Research) A pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question
« Reply #3 on: 31 December 2013, 01:33:53 »
Thanks as always for your patience.

Engine status must be Hot before the DropShip can be considered an active unit; if it's Cold or Warm status, it should be considered Shut Down.  We will add errata to clarify this.

The pre-flight checklist is only relevant with regards to lifting the Overlord off; it does not have to be executed in order for the Overlord to use its weapons once its engine is Hot.
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