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(Answered) When are ground units dropped?
« on: 25 May 2011, 10:12:23 »
If I have a non-landed aerospace unit(either airborne or in space) that wishes to launch a ground unit for either a combat drop or 0-g operations, at what point in the turn is the ground unit placed on the map?

Is it during the movement phase?
  • If at the beginning of the movement phase(or before the movement phase), can the ground unit move during that turn(drop, or expend thrust)?
  • Is it at the end of the transport's movement, like how fighters are launched from carriers?
  • If at beginning or end of the movement phase, can the ground unit make any weapons attacks, or is it prohibited from doing so during that turn, much like infantry offloaded from a ground APC?
Is it during the End Phase?

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« Last Edit: 13 May 2014, 17:52:04 by Welshman »
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Re: When are ground units dropped?
« Reply #1 on: 13 May 2014, 17:51:48 »
Treat them like Launching Fighters.
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Re: (Answered) When are ground units dropped?
« Reply #2 on: 13 May 2014, 18:53:07 »
Thanks!
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