Alpha Strike Companion - 6 December 2022 (v1.6)

[Xotl]

Pre-release errata for 6 June is up at the first post.  Thank you all for your reports.

[mordel]

Errata to the v1.5 errata... on pg.18

The mention of ART, which also counts as damage, was left out. Based on discussions last year, this should have been included. I also find the wording is still somewhat confusing trying to combine OR/AND conditions, so I added a) and b) to help differentiate the "groupings".

Currently reads:
*Apply only if the unit meets any of the following criteria: is infantry, has a Damage Value in all range brackets of 0, does not have TSEMP (TSEMP-O does not count).

Change to:
*Apply only if the unit meets any of the following criteria: a) is infantry; b) has a Damage Value in all range brackets of 0, does not have TSEMP (TSEMP-O does not count), and does not have ART (any kind).

[mordel]

p110, Weapon Conversion Table

Change the heat for the Streak LRM 5 from 3 to 2

[nckestrel]

p112, Additional Inner Sphere Battle Armor Weapons
Man-Portable Plasma Rifle, add Heat to the Notes column.

p124, Heat-Generating Weaponry Table
Add row for Man-Portable Plasma Rifle as 2/2/-.

,Heat
Add paragraph
When converting battle armor that have weapons that deliver Heat, the Heat values of the weapons carried must be multiplied by the Infantry Troop Factor Table (see p.102) for their squad size.  A squad of four battle armor carrying flamers would have a Heat Value of 2/-/- for the flamer, multiplied by the Infantry Troop Factor of 3. A 6/-/- is enough to qualify for HT1/-/-.

[GreekFire]

Official Errata

p.123, under Conversion, add the following sentence:
Rocket Launchers do not disqualify a unit from receiving the ENE special ability.

[nckestrel]

p123, HT
after last paragraph (HT ability for conventional infantry) add
"A conventional infantry unit with a short range damage value of 0* does not receive the HT special ability."

[nckestrel]

p140, Unit Types and Features
add
JMPS#    +1/2JMPS#
SUBS#     +1/2SUBS#
Has Thrust     +2

p141, Agile
"Take the unit's Target Movement Modifier (not including the Jumped modifier, if applicable)."
change to
"Take the unit's Target Movement Modifier (not including the Jumped modifier, if applicable) and add half the unit's JMPS# or SUBS#."

"then multiple the unit's TMM - 1"
change to
"then mulitply the unit's modified TMM - 1"

"then mulitply the unit's TMM - 2"
change to
"then multiply the unit's modified TMM - 2"

p142, Aerospace Units, Step 2: Determine Unit's Defensive Value
Add before Armor Factor
"Step 2a: Calculating Defensive Interaction Rating (DIR)
A unit’s Defensive Interaction Rating (DIR) is based on three factors: the unit’s Armor Factor and Structure Factor, and its Defense Factor. These are explained more fully below."
After Structure Factor add
"Defense Factor: Using the Defense Factor Modifiers Table, add together the aerospace unit's Type and Feature Modifiers. If this sum is less than 1, treat it as a sum of 0.
Otherwise, divide the sum by 10. Add 1 to the result in either case to find the unit’s Defense Factor.
For example, an aerospace fighter has a +2 airborne aerospace modifier and it would receive a Defense FActor of 1.2 (+2 for aerosapce unit / 10 = 0.2; 0.2 + 1 = 1.2).
A DropShip has a +2 airborne aerospace modifier and -2 for airborne dropship unit. It would receive a Defense Factor of 1.0.
Calculate the DIR: To find the aerospace unit’s final Defensive Interaction Rating, add together its Armor and Structure Factors, and multiply the result by the unit’s Defense Factor. Round this result up to the nearest half point (0.5), to find the unit’s DIR."

[nckestrel]

p112, Inner Sphere Battle Armor Weapons

Rocket Launcher 3 Short to .019.
Rocket Launcher 4 and 5 Short to 0.29.

[nckestrel]

p141, DIR
"If the total is 3 or higher"
change to
"If the total is greater than 2"

p141, Agile
"If this value is 2 or higher"
change to
"If this value is greater than 1"

[nckestrel]

p140, Ground Unit Force Bonuses Table
Replace MHQ#’s Force Bonus “Ability Rating x1” with
“Ability Rating x1 (for MHQ1-4) or
4+((Ability Rating-5) /5) (round up, for MHQ 5+)”

(This does not affect the PV of any unit with MHQ5 or less.  It will reduce the cost of units with MHQ6 or greater).

[nckestrel]

p92, Alpha Strike Size Class Table
Add *s next to the following rows on the Support Vehicles section
Fixed-Wing 100.5-200
Hover 50.5-100
Rail 300.5-600
Satellite 100.5-300
Tracked 100.5-200
VTOL 30.5-60
Wheeled 80.5-160
WiGE 80.5-240

[nckestrel]

p112, Inner Sphere BA weapons
Heavy Mortar, add medium range damage, 0.3

[nckestrel]

p120, BAR (Barrier ARmor Rating)
add at end of conversion
"A unit with 0 Armor does not receive the BAR special."

[Xotl]

New version is up at the main website with the above errata added.

[nckestrel]

p131, Searchlight
remove "and Combat Vehicles"
Add after first sentence, "All Combat Vehicles get this ability."

[nckestrel]

p128, Paratroopers
change PARA to PAR

[mordel]

p138, Attack Damage Value
Add a sentence about TOR values being added to the attack damage value. For example, "Torpedo (TOR) damage values should be counted for this calculation."

This is more for clarity, as it currently reads to add the "standard" weapon attack values. Which doesn't indicate in any way that TOR should likewise be included.

[nckestrel]

p141 Step 3: Determine Unit's Final Point Value
This is an change to previous errata adding the Brawler modifier. 
"If the unit is armed, has at least 2 inches of Move, and is not equipped with any of the following special abilities: ART-# (any type), BT, C3 (any type), ECM (any type other than LECM) or NOVA, then the cost is as follows"
change to
"If the unit is armed, has at least 2 inches of Move, and is not equipped with any of the following special abilities: ART-# (any type), BT, CAR (8 or less), C3 (any type), ECM (any type other than LECM), MEC, NOVA or XMEC, then the cost is as follows"

IE. Infantry (battle armor or conventional) that are transportable (have MEC, XMEC or CAR8 or less) cannot receive the brawler discount. 

[nckestrel]

p140, Ground Unit Force Bonuses Table
Replace MHQ#’s Force Bonus “Ability Rating x1” with
“Ability Rating x1 (for MHQ1-4) or
4+((Ability Rating-4) /5) (round up, for MHQ 5+)”

(formula was updated)