Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition - 22 January 2024 (v6.03)

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p38, Sprinting
end of second paragraph add
"Units cannot mount or dismount a sprinting transport. If a unit has already mounted a transport this turn, the transport cannot sprint this turn."

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p52, Heat
"Jumping Move is not affected by the heat scale."
change to
"Move and TMM is not affected by the heat scale when using Jumping movement."

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p35, ProtoMechs
delete "As noted above, ProtoMechs are tracked in a player’s army list as five-member groups called Points. All surviving members in a Point of ProtoMechs must always be moved at the same time during the controlling player’s movement turn, but the individual ProtoMechs need not remain close together. Beyond that,"

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p103, Banking Initiative
insert at the end of the paragraph that begins "for every two turns"
"If two (or more) players use this ability to declare banked initiative victory on the same turn, the banked initiative for those players is still spent, but initiative is determined as if the ability had not been used by any players."

[Descronan]

Edit - I misread the intent of the below comment. It is not in conflict, but is confusing and could be reworded for clarity.

Suggest removing paragraph or changing to:
End Phase Heat Application: If a unit is Overheating (see p. 53), follow the steps for Cooling Down below. Deliberate Overheating is applied after the Cooling Down process.

ASCE v4.1 p52

End Phase Heat Application: With the exception of Deliberate
Overheating (see p. 53), any source that applies Heat during the End
Phase does so before Cooling Down occurs.

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p34, Movement Cost Table
Footnote 9
change to
"Infantry, ground vehicles, ProtoMechs, and WiGEs may not perform elevation changes greater than 1” per 2” travelled. ’Mechs may not make elevation changes over 2” per 2” travelled."
(the second sentence of this was changed in 4th printing, but the change to the first sentence was missed)

Level Changes, p35
"(per inch of horizontal travel)"
change both instances to
"(per 2 inches of horizontal travel)"

Overrun Combat, p107
At of second paragraph, add
"The damage effects of attacks from Overrun Combat are resolved immediately."

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p32, Stacking
add a new paragraph after the first paragraph
"An entire unit's base must fit within any terrain restrictions. For example, if two enemy units are 1" from each other, an enemy unit may not move between them, as the 1 1/4" base will not fit between those two enemy units. This would break the stacking restrictions above.  If there is only 1" between two 3" high elevation changes, units cannot fit between the two at the ground level. This would break the movement rules for elevation changes and is prohibited terrain (see p34, Movement Cost Table for list of prohibited terrain for different unit types). Similarly, a unit must be legally able to cross all terrain its base occupies. A 'Mech can stand on a slope that is 2" high because 'Mechs can move across an elevation change of 2" per 2" traveled. A 'Mech cannot stand or move through where it's base occupies both a 0" elevation and a 3" elevation as a 3" elevation change is prohibited terrain for 'Mechs."

p39, Ground Unit Transport
Add after last sentence in this section
"A transport may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark units in the same turn. Once a transport has mounted/embarked units, it may not dismount/disembark any units that turn, and once a transport has dismounted/disembarked units, it may not mount/embark units. A unit may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark in the same turn either."

p39, Extended Mechanized Special Ability
"However, the transport"
change to
"However, a non-OMNI transport"

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p46, Charge Attacks
“The charging unit’s damage is based on its weight and the distance it traveled in the Movement Phase. The damage from a successful charge is equal to the number of inches moved, multiplied by the charging unit’s Size value, and divided by 8—rounding all fractions normally. Thus, a Size 3 unit charging 6 inches to its target would deliver 2 points of damage on a successful attack (6 [inches] x 3 [Size] ÷ 8 = 2.25, rounded normally to 2).”
Change to
“The charging unit’s damage is equal to its Size plus half its Target Movement Modifier (rounded down). Thus, a Size 3 unit with TMM 3 would deal 4 damage with a successful charge.”

Delete Special Physical Attack Damage Formulas table

“Damage to Attacker: If the Charge attack is successful, the attacking unit also suffers 1 point of damage if its target is Size 3 or
higher. This damage does not count as an attack by the target unit, which may attack normally during its Combat Phase.”

Change to
“Damage to Attacker: If the Charge attack is successful, the attacking unit also suffers half its Target Movement Modifier (rounded down) in damage, plus 1 point of damage if its target is Size 3 or higher.  This does not count as an attack by the target unit.”

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p43, Range Modifier
"To determine a unit’s range, measure the distance from the edge of the attacker’s base to the edge of the target’s base,"
change to
"To determine a unit's range, hold the measuring tape or other measuring tool above both the attacker and the target, and measure the horizontal distance from the edge of the attacker's base to the edge of the target's base"

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p76, Angel ECM
move "(see p. 77)" page reference to end of first sentence.
in its place, add "if using the ECM/ECCM, optional rule (see p. 161)".

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p178, QuadVees, Conversion and Movement
add bullet point after the existing bullet points
"Wheeled QuadVees in vehicle mode increase their available MV per turn by 2".

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p40, Combat Phase
"Valid targets for an attack include other units,"
change to
"Valid targets for an attack include enemy units,"

[Inspector2311]

p. 191 (Index page)

If I'm not mistaken, the words "Hex map" are over-indented and need to be moved one indent to the left.

[nckestrel]

p45, Making a Physical Attack
add "the attacker's movement mode," before "target's movement capability"

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p74, Attacking Units Inside Buildings: Infantry
"For example, if a unit capable of delivering 5 points of damage attempts to attack an infantry unit inside a medium building, the building suffers 4 points of that damage to its CF, while the infantry unit takes the remaining 1 point."
change to
"For example, if a unit capable of delivering 5 points of damage successfully attacks a medium building with CF of 4 with an infantry unit inside, the building applies the 5 damage to its CF and is destroyed. Meanwhile the same attack is applied against the infantry, beginning with the 5 points of damage from the attack, subtract the 2 for a medium building's damage absorption for infantry, and the infantry takes 3 damage from the attack as well."

[Valkerie]

Page 54 "Offensive Aerospace Support (Strikes)"
Light Strike Target Number: 4
Heavy Strike Target Number: 6

Table on Page 55 shows these as 5 and 6 respectively.  Based on the most recent print of the BattleMech Manual, it appears the info on page 54 is incorrect.

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p38, Hull Down
after the sentence with "The unit is considered half its normal height.." add
"A target that is hull down cannot receive the partial cover modifier."

p44 (and p200), Attack Modifiers Table, Target Movement Modifiers
under StandStill/Minimum Movement, add
Hull Down     +1

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p175, Multiple Attack Rolls
change "all attacks roll a separate attack roll for each point of damage" to "all weapon attacks roll a separate attack roll for each point of damage. Area effect and physical attacks do not use multiple attack rolls."

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p42, Making the Attack
"If the result is equal to or greater than the modified Target Number, the attack hits."
change to
"If the result is equal to or greater than the modified Target Number, the attack is successful and hits the target."

(This is not a change, just a clarification explicitly defining a successful attack.)

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(these are clarifications, not rules changes)

p34 (and p199), Movement Cost Table
footnote 3
"to enter this terrain" change to "to move through this terrain"
footnote 8
"can only enter water" change to "can only enter or move through water"

p35, Prohibited Terrain
"may not enter" change to "may not enter or move through"

Water
"entering water" change to "entering or moving through water"

[Xotl]

The pre-release errata is up at the first post, with the intention of a formal release on 6 June.  This also synced up with the upcoming 5th printing, which is rare.

Note that only errata reported up through 7 May is included: anything after that missed the reprint cutoff point and will have to be pushed out to a hypothetical 6th printing.

Let me know if you spot any errors.  Thanks!

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p34 (and p199), Movement Cost Table.
Depth 2"+ change +6" to +3"

p171, Infantry & Vehicles (PLOS template)
change from 1" x 1" to 1" x 1.25"
(see attached)

[nckestrel]

This errata appears to have gotten dropped accidently?

p45, Example
"They have 2”f Move, giving them a target modifier of +0."
change to
"They have a 0 TMM, for no Target Number modifier."

"It has 5 Move, giving it a target modifier of +2."
change to
"It has a TMM of 2, giving a +2 Target Number modifier."

"It has a Move of 10”/2”j. The 10” has a target movement modifier of +2, the 2”j has a target movement modifier of +0 and +1 jump for a +1 total."
change to
"It has a TMM of 1 and it jumped this turn for +2 Target Number modifier total."

"The Modified Target Number is 7 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (woods) + 1 (partial cover) = 7]."
change to
"As Unit A occupies the Woods between Unit A and Unit E and there is 2" or less of Woods between them, the Woods are all consider attacker occupied and there is no intervening Woods. The Modified Target Number is 6 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (partial cover) = 6].

"It has an 8” Move, giving it a Target Number modifier of +1."
change to
"It had a 2 TMM, but a motive hit has reduced the TMM to 1, giving a +1 Target Number modifier.

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p91, Trenchworks/Fieldworks Engineers (TRN)
"Each turn these infantry units may convert an area under a 2” AoE template into a fortified area."
change to
"These infantry units may create fortified positions (see p. 168). Fortified positions can be used by infantry digging in (see p. 139) or Protomechs and vehicles going hull down (see p. 38). "

p168, Fortified Positions
"during which time it also may not make any weapon or physical attacks of any kind."
change to
"during which time it also may not make any attacks of any kind, be used as a spotter, or take any other actions."

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p170, Practical Line of Sight
"found at the back of this book"
change to
"found on the next page"

[Xotl]

The errata has been updated to add in the missing example and fix a couple of other minor issues.

[Alfaryn]

Corrected Third Printing, print

p. 194 under Command Lance
Change Move value of Delmar Clay's WVR-6R Wolverine from 12"j to 10"j.

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Removing no longer necessary (and perhaps confusing) references to the aerospace units being on the ground map, when they are always on the ground map now.

p55, Offensive Aerospace Support
delete "along its flight path over the ground map"

p66, Destroying a Mobile Structure
delete "over a ground map"

p83, Booby Trap
change "flying over the ground map and" to "to"

p90, TSEMP
third paragraph, delete "on the ground map"

p141, Aerospace Units on the Ground Map
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground" in section title and in first paragraph
  p4, Table of Contents, p187, Thrust Loss, p70, Partial Cover, and p38, Transporting Infantry, change reference from Aerospace Units on the Ground Map to Aerospace Units on the Ground

p142, Airship and Spheroid Landing
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground"

p146, TAG
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground"

p154, Artillery Flak
delete "that pass over a ground map where such artillery weapons are located"

p156, Ground Target
change "against the ground map" to "against ground units"

p160, Dropping Troops
change all instances of "on the ground map" to "on the ground"

p170, Practical Line of Sight
delete "-even those flying directly over the ground map-"

p181, Verify Firing arc
"but because an aerospace unit overflying the ground map" change to "an aerospace unit"
and under Strafing Attacks, delete "over the ground map"

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p39, Transport example

replace last paragraph (omnimechs and battle armor) with
"The Night Gyr moves to a position within 4" of the battle armor, alongside the Grendel and Hellion that were already in position. Brian then wants to mount the battle armor on to the OmniMechs.  Brian cannot have the battle armor mount the Night Gyr, as it has already moved this turn. So the two battle armor each move in to base to base contact (up to 4" of MV) with the Grendel and Hellion and then pay 2" of MV to mount the OmniMech. Brian may then move the Grendel and Hellion, along with the mounted battle armor, if he chooses."

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p44 and p 200, Attack Modifiers Table.
"Is attacking a secondary target"
add a foot note
"requires Multiple Attack Rolls optional rule (see p. 175)"