Hello! Okay, rules lawyers, I have another interesting question for you.
Situation: Attacking mech declares DFA against target mech standing in depth 1 water. Target mech takes 20 points of damage in shooting phase, fails PSR and falls, leaving target mech submerged in water.
Question: Does DFA still have chance to connect, does DFA fail or is DFA invalidated?
I know physical attacks against targets in water must originate and connect against target on same "plane" (i.e. attacks originating from above the water's surface cannot hit targets below the surface) but am uncertain how and if timing of a DFA is affected. If DFA is invalid, where does attacking mech land, e.g. in target hex (target displaced) or in adjacent frontal hex/hexes of target mech?
This situation happened during our weekly game yesterday and though I searched several of my rulebooks I did not come up with the answer in a timely fashion. Thanks in advance!