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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2017 (v1.1)
« Reply #60 on: 05 June 2017, 04:12:12 »
v1.1 has been sort of sitting in limbo as the PV revision is worked on, available here but never formally posted to the errata website.  While the PV revision is done, it still needs review from the higher ups.  I don't want to hold back the ASC errata for that any longer, so here's the official release of v1.1.  There's been a few things added over the course of the year (and Antagonizer has changed a bit), so re-read it.  The only PV stuff here is stuff that has already been taken into account on the MUL.

When the full formal PV revision is finished undergoing review, I'll create a version 1.2 with it and up that.
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2017 (v1.1)
« Reply #61 on: 07 June 2017, 11:04:13 »
Since it isn't 100% official yet, could I make a small request for teh 1.1 errata? On p.6, the "Range To-Hit Modifiers with Range Master and Sniper SPA's" table: Could you add a line with only Extreme Range Master? It would be +2 +2 +4 +4. It is the only permutation that is not in the table. Not a big deal if you don't, just thought I would ask.

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2017 (v1.1)
« Reply #62 on: 16 March 2018, 09:04:54 »
p128, Point Defense (PNT#)
"and Arrow IV homing artillery missiles"
change to
"and Arrow IV artillery"
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #63 on: 06 June 2018, 02:22:35 »
The glorious 6 of June and with it the new errata.  Mostly this just officially releases the new PV revision upon the world (thank you all again for helping with that: it would have sucked without you).

Also note that the Converting Heat document has been heavily reworked to hopefully make it clear (v1.1).
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #64 on: 20 July 2018, 16:33:49 »
I've searched around for this and see no other mention to this exact issue.
The errata DOES cover a similar issue but lists a different page detail (as per the errata of p186)

In the Alpha Strike Companion
p60
"Positive Design Quirks" table has the following text which seems to be wrong:

Improved Targetting (Short) | +3 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Short range
Improved Targetting (Medium) | +4 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Short range
Improved Targetting (Long) | +5 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Short range

They all confer the 'same' bonus when they should obviously refer to their respective range on which to apply the bonus.

Improved Targetting (Short) | +3 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Short range
Improved Targetting (Medium) | +4 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Medium range
Improved Targetting (Long) | +5 | Unit receives bonus to-hit at Long range

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #65 on: 11 December 2018, 20:28:30 »
The diamond marked entries in the companion should be deleted, as the interim period described on page 10 under the heading "Standard Rules Modifications" has elapsed, and all of the resulting changes have long since been implemented in both the second printing and the errata documentation.

Affected entries are
  • pg. 16 through 17 - BATTLEFIELD INTELLIGENCE (MODIFIED)
  • pg. 18 - DELIBERATE OVERHEATING (’MECHS ONLY)
  • pg. 18 - MINIMAL DAMAGE
  • pg. 18 - OCCUPYING AND INTERVENING TERRAIN
  • pg. 19 - REAR-FIRING WEAPONS
  • pg. 22 - VARIABLE MOVEMENT MODIFIERS

Removal of these entries would help allay confusion, especially in the case of the wording of the entry not matching exactly the wording implemented in the second printing (see: Variable Movement Modifiers).

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #66 on: 25 August 2019, 06:20:24 »
Pg 96  Conventional Infantry Conversion.  Paragraph 3.

"If the unit is mechanized—meaning that it is not a beast-mounted
infantry unit, and it features one of the following vehicle
movement codes of h, n, s, t, w, or v—it must multiply its damage
divisor by 2."

Change to:

If the unit is mechanized—meaning that it is not a beast-mounted
infantry unit, and it features one of the following vehicle
movement codes of h, n, s, t, w, or v—it must divide its damage
divisor by 2.

Also,  this section could be written more easily as:
(Number of troops) x (Damage divisor) / 15.  Rounded normally.

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #67 on: 28 August 2019, 21:55:08 »
pg.107 and pg.110 in the Notes section regarding Torpedoes

"...but are not available in any of the other missile forms (including MMLs, MRMs, Streak, Enhanced LRMs, or Extended LRMs)."

Change To

"...but are not available in any of the other missile forms (including MMLs, MRMs, Streak, or Extended LRMs)."

Or tweak the entire paragraph to make a little more sense. LRTs are, in fact, allowed for Enhanced LRMs as TacOps pg.327 states this in the game rules: "The maritime equivalent of the Enhanced LRM (NLRM) is the Enhanced LRT (NLRT)."

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 6 June 2018 (v1.2)
« Reply #68 on: 29 August 2019, 06:54:57 »
p132, Torpedo
delete
"Torpedo launchers always use the left-most damage values from the equivalent missile launcher’s attack numbers in the Alpha Strike Weapon Conversion tables."
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 29 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #69 on: 29 August 2019, 10:21:58 »
Errata updated with all issues reported to date, some PV formula clarifications, and updates necessitated by AS Commander's Edition.  Note that the Converting Heat document has been updated as well.
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 29 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #70 on: 29 August 2019, 16:31:18 »
The ER Flamer and Heavy Flamer are missing from the Clan Standard Weapons table (pg.109). Per TacOps (pg.312), both of these existed for Clans as well as Inner Sphere.

Correction: Add entries for these two weapons. They should have the same stats as the Inner Sphere counterparts since there TW game stats are the same.

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 29 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #71 on: 31 August 2019, 05:55:12 »
Pg 105.  All Flamers should have Point Defense per pg 416 Tactical Operations.


Aerospace fighters have the Special Ability FUEL.  There are no conversion rules for this special ability in the book.


pg 140.  Defensive Special Ability factor table (Ground units)
 PNT#

Ground units don't use a PNT# special ability per the PNT conversion rules on pg 128
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 31 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #72 on: 31 August 2019, 16:19:49 »
Updated with the Clan Flamer and PNT ground unit issues.  Not sure about FUEL conversion or adding PNT to Flamers yet.
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 31 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #73 on: 31 August 2019, 16:46:31 »
p. 118: After Flight Deck, add:
Fuel       FUEL#   see p. 124

p. 124:   Add the following after the Flight Deck entry
Fuel (FUEL#)

Only recorded on aerospace fighters to track fuel endurance (see p. 75), this special ability records the operational fuel stores for such units in space combat. (Airborne support vehicles, conventional fighters, small craft, DropShips, and other large spacecraft do not track fuel in Alpha Strike play.)

Conversion: Only aerospace fighter units need to record this special. Its numerical value is equal to the number of fuel points listed on the unit’s Technical Readout entry, divided by 20, and rounded normally.


Xotl: added to interim errata
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 31 August 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #74 on: 01 September 2019, 10:15:17 »
p110, ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE CLAN STANDARD WEAPONS (CONTINUED)

SRM 4
change damage values at Short and Medium from 0.6/0.8/0.84 to 0.6/0.6/0.63.


Xotl: added to interim errata
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 18 September 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #75 on: 18 October 2019, 13:39:34 »
p122 CASE (CASE)
"Any non-infantry unit built with a Clan technology base that carries ammunition or Gauss rifles will receive the CASE special ability."
change to
"Any non-infantry unit built with a Clan technology base that carries explosive components (see Energy (ENE) p.123 for list) will receive the CASE special ability."

p123 Energy (ENE)
add BattleMech tasers to list of explosive components
add
"Plasma Weapons, even if using ammunition, do not count as explosive components."

p124 Flak (FLK#/#/#/#)
"To find the final damage values for this ability, add up the damage for all of the unit’s Flak-capable weapons, and round all sums normally"
change to
"To find the final damage values for this ability, add up the damage for all of the unit’s Flak-capable weapons, calculated as a separate attack including heat adjustment, and round all sums normally"

p129 Rear Weapons (REAR#/#/#/#)
"The damage values for this special ability are found by adding up all Alpha Strike values for the unit’s rear-firing weapons only at each range bracket, and rounding normally,"
change to
"The damage values for this special ability are found by adding up all Alpha Strike values for the unit’s rear-firing weapons only at each range bracket, calculated as a separate attack including heat adjustment, and rounding normally,"


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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 18 September 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #76 on: 24 November 2019, 19:02:04 »
Issue: The ’Mech Taser is not listed in the Alpha Strike Weapon Conversion Table: Inner Sphere Standard Weapons

Correction: Add the following row to the table:

'Mech Taser     6     0.1  —  —  N  Taser

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 18 September 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #77 on: 06 June 2020, 13:40:30 »
p127, Mobile Headquarters Equipment Table
add
Command Console, 1
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 18 September 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #78 on: 29 July 2020, 14:45:33 »
p124 Flak (FLK #/#/#/#)
add at end of first paragraph "If the unit's Flak attack value at any range, after heat-modification and before final damage rounding, is greater than 0, but less than 0.5, the unit receives a 0* attack value at that range, indicating that the Flak attack is subject to the Minimal Damage rule, see p. 18)."
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 18 September 2019 (v1.3)
« Reply #79 on: 21 August 2020, 18:53:57 »
p128, OMNI
delete fighters from the list of unit types that can get OMNI.  Should say "Only 'mechs and vehicles".
(OMNI means, in Alpha Strike, that it can carry battle armor externally....)

p117, AMS
"Note that non-fighter, space-capable aerospace units (Small Craft, DropShips, JumpShips, satellite support vehicles, space stations, and WarShips)"
change to
"Note that aerospace units (fighters, Small Craft, DropShips, JumpShips, satellite support vehicles, space stations, and WarShips)"
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 3 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #80 on: 03 December 2020, 15:08:56 »
Version 1.4 of the errata has been released.
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #81 on: 25 June 2021, 11:06:41 »
* VERSION: first printing
* LOCATION: page 170, "Step 2: Determining Support Skill Ratings", 2nd para, 2nd sentence
* THE ERROR: "This is accomplished by diving the sum of all Skill Ratings for the force's combat units, and then dividing that..."
* THE CORRECTION: Unclear what word was intended here, but using the word "adding" would provide the intended result.
Only opening this, because the Expanded Repair and Salvage Rules did not appear to make it into Commander's Edition.

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #82 on: 23 August 2021, 11:06:32 »
p101, Targeting Computers
change "Targeting Computers" to "Targeting Computers and AES"
Add after last paragraph
"If a unit possesses an Actuator Enhancement System (AES) in an arm or arms, all weapons in the arm with an AES multiply the damage value for those weapons by 1.05."

p125, Indirect Fire
"This ability receives a numerical rating equal to the Long range attack value for all these weapons combined, rounded normally" to "This ability receives a numerical rating equal to the left-most (non-Artemis) Long range attack value for all these weapons combined, rounded normally."
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #83 on: 16 September 2021, 11:23:53 »
p120, Basic Fire Control
"Conversion: To receive this special ability, the unit must be an IndustrialMech or Support Vehicle specifically equipped with Basic Fire Control. (This will appear in the unit’s notes, or its weapons and equipment inventory.)"
change to:
"Conversion: To receive this special ability, the unit must be a Support Vehicle specifically equipped with Basic Fire Control or an IndustrialMech not equipped with Advanced Fire Control. (Basic Fire Control is the default for IndustrialMechs.)
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #84 on: 16 November 2021, 21:44:44 »
p126, Light Active Probe
"Conversion: Any unit type that features a Light Active Probe in its weapons and equipment inventory receives this special."
change to:
"Conversion: Any unit type that features a Light Active Probe in its weapons and equipment inventory, or any non-Battle Armor unit with Electronic Warfare in its weapons and equipment inventory , receives this special."
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #85 on: 19 January 2022, 08:36:06 »
p. 130, Reengineered Lasers (REL)

Under "Conversion", first sentence

To receive this special ability, a unit must be able to deliver a combined damage value of 1 point or more at Medium range with just its re-engineered laser weapons.
Change to:
To receive this special ability, a unit must be able to deliver a combined damage value of 1 point or more at Medium range with just its re-engineered laser weapons, after heat-modification and before final damage value rounding.

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #86 on: 25 January 2022, 14:52:54 »
This is an errata to the errata, and is really just for the purpose of removing any potential ambiguity.

ASC – Converting Heat Errata v1.2, p. 2, Minimal Damage

(before rounding)
Change to:
(after heat-modification and before final damage value rounding)

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #87 on: 27 January 2022, 08:57:15 »
This is mostly for clarity again as it isn't explicitly called out, but implied when you understand how OVL works.

p. 128, Overheat Long (OVL)

Under "Conversion", first sentence

A unit receives this ability if the total heat...
Change to:
A unit receives this ability if the unit has an Overheat Value and the total heat...

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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #88 on: 16 February 2022, 16:22:08 »
p.132, TAG

Add C3 Boosted Master to the list of pieces of equipment to confer the TAG special.
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Re: Alpha Strike Companion - 11 December 2020 (v1.4)
« Reply #89 on: 08 April 2022, 11:29:23 »
p127, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH#)
conversion, add additional paragraph
If the unit has a core MASH unit, and carries paramedic equipment, each ton of paramedic equipment adds 1 to the MASH#. Without a core MASH unit, the unit only receives MASH1 if the unit carries at least 3 tons of paramedic equipment, and an additional MASH# for each full 3 tons of additional paramedic equipment.
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