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The text you are looking for is found in the basic rules introduction of Battleforce, prior to those seen in the Advanced or Strategic forms. They outline and say just as much very clearly about the runways required for Aerodyne's and the versatility of Spheroid dropships and where they can land. Landing Damage is on page 182 for Spheroid, but it is pretty much their size, same as Battleforce regular.
The wording in the parentheses is (such as an air-to-ground attack if the engagement occurs in the Central Zone) is what clears this up, as any unit caught up in an Engagement anywhere else other than the CZ must stop its movement until the unit is free of engagements. YET, if it is in the Central Zone, it can decide to continue movement to the ground map and continue with its intended air-to-ground action, OR it can decide to forgo return fire to save its attack for another hostile unit within the same zone it is now restricted to remain within. The Central Zone seems to be the only exception I have found pertaining to movement restrictions by Engagements.
ERLL Wins (7,8,15,21-25) 8 Hexes (3 by +1, 5 No Fire)The only issue I have with this is that while you are balancing by tonnage here, at 6 tons for 1 LPL or 6 tons for ER large, DHS, and Tcomp, the tcomp is not exclusive to the ER large, and tonnage isnt a good balancing metric.
As the entire zone in an Atmospheric Radar Map is considered the same 'space' as far as line of sight and range go, one unit (unit 1) can be in an engagement with C and enemy B can begin an engagement with unit 1, even as C might have at that moment an ongoing engagement with unit 2. These would all be legit crowded fights where the stacking limit on the ARM is 3 and 3. Once an engagement is decided, it has to be resolved to begin another one, but one flight or squadron can be engaged by various hostiles at the same time.
As far as making an EngCR when entering a zone without having any intention of hostilities, you can only presume that on a move into the zone, after confirming that the enemy hostile present also in that zone does NOT want to engage your unit, instead of continuing on (if you still have movement remaining) you can just decide to stay there and unless that unit has not already moved it would not get the second chance to commit in the same turn. At least that's the way I read it. Drop in, 'You want to engage or not? No? k. I end my movement here.'
The Engagement Control Roll would be made against each of the hostile units the enemy player wishes to have interrupt your progress through the Sector or Zone.
