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Title: (Answered) Pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question
Post by: GOTHIK on 06 September 2013, 11:04:48

The rules regarding pre-flight checklists and engine status found on pages 71-72 in Strategic Operations are all in regard to the craft lifting off, but this question is about weapons readiness.

Here's an example: an Overlord dropship in cold engine status is sitting on the launch pad (let's assume for simplicity's sake that the entire crew is onboard, awake, and at their stations) when a surprise attack is initiated and enemy forces are on their way to the spaceport.  What has to happen (e.g. does the preflight checklist have to be completed and/or does the engine status have to change from cold to either warm or hot) in order for the Overlord to be able to be used as a grounded weapons platform in the event that the attackers reach the spaceport before the dropship is able to lift off?

Title: Re: a pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question ...
Post by: GOTHIK on 22 October 2013, 14:05:37

bump

Title: Re: a pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question ...
Post by: GOTHIK on 06 December 2013, 23:06:54

90-day follow-up: anything on this one, guys?

Title: Re: (Research) A pre-flight checklist/engine status follow-up question
Post by: Xotl on 31 December 2013, 01:33:53

Thanks as always for your patience.

Engine status must be Hot before the DropShip can be considered an active unit; if it's Cold or Warm status, it should be considered Shut Down.  We will add errata to clarify this.

The pre-flight checklist is only relevant with regards to lifting the Overlord off; it does not have to be executed in order for the Overlord to use its weapons once its engine is Hot.