HeadMMoid wrote:
Zarby wrote:
I hate to tell you that the rule allowing observers to fire is listed. From the How To Play link you will notice at the top of the page that there are links to the complete rules. Look under Observers.
I brought this question up a few weeks ago.
I have read that section a number of times, and just did it again. No where is the exemption for observers and fire included. Perhaps you could point it out.
I've made the appropriate section bold.
Observers
The Halberstadt CL Ila and the Bristol F.2B carry an additional crewman, called the observer, behind the pilot. The observer has his own weapons and fires independently from the pilot; as far as the game is concerned, the observer may be considered to occupy a different aircraft which happens to be in the same hex as the pilot’s aircraft.
The observer’s field of fire is different from the pilot’s; it occupies the entire rear arc of the aircraft, with the exception of the hex immediately behind the aircraft, as shown in the diagram at left.
The observer fires at a different target from the pilot and may fire a different burst. His fire never receives the modifier for tailing. He receives the modifier for firing in the previous turn only if he was the one who fired. (Conversely, the pilot receives the modifier only if the pilot is the one who fired.) The observer receives the modifier for deflection unless he is firing directly to his aircraft’s rear and the target aircraft is facing directly toward or away from him. The observer may fire even if his aircraft is on fire.
Line of fire: the observer can always fire at all the planes without checking for planes hiding other planes. The only exception is when there is no deflection between to two planes and another planes stays exactly in the middle. This can only happens when the enemy plane is exactly behind to plane with the observer and there is no deflection.
The observer’s guns are checked for jamming and unjamming separately from the pilot’s.
The observer may replace a magazine or attempt to unjam his guns regardless of the maneuver which the aircraft performed in the movement step.
|
Donate
Leagues
Gonzaga
Blue Max
Cartagena
Wooden Ships...
King Me!
VampiRing
