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The player has no opportuniQ to c h a mthe alevatIon d a WOL that sldesllps Wore It enters the new Real. Therefam, It Is kwadwi ~ d t l p h e x t t ~ ~ ~ ~ l k ~ . pos3Ible Pw s VTOL to slddip Into terrain that causes it to - v r o t s m a y ~ ~ H j a t ~ ~ ~ ~ crash. If W sideallp c b s not ~ S L I RIn a wash, a VK)t may ~ ~ a t ~ ~ d s , o r b ~ . ~ A ~ ~ ~ move n r normally w l {continue l b e Inrtha d M o n of the facing change) ( g F ~ u p a n d d o w n m a ~ ~ ~ , a s J a n g ~ l t h a s s r after A - the failed turn. The sksllp costs no MP.
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WOk t k t en@r a hex horhntatiy at ar b b w tlw elevation b e l o f t h e m i n lnthshexamconsldetwdtoh~lhn into the slde ofthat tmh &rldcmshed. VrOLs take damae from crashing on wh-r side AVrOLstrrrtstts~llanded~aW Impeded the terrain. The darn* is equal to the number of hexas that the VTOL moved in that turn times Its torin*, ~ s r l d e ~ # ~ h U ~ 9 ~ x e s ~ . I f c o s t s t A B V r O L d W by 10 (mndadup). Group the d m a e into W r r t 3 M P t o t f s e h p ~ l n t h . ~ I U . m ~ ~ clusters, In the s m way as fw U?Mdamage. lhe a M n g W M H , ~ M P ~ O ~ ~ O ~ aInW d3M WPM b , p f w then rolls once on the VTOL HR bxtM Table k r each cluster of damage. If the VTOL Is still funetlonal alter taking damage from tiPe d, and R can n m a l l y land In tki temdn of the hex In which It washed, the VTOL Is consbred to have landed In the hex and can mow as nomtal In t k &turn. Otherwtse, the VTOL is considered destmyxl. The m L may not attack in the turn that It crashes. Explodorw: If a mOL takes internal structure damage from a crash to any laation exwpt the rotors, It will explode as dascrlkd in WOL Bphims, p. 58.
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Nds: If there is no turret, lhen all turret hits become normal armor hlts. A back, axle, or Irft fan h a s been destroyed; the unit cannoZ move for t h e rest of the game. If a hovercraft suffers this h ~while t over Depth 1 or deeper water, rt sinks and is destroyed. A drive, wheel, or air-skirt has been damaged; -1 Cruising MP for the rest of the game. 3 If the vehicle is a hovercraft, an air-skirt has been damaged; -1Cruising MP for the rest of the game. If not a hovercraft, no addit~onaleffect. 4The turret locks in its current position and cannot be moved for the rest of the game; it can only fire out of its current arc. If there is no turret, no additional effect. * A result of 2 or 12 may inf ~ c at critical hit. Apply darnage to the armor in that section in the normal manner, but the a3acking player also rolts once on the Determining Critical Hlts Table, p. 35.
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&OMPAT Naval unlts use all standard vehlcles rules, but they have unlque HR tocation and CWcal HR tables. Submarine
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To m u m a vehicle during a turn, an Infamy untt must start its Movement Phage in the same hex as the vahicie. ---,l-The vehicle must spend 1 MP to mount the Infantry unit. Mounted infantry may not fke weapons.
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