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I just bought the VBAM rules last night and am working my way through learning them. I have a question about assigning damage from the first phase of firing (ship firing on ships)

Lets say each side has one small squadron. Team A has a light cruiser and two destroyers. the DV for Team A's ships are 5, 4, and 4. Lets say Team B has a weak AS squadron and a weak roll and only scores 2 damage.

If I am reading the last paragraph of 3.6.3.12 correctly, does this mean that one destroyer must be crippled even though it's not enough to cripple the ship since any excess damage that would not normally cripple even the smallest ship forces the opponent to cripple a ship to cover the damage?

Thanks

Unless you are using the optional Attrition rules in section 4.16, that is the case.

Thanks. I just made it to those optional rules which cleared things up for me. A few of my friends and I are planning to start a campaign, so I'll check with our CM as to whether or not we'll be using those rules. (no attrition seems to favor lots of small ships, and attrition seems to favor fewer large ships)