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A6 Intruder Climb +1 or -1
F4 Phantom Maneuver -1 or -2
HAL Tejas Hardpoints 8 or 10
SU25 Frogfoot Fuel 8 or 12
F/A18 Hornet Hardpoints 9 or 10
MIG31 Foxhound ECM 2 or 3
Tornado Afterburner +3 or +5
YAK38 Foger Damage Mod -1 or +1
Eurofighter Fuel 10 or 8
JAS Gripen Afterburner +3 or +4


Alamo Range 1 or 2 / Air Target 5 or 1 / Radar or Heat
Adder Air Target 4 or 2 / Radar or Heat
Phönix HP 2 or 1

MK83 1000 Bomb Soft Target 3 or 4 / Hard Target 1 or 2
AGM-69 SRAM Hard Target 5 or 4 / High or Low
MK84 2000 Bomb Soft Target 3 or 7 / Hard Target 1 or 3
GBU-12 Laser Guided MK82 Hard Target 4 or 6
GBU-16 Laser Guided MK83 or GBU-10 Laser Guided MK84 / Soft Target 8 or 9 / Hard Target 6 or 5 / 2 Damage or +1 Damage
GBU-15 Laser Guided MK84 Variant HP 3 or 2 / High or ? / +1 Damage or ?

not in table but there is a counter: AGM130 RP Bomb
Ultra Rare ? Manufacturer ? Cost ?


Lightning Pod/Rafael Lightning III Pod:
+1/+2 to all AtG attacks only for Laser Guided Bombs ?
AN/AVQ 26 Pave Track ("Allows Laser Guided Bombs") needed or replacement for Pave Track ?


Page 46 Bogey Defaults:
"Sidewinders" = AIM-9 Sidewinder ? AIM-9X only for Raptor and Lightning ?


Page 48 Ship Threats:

Damage points from 1 to 8 but according to the rules 4.4.4.2.1 and counter max. Damage points (= "Stars") are only 5 ?

"All Cruisers may fire twice" ?
1 x AAA and 1 x SAM or
2 x AAA or
2 x SAM or
2 x AAA and 2 x SAM ?


Most Attributes are "once in campaign", "once per mission", etc.
Are the following specifications OK ?
1) 15, 18
2) 8, 10, 14
3) 4, 5, 17
4) 4, 5, 13, 17, 18
5) 5, 15


Frank

Frank, I didn't want you to think we were ignoring you. You've got quite the laundry list there, and we're working on it.

Indeed. Such a thorough post does deserve a decent response. So, without further ado here you go:

With regard to planes and equipment, and it does look like the chart in the book is the one that we tested for release. Often times during sheet and other graphic construction a number can be off and it passes by the editors. So use those for now while I get some few corrected sheets ready.

The exception is something like the GBU-15 Laser Guided Mk 84 Variant, which does 4 damage once you count in the 3 damage for size, and +1 mod.

>not in table but there is a counter: AGM130 RP Bomb
>Ultra Rare ? Manufacturer ? Cost ?

This one is on page 42 under Common AtG Weapons. We had to shorten the name to fit the counter.

>Lightning Pod/Rafael Lightning III Pod:
>+1/+2 to all AtG attacks only for Laser Guided Bombs ?

Nope, to all LGB. We assume some measure of performance for target tracking.

>AN/AVQ 26 Pave Track ("Allows Laser Guided Bombs") needed or >replacement for Pave Track ?

No, any laser guided system can work with any laser guided weapon. Not quite accurate, but it keeps game play in line.

>Page 46 Bogey Defaults:
>"Sidewinders" = AIM-9 Sidewinder ? AIM-9X only for Raptor and >Lightning ?

We make the assumption that at these higher levels any plane can field these if their organization is prestigious enough.

>Damage points from 1 to 8 but according to the rules 4.4.4.2.1 and >counter max. Damage points (= "Stars") are only 5 ?

That is a typo. It should say 1 to 5. Some of the ships in the expansion have 8 points like the aircraft carrier, which did not fit in this basic book.

>"All Cruisers may fire twice" ?
>1 x AAA and 1 x SAM or
>2 x AAA or
>2 x SAM or
>2 x AAA and 2 x SAM ?

The counters reflect the improved stat. So the cruiser can fire its AAA twice, and SAM systems twice.

>Most Attributes are "once in campaign", "once per mission", etc.
>Are the following specifications OK ?
>1) 15, 18

I suppose I could see why this would be a problem. 15, maybe not since a pilot still has to survive the parachute fall. I will add this to the errata.

>2) 8, 10, 14

Not 8 or 10, but yes to 14.

>3) 4, 5, 17

Not in this case.

>4) 4, 5, 13, 17, 18

18, but not the rest.

>5) 5, 15

5 no, but 15 yes.

Thank you!
-Jay