Posted by: jscott991
« on: October 18, 2020, 02:00:21 PM »Edit:
I figured it out, I think.
It will be a while before I fight again to see if it worked.
I figured it out, I think.
It will be a while before I fight again to see if it worked.
FFD's direct fire from fighters and ships in orbit, not artillery.
I know that, 6 fighters or 1 ship per FFD.
The rules there are a bit different and I reported them as they are. But thanks for clarifying as could have led to confusion and I should have included the info, so I am editing to make it complete for future.
What I think it happened is that Steve changed FFD and not update the original post.
The most important detail is that FFD is not useful for ground based artillery
FFD's direct fire from fighters and ships in orbit, not artillery.
I know that, 5 fighters or 1 ship per FFD.
The rules there are a bit different and I reported them as they are. But thanks for clarifying as could have led to confusion and I should have included the info, so I am editing to make it complete for future.
What I think it happened is that Steve changed FFD and not update the original post.
FFD's direct fire from fighters and ships in orbit, not artillery.
Do I get it right that they still will fire at random enemy units, but not in support of a specific unit?
...Forward Fire Direction allows a front-line unit (more on that later) to direct the fire of bombardment units from a formation in a support position....
Each front line friendly formation randomly targets a hostile formation. Friendly units with front line defence can target hostile front line formations. Friendly units with front line attack can target any hostile formation, although support and rear echelon are less likely given their smaller weighted size. In fact, the more formations that are pushed into front line positions, the less likely it is that rear areas will be attacked.
Support and Rear Echelon formations that contain formation elements with bombardment weapons can be assigned to support front line formations that are part of the same organisation. Formations in a support position with light bombardment weapons will fire with the front line formations (see next paragraph). Formations in a support position with medium/heavy bombardment weapons or formations in a rear echelon position with heavy bombardment weapons will fire in a subsequent phase - see below.
...each friendly individual unit (a soldier or vehicle) in that formation engages a random element in the hostile formation...each unit in each element providing supporting bombardment will engage either the hostile formation being targeted by the friendly formation they are supporting...if the hostile formation is targeted, each unit in the supporting artillery element engages a random element in the hostile formation, ...if a hostile supporting element is targeted, all fire is directed against that element.
***IMPORTANT PART***
Supporting medium artillery will choose between hostile forces in Front-Line or Support field positions (and will ignore any elements in Rear Echelon field position for purposes of relative size), while heavy artillery can select targets in any field position. In other words, if the enemy has supporting heavy artillery in a rear echelon position, you will only be able to target those elements with your own heavy artillery (or ground support fighters, or orbital bombardment support).
Support can only be provided when the supporting formation is a superior formation in the hierarchy of the supported formation, or is directly subordinate to a superior formation in the hierarchy of the supported formation and does not itself have any subordinate formations (an independent artillery formation for example). Supporting formations must be on the same system body as the supported formation. In combat, the support relationship will only function if the supporting unit has suitable bombardment units and is in a support or rear echelon position and the supported unit is in a front line position.