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Holoprojector L2/Perimeter Weapon Interaction

Discussion in '[Archived]: N3 Rules' started by Koval, Mar 26, 2020.

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  1. Koval

    Koval Well-Known Member

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    Hello,

    I have a question concerning troopers with both the Holoprojecter L2 skill and perimeter weapons, such as the Kanren and... that might be it. When deploying and moving, what do the perimeter weapons have to be in zone of control of? The one represented by a model? The secretly-noted real one? Any of the holoechoes? All of the holoechoes?
     
  2. colbrook

    colbrook Grenade Delivery Specialist

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    They have to be in ZoC of the controller, which is the actual trooper. The echos don't copy skills and equipment so won't count as controllers.
     
  3. Koval

    Koval Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, that makes sense.
     
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    inane.imp Well-Known Member

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    Just to be absolutely clear:

    They need to be in Coherency of the controller. You're obliged to check Coherency at specific points (including during deployment) ; you're not obliged to measure ZOC for Deployable Equipment that is deployed within ZOC (ie. Mines).
     
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    Mahtamori Well-Known Member

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    There is no difference between deployment rules for a Minelayer and a Perimeter weapon. Both must be deployed inside zone of control of user. Perimeter do not oblige a formal coherency check at deployment
     
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    inane.imp Well-Known Member

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    You know I missed they the deployment Coherency check was permissive. I'd always understood all Coherency checks to be mandatory. The things you learn.
     
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    Mahtamori Well-Known Member

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    No, I mean, a Perimeter item does not have Coherency Check as part of deployment at all, but you are still forced to make sure that they are within ZoC during deployment for both Minelayer and Perimeter.

    Still, now that I re-read the coherency rules, that's interesting that it's allowed, but not forced, during deployment. That's got some pretty interesting consequences for technically legal rules abuse when it comes to Repeaters on Synchronized units.
     
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    inane.imp Well-Known Member

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    Or Repeaters and say Koalas. Because they never appear on the same model.

    Honestly I was always under the impression that *can* read *must* and since Perimeter Items are subject to Coherency would get caught by it.
     
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    I think part of this may be an argument over an artifact of history—they added the notion of “coherency” after the main rules, so deployables don’t explicitly use it. Perimeter rules were written/revised late enough to be able to reference coherency.

    But I think you’d cause unnecessary problems by not subjecting deployables that can (only) be deployed in ZoC to the deployment time coherency rules.
     
  10. Mahtamori

    Mahtamori Well-Known Member

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    Coherency rules are a fun way, btw, to circumvent pre-measuring ZoC as you're forced to measure the ZoC when doing the check, not just the distances between the individuals being checked.

    P.s. this one"Holoprojector L2, Holoecho and Fireteam Example:" is just a piece of work. A hypothetical Holo2 trooper inside a 5-man Fireteam activates without getting Team Leader first and declares Holoprojector 2 while in the Fireteam and gets individually kicked out of the team without triggering the Holo1 cancellation clause and goes directly into Holo2 as the fake loadout.
     
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    inane.imp Well-Known Member

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    It's kinda irrelevant anyway. It's permissive so you can measure during deployment if you want to.
     
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