So a question came up recently in our group. Does Nanoscreen continue to provide Partial Cover MODs whilst the trooper with this piece of equipment is either Climbing or Jumping, or is the trooper unable to claim the MOD provided by Nanoscreen because the Climb and Jump skills do not allow troopers to claim Partial Cover...? Thanks in advance..
Nanoscreen provides partial cover, anything that stops a Trooper from being able to benefit from partial cover (jumping, climbing, Impetuous, etc) will stop them being able to benefit from Nanoscreen, likewise effects that ignore the modifiers for partial cover like Marksmanship and template weapons will also ignore them against a Trooper with Nanoscreen.
Thanks. We kinda thought that was the case, but it feels a little counter-intuitive given the Nanoscreen is a piece of equipment that is passively active rather than true cover, so it caused a bit of a discussion...
It's essentially a hands-free riot shield, rather than a forcefield, so the bearer still has to actively take cover behind it. In older editions you actually placed a nanoscreen token in base contact with the bearer and only got cover from that direction.
