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F.A.Q.

Aborted Aircraft
Q. Can you attack an aborted aircraft?
A. No. An aircraft can only be aborted once - thereafter no more AA attacks may be made against it. Once aborted, planes can no longer be further targeted with AA. (Ref: Advanced Rules, p. 22; and War at Sea Update and Clarifications
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ASW Threats - Stacking, Penalties and Bonuses
Q. Do you apply torpedo bonuses for a submarine's SA before or after calculating ASW threats?
A. The Submarine's Torpedo attack rating is determined after all penalties and bonuses are assessed. Torpedo attacks are always a minimum of 1 die even if the ASW threat reduces the attack to 0 or less.
War at Sea Update and Clarifications
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Baltimore - Torpedo Defense
Q. Does the USS Baltimore actually have Torpedo Defense?
A. (Tricky one) According to Rich Baker's post (cited below), probably not. You'll have to make this a part of your house rules until there's a clear decision. This also relates back to the Scharnhorst's lack of Torpedo Defense.
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Battle Map: 06 - Coastlines - See Coastlines

Canberra - Year
Q. Shouldn't the Canberra state 1939 vice 1941 for year?
A. Yes. The Canberra should have an availability of 1939 (no official errata).
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Carriers - Applying SAs to Aircraft
Q. Are the special abilities from an aircraft carrier only applicable to the aircraft assigned to it?
A. No. Although that would be a perfectly reasonable way to play, nothing in the rules requires it.
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Coastlines
Q. Do coastlines act as "Island" or "Open" in terms of movement, line of sight, etc?
A. If the land covers the center dot of the sector, then that sector is impassable to everything, including airplanes and vessels with Shallow Draft. It is out of play. If the land doesn't cover the central dot, then treat the entire sector as open sea. Standard LOS rules apply to land outlines.
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Damage Control
Q. Can you use Damage Control for a destroyed ship at the end of the turn?
A. You may not use Damage Control for a destroyed ship. Damage control only helps if you're still afloat at the end of the turn. Note that you can use Damage Control only once, not each turn.
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Escort (Fighter)
Q. Does a fighter with the Escort ability cover all bombers or just one bomber in a sector?
A. One fighter will escort all friendly bombers in that sector. Even if aborted, the Escort ability remains active until the end of the air defense phase.
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Fatal Flaw - Number of Sixes
Q. Does the Fatal Flaw apply only if a Battleship rolls exactly four 6s or four and more 6s?
A. Four or more.
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Fatal Flaw - Which Gunnery?
Q. Does the Fatal Flaw apply if a Battleship rolls four or more sixes on main gunnery or on any gunnery attack?
A. Any gunnery attack from a battleship.
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Island - Attacking Inside Sector
Q. Can aircraft attack PT boats in island hexes? Can PT boats attack other PT boats in island hexes?
A. Yes - PT boats can fight other PT boats in the same island sector, and can attack/be attacked by planes in that sector. Planes in island sectors can attack each other.
War at Sea Update and Clarifications
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Night Fighter
Q. Do Jintzu, Yukikaze, and Myoko still have to wait for turn 4 to use their Night Fighter SA of one reroll per game, or can they use their one reroll during any turn in the game if it is night?
A. Ships with Night Fighter are given a separate advantage in the darkness rules. The special ability itself doesn't change; you can't reroll an attack until turn 4.
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No Sea Control
Q. Can "No Sea Control" units prevent the enemy from claiming an objective?
A. Yes. They may not claim an objective; however, if the unit is a ship then they can prevent objectives from being claimed by the opponent by being local or adjacent to the objective.
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Press the Attack
Q. How often may you use Press the Attack for a single unit during the Anti-Air phase?
A. Once. An aircraft can only be aborted once - thereafter no more AA attacks may be made against it. Once aborted, planes can no longer be further targeted with AA.
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Press the Attack - Timing
Q. When must you roll for Press the Attack if you wish to use it?
A. The plane is aborted when the attack occurs, even though it's not physically removed from the map until the end of the phase.
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Scout Cruiser
Q: The IJN Tone has a SA of Scout Cruiser: The card says Bombs or Gunnery attacks. OR implies the attacking units must use one type of attack or the other, not both. If you can do both it should read AND right? Does this SA apply only to aircraft or ships as well? It takes effect at the Air Mission Phase so does that mean aircraft only? Please clarify this vague rule. And this is once per turn right?
A. The bonus applies to all bomb and gunnery attacks against the chosen target during the whole turn.
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Shoals - Torpedo Attack and Line of Sight
Q: Do shoals interfere with the line of sight on a torpedo attack?
A. No, shoals don't interfere with torpedo attacks.
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Slow - Crippled
Q. Are speed-2 ships with "Slow" reduced to move 0 if they're crippled and they fail their speed roll?
A. Yes. Crippled Slow units that blow their speed roll are dead in the water for that turn and don't move at all.
War at Sea Update and Clarifications
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Smoke Screen
Q. Does the smoke screen stay in the sector where deployed or does it follow the ship?
A. Smoke screens stay in the sector where deployed.
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Smoke Screen - Timing
Q. When exactly does a smoke screen take effect?
A. The WaS Clarifications document explains that smoke screens becomes effective the moment it's created. There's no delay.
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War at Sea Update and Clarifications
Lay Smoke Screen: A smoke screen takes effect from the moment it is created until the end of the next turn. A smoke screen provides concealment to all units in the sector, including Submarines and Aircraft.

Strafing - Changing Targets
Q. Do strafing aircraft stay committed to their target during the Air Attack Phase?
A. No. It can switch targets or use some other attack if you rethink the situation. That goes for any plane that was assigned to strafing. Basically, when you say "this plane is strafing," you're just keeping its options open at the expense of some penalties. Once it's declared to be strafing in the Air Mission phase, the penalties (lowered armor, no Escort) apply no matter what.
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Submerged Shot
Q. How far away is "local" for submerged shot? The card doesn't give a distance.A. Local means that the two subs are in the same sector.
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Surprise
Q. Does the Surprise SA for the Zeke apply to Anti-Air attacks, gunnery attacks, or both?
A. Applies to AA and gunnery for the first turn.
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Survivor
Q. Does the Enterprise's survivor roll only comes into effect when its vital armor is reached or exceeded with bombs?
A. Yes - bombs or gunnery.
(NOTE: Phrasing of Survivor is wrong. It uses the word "hits" where it should state "successes." A common enough mistake, but the words have distinct meanings in the game, and hits is incorrect in this usage. In fact, it's impossible for any ship to receive "hits equal to or greater than its vital armor." A ship attacked by bombs or gunnery either suffers no damage, is hit and takes a point of damage, or is destroyed. Hits themselves are not counted -- only successes are.)
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Vital Cargo - Island in Neutral Row
Q. Can any island, or any sector of any two-part island in the "neutral row' be used by the Vital Cargo SA?
A. No. To satisfy the conditions of Vital Cargo, the ship and the island must be "on your opponent's side of the map." That excludes the neutral row of sectors across the middle -- i.e., you need to get your ship into your opponent's Submarine Deployment Area. If one portion of a two-sector island is in the "neutral zone" but another is in your opponent's side, then you can invoke Vital Cargo when you reach the sector in your opponent's side.
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Washington - Class Limitation
Q. In the Advanced Rulebook on page 36, the "Ships with Class Limitations" section lists the Washington in a class of 4 ships - is that correct?
A. No. It should say 2. (See new Class Limits in the War at Sea Update and Clarifications)
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