@panther said in Legal or Illegal move on Dice (Global 40):
If you declared that a carrier will move during the Noncombat Move phase to provide a safe landing zone for a fighter or a tactical bomber moved in the Combat Move phase, you must follow through and move the carrier to its planned location in the Noncombat Move phase unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere or has been destroyed before then, or a combat required to clear an intervening sea zone failed to do so. Likewise, if you declared that a new carrier will be mobilized to provide a safe landing zone fora fighter or tactical bomber, it must be mobilized in that sea zone unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere or has been destroyed.
I think that this part is badly worded.
My understanding of the rules is that, if I say that an aircraft carrier will move to a zone to allow a fighter to land, then I can still move the carrier to an other zone where the fighter can also land, but I think that this is not clarified that well by what you quoted.
In particular, the part
you must follow through and move the carrier to its planned location in the Noncombat Move phase unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere
should have been better written as
you must follow through and move the carrier to its planned location or to any other location which also allows to land the air unit in the Noncombat Move phase unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere
Am I right?
Similarly, regarding the part
Likewise, if you declared that a new carrier will be mobilized to provide a safe landing zone fora fighter or tactical bomber, it must be mobilized in that sea zone unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere or has been destroyed.
I wonder if I'm still allowed to mobilize the carrier in an other sea zone if the air unit can land there too? My understanding is that I can, but the rules which you have quoted appear to state that I cannot...
In my opinion, the rules here should have been written as
Likewise, if you declared that a new carrier will be mobilized in a sea zone to provide a safe landing zone for a fighter or tactical bomber, it must be mobilized in that sea zone or in any other sea zone which also provides a safe landing zone for the same (without denying the possibility also to place other similarly needed carriers due to placement limits) unless the air unit has landed safely elsewhere or has been destroyed.
Am I right here in my rewording of the rules, or are you actually bound to place that carrier exactly where you said you would (as the rules state "it must be mobilized in that sea zone") if the air unit cannot land on anything but that carrier even in the case in which you actually have two or more zones where you can place that carrier and still land that air unit on it?