From:	Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Tactics: Scatter Question
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:27:32 -0700

---Olaf kramer <Olaf-Kramer@********.DE> wrote:
>
> > I think what he's referring to is the RBT entry regarding Gear/Drone cards
> > that states Drones are treated as Runners for the purpose of combat (i.e. -
> > fatigue, combat timing, allocating Runner-on-Runner, etc.) Not much of that
> > applies to Drone Challenges though.
> >
> > -== Loki ==-
> >
> Hi
> first of all i`m the one who have sayd dhat the damage goes to the killer
drone
> too.Because it is writen in the german rullbook on page 14 under the point
> "anwesende Runner"(sorry don`t know the english word).

Without knowing what the translation is supposed to be, I can't comment.

From the english RBT, and common sense being applied. I think the intent or
spirit of the card and rules is clear. Challenges are outside of Runners and
Gear/Drones or Gear/Spirits.

The Tactics shouldnot apply for damage being applied Challeges. It doesn't
make sense, and there are no other specials that work under those interpreted
mechanics to give a precedence.

The Tactics specials first and foremost affect damage being dealt to Runners.
The RBT (online and hardcopy) informs us that Gear/Drone and Gear/Spirit cards
function as Runners in regards to their role in combat; the suffer from
fatigue, the are assigned as a Runner would be in Runner-on-Runner combat,
etc. However, they are NOT a Runner in regards to cards affects that refer to
a Runner (with capital R). A drone cannot be sacrificed to a booby trap or
incubus. A drone cannot be assigned the "damage to one Runner" from things
like Manitcore or the Killer Drone. A drone could not be sacrificed in place
of a Runner to Widows Trap.

This is all clearly detailed in the errata on FASA's website.

Since a gear/drone cannot be used in place of a Runner as stated above. I
don't see how one could leap intuitively and say Tactics: Scatter would spread
damage to a Challenge like Killer Drone.

-== Loki ==-
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