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From: Koert Vynckier <kvynckir@***.VUB.AC.BE>
Subject: Re: Fields Of Fire (Supression)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 22:54:10 +0200
> In the sections about suppression fire it says something like
> "each round fired covers a one-meter area for 10 combat phases"
> Well whats that supposed to mean, 10 phases are 5 complex actions
> and 5 complex actions are about 1.5 rounds which is really a lot of
> time even for our MEGAcybered friends here.Does it mean that if
> someone steps into that area in the next 1.5 rounds risks getting hit?
>
10 phases are not 1.5 rounds.
If the Sam rolls say 23 on initiative, the spray 'stops' on combat phase 13,
which is about 1 second.
As to the 10 phases being 5 complex actions.......I have no idea what you are
talking about.
Night Owl

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