Re: [eia] Anglo-Turkish naval phase, 10/05 (part II)

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry about the redundance of that last email.  Just trying to say the same
thing from several different angles.

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Anglo-Turkish naval phase, 10/05 (part II)


> Yes.  I am saying that as soon as a fleet or fleets enters a sea space,
> port, or blockade box, it automatically and immediately is stacked with
any
> other fleets of the same or combined powers that are already in that
place.
>
> If a stack of the phasing enemy is already in a sea space, port, or
blockade
> box, then if another of their fleets in intercepted in that place, it is
> impossible not to also fight the fleets that were already there.  6.2.2
says
> that all fleets of the same or combined powers must be one stack while in
> the same place.
>
> If Spain had other fleets in a position to intercept approaching enemy
> fleets in the sea area outside the blockade box, then a separate
> interception could take place.  Such an interception would only involve
the
> phasing enemy fleets in that adjacent sea space at that moment; and the
> interception combat would take place in the sea zone, not the blockade
box.
>
> But since there are no Spanish fleets in position to do this, and since a
> fleet in a blockade box can only intercept fleets that have entered the
> blockade box, any interception combat in this case must take place in the
> blockade box, and would involve fighting the whole stack of enemies
already
> there.
>
> To sum up; Spain doesn't have any fleets placed so as to intercept in a
sea
> space outside the blockade box.  So the interception and interception
combat
> must take place in the blockade box.  This means that all British and
> Turkish controlled fleets in the blockade box at the time of the
> interception must be fought.
>
> -JJY
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [eia] Anglo-Turkish naval phase, 10/05 (part II)
>
>
> > Thus spake "J.J. Young":
> > > The Spanish cannot intercept a fleet until it enters the blockade box,
> > > according to the rule that Danny quoted.  Rule 6.2.2 makes it clear
that
> all
> > > fleets of a major power or combined major powers, in the same place,
> _must_
> > > be treated as a single stack.  Therefore, as soon as a fleet enters
the
> > > blockade box (and it cannot be intercepted before this), it becomes
part
> of
> > > the larger stack.  There is never any circumstance where an attacker
or
> > > interceptor can fight only some of an enemy power's fleets, while
> leaving
> > > the others out of the battle.
> >
> > I realize that once the incoming fleet is *in* the blockade box it has
> joined
> > whatever stack is already there. What I'm inquiring about is *when*
> incoming
> > fleets are considered to be in the blockade box.
> >
> > I think that you're claiming this:
> >
> > The only way to prevent a fleet with sufficient movement points from
> joining
> > a stack in a blockade box is to intercept and defeat it in a sea zone
> adjacent
> > to the blockade box.
> >
> > Am I understanding you?
> >
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