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

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>]

    I think what JJ is saying is that the incoming fleets have to be
somewhere when they are intercepted.  They cannot be in the surrounding sea
zone because of some rule (I don't remember which one) which says that
fleets in a blockade box cannot intercept fleets in surrounding sea zones.
If the intercepted fleets cannot be in the surrounding sea zone when they
are intercepted, then they must be in the blockade box when they are
intercepted.  If they are in the blockade box when interception occurs, then
the battle that takes place will include all allied fleets together (by some
other rule whose number I don't have handy).

Does that help?

kdh

----- 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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