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

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

This is a good way of putting it.

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [eia] Anglo-Turkish naval phase, 10/05 (part II)


>     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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