Kamikazes in China's turn

[moompix]

I have a question for Krieghund: if a warship is retreating from a hostile SZ to avoid combat and moves to a friendly SZ it is possible to launch kamikazes or scramble planes if the SZ is a kamikaze area or an island with an enemy airbase? I think yes, but I'd like to have confirmation.

No, if your talking about the retreating that occurs in step 6 of the General Combat Sequence.

Scrambling and Kamikaze attacks occur at the beginning of the conduct combat phase, retreating doesn't result in combat being conducted in the newly entered sea zone.

[Hobbes]

Shouldn't have used the word 'retreat' - I was refering to combat moves made from a hostile sea zone to escape from combat.

[kcdzim]

Shouldn't have used the word 'retreat' - I was refering to combat moves made from a hostile sea zone to escape from combat.

In that case, it's a combat move, so at the end of the combat move phase those planes and kaze's can definately come out to play at the defenders discretion.

[Krieghund]

Again, both kamikaze attacks and scrambling are defensive reactions.  If there's no attack, there's no defense.  Combat moves done only to avoid combat do not trigger kamikaze attacks or scrambling.

A good definition of "attack" would be "combat movement into a hostile space or declaration of intent for combat in any space".

[moompix]

Again, both kamikaze attacks and scrambling are defensive reactions.  If there's no attack, there's no defense.  Combat moves done only to avoid combat do not trigger kamikaze attacks or scrambling.

A good definition of "attack" would be "combat movement into a hostile space or declaration of intent for combat in any space".

With Kamikazes having the added requirement of : "If the allied player has moved ships into one of the above sea zones, ..." ?

Which to me implies during this combat movement. Seems pointless to have this line otherwise, since you obviously couldn't attack a ship that has never moved there.