This rule was actually changed from the way it was in Revised in order to prevent air units from getting an extra movement. In Revised, when a carrier was mobilized fighters were allowed to be moved from the territory containing the IC onto the carrier. Under that rule, a fighter could move from New South Wales and attack Japanese-held Western Australia, then fly back to New South Wales in noncombat movement, then be moved onto a new carrier in sea zone 62 in the Mobilize New Units phase, resulting in five spaces of movement.
Hits on Aircraft Carriers?
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Hi all.
I was wondering if an aircraft carrier in an attacking fleet can take hits.
Example: If I attack a sea zone with a carrier and 2 aircraft, I can roll 2 dice, but what if the defender gets 2 hits? Can my carrier take the hits, even though it did not roll a die? Or is it forced to retreat? -
yup, but if you put a hit on it you aren’t going to be able to land any planes on it.
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Ok thanks, This happened to be a basically suicide run anyway. :-D
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i thought planes can land, but they’re treated as cargo (so no defense)
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No, they can’t land.