Sound like a crappy TO.

I went to a store championship a couple of weeks ago, and when the top 4 were playing, one of the guys had landed on an asteroid with a Z-95. He made the comment, "If I roll a [hit], I'll only have one hull remaining." He then rolled a critical hit and said, "Oh good, I'm still alive," to which I responded "Maybe," since if he got a direct hit or minor explosion he would be destroyed. He, his opponent, and 3 other people watching the game all said "What?"

They seemed to think that asteroids only dealt damage on a [hit] result because the debris fields only do damage on the [critical hit] results. I promptly grabbed my rulebook out of the car and everyone was amazed.

At a store championship this weekend this came up. My opponent was on an asteroid and the template crossed the asteroid when executing the following move,I explained the rule to the guy and he said no that's not right. TO was busy so asked the two guys right behind us,one agreed with with me and the other with my opponent. Waited on the TO and he said no you wouldn't suffer it twice like that. I didn't have my FAQ printed out with me and for some reason in that building all our internet was slow. So I went with the ruling even tho I knew it was incorrect. Landed one hit and one crit that finished his X, sometimes karma is on your side even when the dice and the TO aren't. The FAQ finally finished pulling up before the end of the match so I showed the TO and my opponent. The TO's response was that's stupid, moral of the story is always printout the most recent FAQ and take it with you because sometimes even the people responsible for making a decision aren't always 100% on rules.

Wow, what a terrible TO. That alone is the reason I think there should be some sort of TO validation or something for anything other than casual tournaments. Just, wow.

Asteroids are among the simplest thing resolve.

Template touches? Lose action, roll for damage.

Base overlaps? Lose action, roll for damage, skip combat phase.

Thank you for reminding me of that, the guys playing beside me had the same thoughts. I was sure a crit dealt damage on an asteroid but they weren't arguing with each other so I decided to double check it myself after the tourney but forgot. Amazing how many variations to the rules you see sometimes. Humor intended

I went to a store championship a couple of weeks ago, and when the top 4 were playing, one of the guys had landed on an asteroid with a Z-95. He made the comment, "If I roll a [hit], I'll only have one hull remaining." He then rolled a critical hit and said, "Oh good, I'm still alive," to which I responded "Maybe," since if he got a direct hit or minor explosion he would be destroyed. He, his opponent, and 3 other people watching the game all said "What?"

They seemed to think that asteroids only dealt damage on a [hit] result because the debris fields only do damage on the [critical hit] results. I promptly grabbed my rulebook out of the car and everyone was amazed.

Awkward. Yeah, that should be an easy one. Did they park dead center and have to roll when they left it? That's the only time I see that screwed up.

Well you roll for damage when you park on the asteroid, skip your action phase and don't get to attack. Next turn you place your maneuver template which will obviously overlap the asteroid you're sitting on if there is asteroid ahead of you....do you role for damage and lose your action on that turn as well....Rules as written would imply you would, but being penalized twice for mis-maneuver seems harsh.

I hear a LOT of people who think multiple asteroids are cumulative in their effect, either for damage or for extra defense dice.

I hear a LOT of people who think multiple asteroids are cumulative in their effect, either for damage or for extra defense dice.

It seems like you'd have to really work to get multiple asteroid damage checks in a round. Like, even on a large base, you'd have to really go out of your way to make that happen with any regularity. That sort of initiative should be rewarded.