Hyperspace Assault + Motti question.

By rapatpamp, in Star Wars: Armada Rules Questions

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My opponent put a Vic off the board for hyperspace assault.

After looking at the faq it says: Ships and squadrons set aside are not

in play. Their abilities and upgrades are
inactive and they cannot be affected by
any abilities.
When a squadron that was set aside is
deployed, set its activation slider to display
the same color as the initiative token.
During setup, if the second player must
deploy a squadron but cannot because he
has no ships in the play area, his squadrons
that are not set aside are destroyed.
The second player cannot move objective
tokens at the start of the first round.
Now it says they cannot be affected by any abilities so should the Vic off board be 8 or 10 hull?
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The Vic off the board has no HP until it enters play.

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I should have worded that better, when it enters the board does it have 8 or 10?

The faq says that they cannot be affected by abilities.

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I'm guessing a ship in the fleet has Motti? The question is, which one?

If it's the Vic, then all the ships ON the board have their default hull values and are only increased once Motti comes in. If Motti is on a ship that is already ON the board, then the Vic is on 8 hull and gets +2 (10 hull) when it comes in.

I'm wondering what prompted this question though. Care to share?

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It's just the faq states that any ship held off the board for hyperspace assault cannot be affected by any abilities and Motti's ability is increasing the hull points of friendly ships.

It's just the faq that confused me.

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The moment it comes onto the table and Motti is there it has 10 HP.

Motti is a static effect. Now if motti was the in in Hyperspace then all ships fain the bonus HP the moment he enters the play area.

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Yeah I get ya was just wanting clarification is all :)

Doesn't hurt to ask :)

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Yeah, if Motti was in hyperspace and you shoot down a Gladiator's 5 hull points, that GSD dead. D-E-D. Dead!

I guess the reason this never came into mind was because I'd always assumed that Motti would be brought into play before any opponent could chew through a ship. But then again, if he's playing with 2 tricked-out GSDs vs. a concentrated CR90 swarm, that could well happen.

I am assuming this question just arose out of reading the FAQ and not from a game session? If from the FAQ, fair enough.... if from a game session, I'd be very interested to know what happened.

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Nah faq.