Hello all! This may be pretty basic but I was looking through and looking at the Raider. Can the Raider only attack squads at close range due to it having black die anti squadron armament? Or can it still do Close-Medium range like other ships?

Thanks!

Black dice have black range. The only reason other ships can attack out to medium range is because their dice are blue (there's no special rule governing anti-squadron attack range).

There is nothing in the Rules that states that Ships ignore the Range requirements of Dice when doing Anti-Squadron Fire.

Ergo, the Black Die Anti-Squadron Fire of a Raider can only be used at Close Range...

Mwahahahahahaha

Curse my half-second slowness... I took the time to break out the rulebook and double check before I posted.

I should have just Posted "Yes" and then ran to the rulebook to edit in more detail...


But Good Show, DA... Good Show

Thanks guys! My local T.O. told me otherwise but it makes way more sense the way y'all explained it

Thanks guys! My local T.O. told me otherwise but it makes way more sense the way y'all explained it

For what it's worth, the black dice is meaner against squadrons (6 sides do a damage vs. 4 sides for the blue dice), so think of it as trading range for power.