Campaign Question - Initiative in a Raider Campaign

[Sulfurdown]

I've read and reread the Initiative rules in the Raiders campaign enough times that I'm confused about who does what and when.

It states that if the Raider wins, the player picks a target for raiding. If the defense force wins, then that player picks a target to search. But unlike the main campaign rules, it doesn't state that the action falls to the next in the initiative. Considering there is only two players this didn't seem odd originally.

:?: Assuming the defense force wins, does a battle follow at the location he picks to search and would that impact whether he can search or not?

:?: Assuming the defense force wins, does the Raider player get to pick a target for the same turn after the defense search?

:?: Assuming the raiders win, does the defense force get to search a target after the raiding battle?


I've been playing that there is not battle when the Defense force searches unless he finds the raider base and he searches either before or after the raiding battle depending on in he won the initiative or not (respectively).


-Missing the forest because of all the words.

 

[Itkovian]

I've read and reread the Initiative rules in the Raiders campaign enough times that I'm confused about who does what and when.

It states that if the Raider wins, the player picks a target for raiding. If the defense force wins, then that player picks a target to search. But unlike the main campaign rules, it doesn't state that the action falls to the next in the initiative. Considering there is only two players this didn't seem odd originally.

:?: Assuming the defense force wins, does a battle follow at the location he picks to search and would that impact whether he can search or not?

No, he just gets to search, battles are only fought when the raider wins, unless the defence force finds the raider base

:?: Assuming the defense force wins, does the Raider player get to pick a target for the same turn after the defense search?

Nope

:?: Assuming the raiders win, does the defense force get to search a target after the raiding battle?

Again nope

I've been playing that there is not battle when the Defense force searches unless he finds the raider base and he searches either before or after the raiding battle depending on in he won the initiative or not (respectively).

The defence force has to win the initiative to get to search at all. The rules are written for raiders with their dire initiative, and I suspect the assumption was they would raid earth, which under SFOS would put them even. Would be interesting to try it against an early or late EA force.


-Missing the forest because of all the words.

 

[Sulfurdown]

So if the initiative really only defines who get's to do what in a campaign turn, at the end of a turn in which the defense forces wins init and searchs, do you get a RR section?

i.e. do you get your RR for the locations held, standard 10 and raider 2d6RR? Or is the RR phase part of combat?

 

[Itkovian]

So if the initiative really only defines who get's to do what in a campaign turn, at the end of a turn in which the defense forces wins init and searchs, do you get a RR section?

i.e. do you get your RR for the locations held, standard 10 and raider 2d6RR? Or is the RR phase part of combat?

Yes, you get the RR phase as normal, as you thought, the only thing that changes is the number of battles per turn goes down dramatically.