Stand Down Question

[Green X Lantern]

Quick question regarding the Stand Down and Prepare to be Boarded! Special Action:

Say a player with many (say 8 or so) smaller vessels have mauled a large vessel to Crippled status and are all within 10" of it. As long as their current total Damage points exceed the larger vessels starting Damage points they can attempt this Special Action. My question is say the first of the smaller ships fail. Can the next one attempt the same Special Action, using the total of all the ships (and again and again)? Or if they are part of a total for one use of this Special Action, does that count as their Special Action for the round?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Green X Lantern

 

[Burger]

I don't see why not. There is no mention in the rules that it can only be attempted once per target ship, or that each ship can only count towards the damage calculation once.

 

[Banichi]

Last game I had against the vree my mate wanted to stand down one of my ships. I sugested that my ship should get a +2 to the role, because everyone knows what happens to people who surrender to the vree. :lol:

 

[Kosh127]

for your question yes as many ships can perform the action in one turn until you get the result you want. It is however very, very hard to do (if you enemy has +1 CC) and don't forget for each ship that trys is a ship that can't fire.

 

[Methos5000]

for your question yes as many ships can perform the action in one turn until you get the result you want. It is however very, very hard to do (if you enemy has +1 CC) and don't forget for each ship that trys is a ship that can't fire.

Actually the ships can't fire at the ship they are attempting the SA on, they can still shoot at other ships just fine.

Rulebook pg. 15
Stand Down and Prepare to be Boarded!
Crew Quality Check: Opposed
Effect: One of the most breathtaking Special Actions available to a player, a Captain can order a battered enemy vessel to
stand down and surrender, forcing it out of the battle. If an enemy ship is either Crippled or on Skeleton Crew, you may
try to force it to surrender. The enemy ship must be within 10” and you must have ships within 10” of it whose current
total Damage points are greater than the enemy ship’s starting Damage points. Ships involved in this Special Action (other
than the enemy ship) may not make any attacks against the ship they are forcing to surrender. (emphasis by me)