headquarters and ships ... Bleys of Borg ... [4/19/99 20:19]

Did I miss something?


I read with some dismay in Evan Lorentz's Headquarters article in SCRYE #6.2,
"... since Headquarters are planet-based facilities, your ships have no way
of docking there.  You cannot rely on 50% of your their shield to protect
your ships as you could at a space-based facility".

The 12/7/98 Rulebook (pg 5 - Facilities) says "Personnel, Ship and Equipment
cards must normally report for duty to a compatible outpost, headquarters,
site or other place that allows reporting (i.e., personnel may not normally
be reported directly aboard a ship). Outposts and headquarters allow all
compatible cards to report there; sites allow only certain cards to report,
as indicated on each Site card."

The 12/7/98 Glossary (Facilites) is rather vague about the issue. "Most
facilities are conceptually located “in space,” even when seeded or built at
a planet location. (A few though, such as headquarters, specify that they are
seeded or built on a planet.) Only space facilities allow ships to dock and
be protected by the facility’s SHIELDS."  I read that to mean the Headquarters must be seeded/built at a planet mission.

What is the story on this?   If Evan is correct, IMHO the headquarters cards
are relatively useless.

Thanks in advance...