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Yes, Primarch is right, "Over-the-top" is in the SM1 rules, page 47. If you have some extra points left over, we'd usually pick a Haywire Missile or something cheap point-wise, even a Medic or small detachment, etc. , roll on the chart and see if you get the extra points to purchase it. It works for a lot of reasons  ! ? And like you said Primarch, you go through what works and mesh them together and go from there. ?The Air2Air rules, Tas, well E40K & E-A have some workable ideas, but based on games like S&T's "Tank" (I updated that, it was not AH), we felt we wanted to keep this as "air support for ground troops" game. ?If we were going to do Air2Air, we'd want to do something like AH's "Richtofen's War" (great game !) and that would be a real paradigm shift. So it just seemed like more detail then what we were looking for. ?We basically use the SM1 Off Board rules for Airstrikes, with the added AAA rules (E40K/E-A). ?Once you call in the strike, survive Flak, place the aircraft base next to the Target, place the Big Burst Template in contact with the flying base on the Target and go from there. ?We're still working out the Flak rules, but you get the idea. ?So like I said we're working on a lot of things to make the game better and more fun for us. ? And, well Kitty is just going to have to wait, but I'm sure she was not waiting on me !!!
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? And we always felt that the SM1 Off Board Rules could easily be orbiting spacecraft firing at ground targets. ? Flak should be like ?Snap-Fire - a shot at a passing target. ?Jervis wanted to appease the guys who want to see their "bright shiny airplanes"?stay on the board, as Primarch said. ?Airstrikes should should be on, drop ordinance, and off. ?And somewhere along the flight path get shot at by AAA. And we thought about having the target get a shot (like Jervis, mentioned in an issue of Epic Mag). ?Most vehicles have an MG mounted on top just for this reason. It would be a long shot and Jervis put a rule in E-A, about aircraft taking fire and aborting the mission. ?But this is still a work in progress, for us. ?Once an aircraft exits the board, it Rearms & Refits as in E40K/E-A. ?And you have to call it in again ... ?That's the direction we're going with Airstrikes & Flak ... 
