From S&T 101

Central Command errata

Unit Colors: The unit colors printed in the rules do not correspond with
the counter sheet colors. The 82nd Airborne Division should be listed as
dark blue instead of tan, the 101st Airborne Division should be listed
as light blue instead of light green, and the 1st Marine Division should
be listed as light green instead of light blue. USAF and USMC air units
should have the colors reversed.

Game Map: A zone of control can extend from hex 2948 to 2947, and
attacks can be made between these two hexes (treated as cross-river
attacks).

RULES CORRECTIONS

[1.4] The Terrain Effects Chart refers to highways as autobahns.

[2.1] A "stacking point" system is referred to (and some counters so
marked), but is never fully explained. Ignore it.

[6.2] Helicopter units cannot end movement in a hex occupied by an enemy
air unit; however, they can pass through such a hex, in which case the
enemy player can roll one die and destroy the helicopter unit on a roll
of 1.

[7.1] US Helo Lift Chart: Light transport capabilities should actually
read ". . . all Marine, infantry, recon, and anti tank units.''

Part 5 - Combat: No unit can attack more than once per game turn, and no
artillery-type unit (including the New Jersey ) can participate in more
than one combat per combat phase.

[12.1] The Combat Results Table states that attacks lower than 1:3 are
not allowed. It should read, "Unmodified attacks lower than the odds in
the far left column for the appropriate terrain type are not allowed.''

[12.2] The attacker's losses in AX and EX situations are based on the
defender's printed defense or combat strength on the far side of the
counter which is facing up during the combat.

[12.3/12.4] Transport helicopters with a combat strength of 1 cannot be
used for the following purposes: a) column shift for multi-hex attack,
b) column shift for attacking/defending with a ground unit, c) die roll
modification for attacking/defending jointly with the A-10 unit, d)
providing a hex for determining surprise attack, e) blocking enemy
routes of retreat with its ZOC, or, f) cutting an enemy supply line with
its ZOC.

[14.0] Following a combat result of DE, attacking ground units can
advance one hex. For Soviet second echelon units, however, players
should roll one die and advance these units that number of hexes as the
die result.

[16.4] If air interdiction leaves only a part of a defending stack "out
of supply," the die roll modification for that stack is only applicable
if one-half or more of the defending strength points are out of supply.

[17.2] Hex 2841 was erroneously listed as a highway hex that can serve
as an airfield. There is an airfield in that hex.

[17.3] Soviet reinforcements enter on the "east" and "north" map edges.
For purposes of reinforcement and supply, the "east" edge contains hexes
2111, 2211, 2511, 2711, and 3111; the "north" edge contains hexes 0142
and 0238. Additionally, if the Soviet player wishes to delay any
north-edge reinforcements he may bring them in on hexes 0931, 0927,
0924, or 1124.

RULES CLARIFICATIONS

[1.2] Due to combinations of supply/ terrain/ZOC, it is possible for
some units to be unable to move.

Also, a unit on a road/track in terrain otherwise prohibited to its
movement can only exit that hex via a road or track - it cannot simply
move off into non-prohibited terrain.

[5.0] Only the hex the unit being over run occupies need be
flat/flat-hard terrain. Additionally, the presence of rivers, bridges,
and wadi hexsides has no effect on the conduct of the overrun.

[6.1] Helicopters can move through all-sea hexes as long as they end
their movement in a land hex.

[7.4] After transporting a unit, a helicopter unit can only: a) remain
with that unit and support it, or b) return to its original hex or else
a new base. It cannot undertake any other operation in the phase.

[8.0] "Enemy air units in the same hex will prevent (helicopter)
retreats" means that the helicopter unit cannot retreat into or through
a hex containing an enemy air unit.

[10.2] Air units making interdiction attacks against enemy ground units
do not get the + 1 die roll modifier, which is reserved only for air
units attacking in conjunction with ground units.

[11.0] Supply Air Interdiction: a) When totalling strength points to
meet out of-supply requirements, calculation is made on the basis of a
unit's highest strength. b) Passenger and carrier units can be split
when determining movement supply, but this may still allow the carrier
to carry an unsupplied passenger at full movement allowance. P and C
units may also be split for combat supply regardless of whether P is
mounted or dismounted. c) Air units interdicting supply lines check for
losses at the end of ground combat phase J along with other air units.
These are destroyed on a die roll of 12.

Part 5 - Combat: Two or more units in the same hex, including P and C
units of the same designation, can attack different hexes in the same
phase (i.e., there is no need for all units on a hex to attack the same
enemy hex).

[12.3] For combat modification column shift for mechanized units:
armored recon, amphibious mechanized, and motorized units do not qualify
as mechanized units. For this rule's purposes, "mechanized" refers to
Soviet BMP- and BMD-equipped carrier units of motorized rifle and
airborne divisions. For purposes of column shifts, helicopters are
neutral when determining which units in a stack are "hard" or "soft."

[l2.4] Artillery units defending alone against ground or helicopter or
air attack do not receive a defense modifier for artillery
participation. Also, engineer units contribute their modifiers for
defense even if they are alone in a hex under attack.

[12.5] An out-of-supply unit attacking across a river/wadi has its
attack strength quartered (halved and halved again). Also, US units
meeting the criteria for a surprise attack against Soviet units receive
the surprise attack bonus, regardless of the presence of other Soviet
units adjacent to either attacker or defender.

[13.0] A retreating unit must follow the fewest movement points rule
even if it results in overstacking or placement in a hex about to be
attacked.

[14.2] A unit cannot advance into or through a prohibited terrain hex,
even if following a path of retreat, except along a road or track.
Similarly, a unit cannot advance out of a prohibited hex except on a
road or track.

[14.3] Units cannot advance across unbridged river hexsides if such
movement is prohibited to them normally.

[15.1] An artillery unit adjacent to enemy units can use indirect fire
to support an attack if it is not using direct fire in an attack against
adjacent enemy units. An artillery unit which is in a stack which is
being attacked by adjacent enemy units must participate in the defense
of its own hex only. Also, Soviet artillery units stacked with
non-artillery units get the direct fire bonus (doubling) in both attack
and defense.

[16.1] For the purposes of tracing the "first part" of a supply line for
P and C units, if the P unit is mounted, the line is traced as for one
unit, using the C unit's calculation; if dismounted, the line is traced
separately for each. If the "first part" of a supply line is traced
through an unbridged river/wadi hexside adjacent to an engineer unit,
the supply line movement point calculation is based on the reduced
crossing cost. A unit can trace the "second part" of a supply line
across a destroyed bridge if a friendly engineer unit is adjacent to it.
Also, helicopter supply lines are based simply upon the unit's unblocked
radius to a supply source, not in a two-part line like ground units. It
is permissible for helicopter units to cut an enemy attack supply line
during a reaction phase prior to enemy-initiated combat.

[16.3] Supply by helicopter can be in terdicted: thus, a supply route
cannot originate in the helicopter unit's hex if it is also occupied by
an enemy air unit. However, it is permissible for such a line to pass
through a hex occupied by an enemy air unit, as well as to terminate in
a friendly ground unit's hex being interdicted by an enemy air unit.

[17.0] Reinforcements can enter the map on either counter side at the
owning player's option. The cost to enter the map as a reinforcement at
a port, airhead, or road is only one movement point, as no normal
terrain or other costs are applied. Airborne units subject to terrain
prohibitions can drop into prohibited terrain on a road, track,
airfield, or airhead hex. Helicopter units arriving as reinforcements at
port or airhead hexes may perform all normal operations (minus the 1 MP
to enter) in the phase of arrival. Ground units arriving as
reinforcements at a port or airhead can be helicopter-lifted in the
phase of arrival.

[17.1] A "supply line" must exist between the USMC airhead and port in
order to bring in reinforcements. This is simply a line unblocked by
enemy units or ZOCs of any length over flat, flat/hard, and bridged
track, road, or highway hexes. Also, reinforcements cannot land at an
interdicted air head, but can land at an interdicted port. Arriving USAF
units are operational at the beginning of the US player's designated
turn. If the US player is permitted to use the MAU or MAB in a scenario,
he must de cide to use it or not before the game and set aside units
until the turn of entry.

[17.2] Any engineer unit can be used to make a highway hex into an
operational airfield, not just special light equipment companies. These
highway hexes can be converted into airfields, even if an enemy unit
exerts a ZOC over the hex.

[18.4] The presence of an enemy ground unit in hex 1439 prevents the
conducting of tunnel repair operations as long as the hex is occupied by
such a unit. An enemy ZOC over the hex has no such effect.

[20.0] US air units supporting a defense are not affected by Soviet
chemical attack. Soviet helicopter/air assault units, attacking
independently of other divisional units, cannot gain a chemical modifier.

[21.0] The Soviet player rolls for the New Jersey's on-map elimination
two times per game turn, at the end of the battleship deployment phase
(if the ship is on the map).

RULES ADDITIONS

[5.4] When conducting an overrun, armored recon units pay no ZOC cost
for the initial hex entered adjacent to the enemy, but pay full costs
for other hexes of the overrun.

[7.2] The Soviet heavy lift helicopter units can transport an airborne
battalion's P and C units as one unit.

[12.4] A Soviet MRL unit provides no defensive bonus for artillery
participation in a defense.

[12.5] Helicopter and artillery-type units attacking across river/wadi
hexsides do not have their strength halved. Other units with halved
combat strengths for any reason are affected as units, not stacks.

[13.0] An infantry-type unit can retreat across an unbridged river/wadi
hex side if a friendly engineer unit is adjacent to it. A helicopter
unit (other than transport helicopters with a strength of 1) can move
adjacent to a friendly unit surrounded by en emy ZOCs and provide a path
of retreat for the trapped friendly unit through the helicopter unit.
This does not change the electronic warfare rule which addresses only
helicopter units moving to a hex under attack.

[17.1] Each of the 101st Division's 2 3-8 artillery battalions is
considered a company-sized unit for reinforcement purposes, while the
82nd Division's are not, as the 82nd's are rigged for airborne landing.
The 82nd's artillery battalions can be landed at an airhead, in which
case they are treated as company-sized units as well.

[19.0] Soviet air assault units attacking independently can get
electronic warfare support from the closest friendly division to the
attack. That division cannot use its EW capacity further in the same
turn.