Post by doctordolemite on Jan 24, 2023 8:51:50 GMT -5
General:
Question: For example: The Marines player plays a Hived Mess Hall location, then the Aliens player plays a "Mess Hall" location <not hived>...or reverse the order not hived location followed by a "hived" identical location.
Answer: These are considered different locations. A location is considered identical only if it has an identical name. 1/12/98
Question: Can multiple characters search the same site to find multiple supporting characters and items/weapons at the same time?
Answer: Yes. 1/27/98
Question: How many different locations are required to be in a deck?
Answer: Only the starting locations and Operations. But you should refer to each specific scenario to be certain. 4/26/98
Question: If a location has had Hidey Hole played on it and Alien Queen Matures turning it into a Breeding Chamber does Hidey Hole remain on the new B.C. or is it discarded?
Answer: Because the location is discarded, any events currently on that location would also be discarded.... then the new location is brought into play. 3/29/99
Question: If you hived, say Main Corridor or Would it retain the ability regarding Central locations??
Answer: The Hived locations gains the Hive resource and loses the ability to find further hostages there. Everything else stays the same. 3/30/99
Question: When the aliens replace a location with a new Breeding Chamber does the submerged recource carry over?
Answer: No, the only resources that carry over are resources that identify a location's location. ie INDOOR, OUTDOOR, GROUND, HIGH, LOW 4/2/99
Question: What do you mean by three locations in a row are connected but if an Entry location is between them then the ends are not connected? Can the character not still move through the middle location?
Answer: The term 'connected' is used to describe the path of destruction that a Self Destruct explosion would take indoors.... Entry locations break the line of Connectedness, picture each Entry location as having large Pressure Doors... 4/8/99
Access Space:
Question: Can you play Access Space in a legal spot and then declare it adjacent to a predator Ship/Shuttle or a Breeding Chamber?
Answer: No. 4/26/98
Question: When playing Access Space, must I declare a location already in play?
Answer: Yes. 4/26/98
Question: Can Access space be declared adjacent to Breeding Chamber?
Answer: No, Breeding Chamber clearly states that only HIVE locations may be adjacent to it. 3/29/99
Airlock:
Question: On a related topic, we all assumed that the airlock door Location card closes after someone plays "Eat Vacuum" and the room becomes repressurized at the end of the turn. Is this correct?
Answer: Yes. 1/12/98
Armory:
Question: There are several cards like armory and weapons locker that let you rotate a character to search your deck and find an item card there. We were wondering if this only lets you get an item card from your deck or if you can actually put it on the character that rotated. If the latter, do you have to do it during the search round?
Answer: The character who rotates searches during the search round and finds (and plays) the top appropriate card in your deck. 1/13/98
Breeding Chamber:
Question: If during the Mature Aliens Phase, I have 4 Alien tokens in my Breeding chamber, Can I move some or all of these tokens to one or more Alien Character cards anywhere in play?
Answer: You may only transfer to other cards (including the breeding chamber) in the same location. 1/7/98
Question: If a Marines or Predator player places a "Hived" location in front of them in their own HUD display, is that location considered part of the Alien player's HIVE? So can the Alien player transfer Aliens from the "Breeding Chamber" directly to this Marine/Predator player's "Hived" location?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Question: The Breeding Chamber says that you are required to treat each individual Alien token as an individual warrior card while in the Hive during the combat phase. So if the Predator enters the Breeding Chamber with the Queen and 1 Alien Warrior card with 5 tokens on it (+5 to hit >+5 to damage)... are you trying to say that the Alien Warrior group 'must' splinter down into individual attackers?
Answer: No, you are misreading this. It means if there are 3 'Warrior Tokens' ON the chamber card and NO warrior cards, each token can attack as if it were a warrior card. The text refers to tokens on the Breeding Chamber card only. 1/20/98
Question: May an Alien use its ability to move from any Breeding Chamber to another Hived location if the location it is moving to is damaged?
Answer: No. 4/14/99
Question: May an Alien use its ability to move form any Breeding Chamber to another Hived location if the Breeding Chamber is damaged?
Answer: No. 4/14/99
Question: If the Breeding Chamber gets damaged what happens?
Answer: Hive movement is cancelled and it gains the damaged resource. But you can still mature Chestbursters there. 6/14/99 11:03:33 AM
Hardpoint:
Question: When using Hardpoint's ability to make a long range attack, does the location rotate?
Answer: Yes. A Marine at this location may rotate it. The Marine doesn't rotate, the Hardpoint does. 4/26/98
Heat Exchanger:
Question: When the Heat Exchanger explodes, do all locations explode in a line until the explosion reaches an ENTRY location?
Answer: Yes. 3/12/98
Hived Cryonics:
Question: If "Hived Cryonics" is one of your starting locations, can your opponents play with this specific location card in their decks in the Contact Scenario? (question reworded)
Answer: Yes, but other Hived Cryonics are considered to be DISTINCT from the original starting locations. 1/19/98
Hived Kitchen:
Question: Because all identical location take on the characteristics of their identical counterparts already in play, if the Predator player now played a "Kitchen" card, would it take on the hive resource, because the Marines original "Kitchen" card was just hived by the Aliens player during the Hive construction Phase?
Answer: Yes. 1/20/98
Question: So, is the "Hived Kitchen" the same location as a newly hived "Kitchen" card?
Answer: No, but any new Kitchens brought out are considered to have been hived by the Alien. 1/20/98
Machine Shop:
Question: There is a location I think is called Machine shop.. the text on the side reads "machinist equipment" Can this be ransacked?
Answer: Yes. Machinist Equipment is still Equipment! 3/12/98
Predator Shuttle:
Question: Can your Predator stay in this location for multiple turns and thus use this location's special ability repeatedly over the course of several turns?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Question: The Predator Shuttle location states that a Predator can rotate it to search through the draw pile for the first Predator item. a) How is this accomplished? Do you flip the top card of the draw pile over until you hit the first Predator Item card?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Quarantine:
Question: In the location Quarantine, it says it costs to moves to enter or leave the location. Does this affect only humans or all factions?
Answer: Quarantine forces all characters (not just Humans) to spend 2 movement points to enter or leave the area. 10/11/99 9:48:14 AM
Tavern:
Question: If my 4 Marines are in the Tavern and I already have 4 cards in my hand (my max handsize) Can I use the effect text on the Tavern to draw more cards?
Answer: Yes. 7/23/99 12:01:38 PM
Waste Tank 5:
Question: Can I find Cocooned Victims at Waste Tank 5?
Answer: Yes. 6/11/99 10:02:41 AM
Question: May the Hive alien faction use Waste Tank 5 as a starting location?
Answer: Yes. 6/11/99 12:37:22 PM
Water Processing:
Question: While the Predator is at "Water Processing" the Camouflage Suit is damaged. Is this damage permanent? Or only while the Predator is at the "Water Processing" location? (question reworded)
Answer: The Suit is damaged only while the Predator is at the Water Processing location and therefore, the suit is totally 100% non-functional when present at this location. (answer reworded for clarity) 1/20/98
Question: For example: The Marines player plays a Hived Mess Hall location, then the Aliens player plays a "Mess Hall" location <not hived>...or reverse the order not hived location followed by a "hived" identical location.
Answer: These are considered different locations. A location is considered identical only if it has an identical name. 1/12/98
Question: Can multiple characters search the same site to find multiple supporting characters and items/weapons at the same time?
Answer: Yes. 1/27/98
Question: How many different locations are required to be in a deck?
Answer: Only the starting locations and Operations. But you should refer to each specific scenario to be certain. 4/26/98
Question: If a location has had Hidey Hole played on it and Alien Queen Matures turning it into a Breeding Chamber does Hidey Hole remain on the new B.C. or is it discarded?
Answer: Because the location is discarded, any events currently on that location would also be discarded.... then the new location is brought into play. 3/29/99
Question: If you hived, say Main Corridor or Would it retain the ability regarding Central locations??
Answer: The Hived locations gains the Hive resource and loses the ability to find further hostages there. Everything else stays the same. 3/30/99
Question: When the aliens replace a location with a new Breeding Chamber does the submerged recource carry over?
Answer: No, the only resources that carry over are resources that identify a location's location. ie INDOOR, OUTDOOR, GROUND, HIGH, LOW 4/2/99
Question: What do you mean by three locations in a row are connected but if an Entry location is between them then the ends are not connected? Can the character not still move through the middle location?
Answer: The term 'connected' is used to describe the path of destruction that a Self Destruct explosion would take indoors.... Entry locations break the line of Connectedness, picture each Entry location as having large Pressure Doors... 4/8/99
Access Space:
Question: Can you play Access Space in a legal spot and then declare it adjacent to a predator Ship/Shuttle or a Breeding Chamber?
Answer: No. 4/26/98
Question: When playing Access Space, must I declare a location already in play?
Answer: Yes. 4/26/98
Question: Can Access space be declared adjacent to Breeding Chamber?
Answer: No, Breeding Chamber clearly states that only HIVE locations may be adjacent to it. 3/29/99
Airlock:
Question: On a related topic, we all assumed that the airlock door Location card closes after someone plays "Eat Vacuum" and the room becomes repressurized at the end of the turn. Is this correct?
Answer: Yes. 1/12/98
Armory:
Question: There are several cards like armory and weapons locker that let you rotate a character to search your deck and find an item card there. We were wondering if this only lets you get an item card from your deck or if you can actually put it on the character that rotated. If the latter, do you have to do it during the search round?
Answer: The character who rotates searches during the search round and finds (and plays) the top appropriate card in your deck. 1/13/98
Breeding Chamber:
Question: If during the Mature Aliens Phase, I have 4 Alien tokens in my Breeding chamber, Can I move some or all of these tokens to one or more Alien Character cards anywhere in play?
Answer: You may only transfer to other cards (including the breeding chamber) in the same location. 1/7/98
Question: If a Marines or Predator player places a "Hived" location in front of them in their own HUD display, is that location considered part of the Alien player's HIVE? So can the Alien player transfer Aliens from the "Breeding Chamber" directly to this Marine/Predator player's "Hived" location?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Question: The Breeding Chamber says that you are required to treat each individual Alien token as an individual warrior card while in the Hive during the combat phase. So if the Predator enters the Breeding Chamber with the Queen and 1 Alien Warrior card with 5 tokens on it (+5 to hit >+5 to damage)... are you trying to say that the Alien Warrior group 'must' splinter down into individual attackers?
Answer: No, you are misreading this. It means if there are 3 'Warrior Tokens' ON the chamber card and NO warrior cards, each token can attack as if it were a warrior card. The text refers to tokens on the Breeding Chamber card only. 1/20/98
Question: May an Alien use its ability to move from any Breeding Chamber to another Hived location if the location it is moving to is damaged?
Answer: No. 4/14/99
Question: May an Alien use its ability to move form any Breeding Chamber to another Hived location if the Breeding Chamber is damaged?
Answer: No. 4/14/99
Question: If the Breeding Chamber gets damaged what happens?
Answer: Hive movement is cancelled and it gains the damaged resource. But you can still mature Chestbursters there. 6/14/99 11:03:33 AM
Hardpoint:
Question: When using Hardpoint's ability to make a long range attack, does the location rotate?
Answer: Yes. A Marine at this location may rotate it. The Marine doesn't rotate, the Hardpoint does. 4/26/98
Heat Exchanger:
Question: When the Heat Exchanger explodes, do all locations explode in a line until the explosion reaches an ENTRY location?
Answer: Yes. 3/12/98
Hived Cryonics:
Question: If "Hived Cryonics" is one of your starting locations, can your opponents play with this specific location card in their decks in the Contact Scenario? (question reworded)
Answer: Yes, but other Hived Cryonics are considered to be DISTINCT from the original starting locations. 1/19/98
Hived Kitchen:
Question: Because all identical location take on the characteristics of their identical counterparts already in play, if the Predator player now played a "Kitchen" card, would it take on the hive resource, because the Marines original "Kitchen" card was just hived by the Aliens player during the Hive construction Phase?
Answer: Yes. 1/20/98
Question: So, is the "Hived Kitchen" the same location as a newly hived "Kitchen" card?
Answer: No, but any new Kitchens brought out are considered to have been hived by the Alien. 1/20/98
Machine Shop:
Question: There is a location I think is called Machine shop.. the text on the side reads "machinist equipment" Can this be ransacked?
Answer: Yes. Machinist Equipment is still Equipment! 3/12/98
Predator Shuttle:
Question: Can your Predator stay in this location for multiple turns and thus use this location's special ability repeatedly over the course of several turns?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Question: The Predator Shuttle location states that a Predator can rotate it to search through the draw pile for the first Predator item. a) How is this accomplished? Do you flip the top card of the draw pile over until you hit the first Predator Item card?
Answer: Yes. 1/9/98
Quarantine:
Question: In the location Quarantine, it says it costs to moves to enter or leave the location. Does this affect only humans or all factions?
Answer: Quarantine forces all characters (not just Humans) to spend 2 movement points to enter or leave the area. 10/11/99 9:48:14 AM
Tavern:
Question: If my 4 Marines are in the Tavern and I already have 4 cards in my hand (my max handsize) Can I use the effect text on the Tavern to draw more cards?
Answer: Yes. 7/23/99 12:01:38 PM
Waste Tank 5:
Question: Can I find Cocooned Victims at Waste Tank 5?
Answer: Yes. 6/11/99 10:02:41 AM
Question: May the Hive alien faction use Waste Tank 5 as a starting location?
Answer: Yes. 6/11/99 12:37:22 PM
Water Processing:
Question: While the Predator is at "Water Processing" the Camouflage Suit is damaged. Is this damage permanent? Or only while the Predator is at the "Water Processing" location? (question reworded)
Answer: The Suit is damaged only while the Predator is at the Water Processing location and therefore, the suit is totally 100% non-functional when present at this location. (answer reworded for clarity) 1/20/98