Rules Amendments Part III, Heavier Than Air Flyers

  
  To start off these use the same Weather andAltitude brackets that Lighter Than Air flyers use. They do not have a point at which they begin to descend as they don't leak, tending to fail spectacularly in a ball of fire in the alternative. Unlike Airships which can "hover" by coasting into the wind flyers must maintain forward movement to stay aloft. As such they don't get a free order per se, they MUST move at least one segment of four inches as the first part of movement every turn. After that segment they are free to make an ordered move. They are faster but less maneuverable that Airships.



Light Craft    
      Cost; four points, 
      Free order; move
      New Orders;  Ascend, Descend 

      Movement, two segments of up to 10" (may not be less that 4") with a turn of up to 45degrees 
                          at the end of each

     - can see over terrain
     -lifts Gone To Ground status
     -can survive eight hits before crashing
     -always counts as being at long range to ground troops due to its speed

Medium Craft 
      Cost; eight points, 
      Free order; move
      New Orders;  Ascend, Descend 
      Movement, two segments of up to 8" (may not be less that 4") with a turn of up to 45degrees 
                          at the end of each

     - can see over terrain
     -lifts Gone To Ground status
     -can survive 14 hits before crashing
     -can carry up to eight figures OR one weapon system OR one bomb load
     -always counts as being at long range to ground troops due to its speed

Heavy Craft
      Cost; twenty points, 
      Free order; move
      New Orders;  Ascend, Descend 
      Movement, two segments of up to 8" (may not be less that 4") with a turn of up to 45degrees 
                          at the end of each

     - can see over terrain
     -lifts Gone To Ground status
     -can survive 20 hits before crashing
     -can carry up to two of the following; eight figures OR one weapon system OR one bomb load
     -always counts as being at long range to ground troops due to its speed

Tenders for Heavier Than Air Craft

     Each flyer requires its own tender costing half the value of the flyer. Tenders are specific to the class of flyer (light, medium or heavy) and can service only one flyer at a time. 

     If your flyer is a bomber you will need to purchase a bomb-wagon at a cost of two points. These do not get used up like normal supply wagons but are similar in all other aspects and can be destroyed by enemy action (with spectacular results)