ADQ&A

1. When you have a surge protector, are all components (if some, which ones) that say "destroyed when the power plant is destroyed" still intact and able to function if a new power plant or power source is hooked up to those components?
2. Can an impact fuse be put on hand grenades?
3. In ADQ 7/1, you said that an IR laser targeting scope is useless through smoke. Is an IR targeting laser useless too?
4. How many points do characters start with? It says 30 in DCW but with all the different vehicle types there is no room to get what you want. Plus, we now have all new skills in ADQ 7/1. 30 points for skills? Sigh. I'd set a number, but I'd also like an official ruling.
   Charlie Bolton Evergreen, Colorado

1. Yes.
2. Sure.
3. What I actually said was, "An IR laser targeting scope is worthless - you can't see where the beam falls." If you are wearing IR Goggles, this isn't true anymore . . . but it still isn't powerful enough to penetrate smoke.
4. The average amateur starts at 30 points (with either skill set). 50-point characters were used at the Worlds, and is a useful level for an experienced roadfighter. With the new skills introduced in ADQ 7/1, a 100-point character (with some limit to how many points can be put into one skill; we recommend a 30- or 40-point ceiling) is perfectly reasonable.
   DNS and CAO

1. If extra magazines need not be in turrets, could you voluntarily place one in a turret?
2. If the Velvet Glove trimmings in ADQ 5/1 were not official, why were they used on certain vehicle designs? Are those other accessories now official?
3. What are the effects of a searchlight through smoke?
   Dominic Cecava Bedford, Texas

1. Sure, if you really want to.
2. The Velvet Glove trim has been around ever since ADQ 1/1, where it was included on the Rothschild Morningstar. They're as official as a no-effect-on-ga me-play-whatsoever gadget needs to be.
3. The searchlight target may look at the board, and only suffers a -3 to hit.
   DNS

Can extra magazines be attached directly to a dual-weapon magazine instead of the weapons themselves?
Sean Wadey Lakewood, Califnordia
No, but extra dual-weapon magazines can be hooked up to the same pair of weapons.

Does the cost and weight of bumper spikes pay for both a front and back set, or just one location?
Dave Wildermuth Columbia, Missouri
Just one location.

1. How are kamibombs used?
2. Does radarproof armor increase cost of all the armor, or just one the point?
   Sam Young, Vienna, Virginia

1. Get real close to your victim and explode at him.
2. It increases the cost of all the armor.
   DNS

1. Is Stealth usable on IC engines?
2. Can the improved supercharger capacitors be used on oversized vehicles?
3. Can you use a supercharger capacitor to boost the rotors of a helicopter so as to shorten the time needed to warm up?
4. How long does it take to get into or out of a racing vehicle?
5. Can a grasshopper take off or land if it is still moving? If yes, what are the hazards?
6. Can oversized vehicles using IC engines use nitrous oxide?
7. Can you reload a junk dropper by finding trash and debris on the road?
8. If a portable flamethrower has no more shots, does it still explode if it is hit?
9. Can you corner-mount a weapon in a flatbed trailer's weapons box?
10. Does the cost modifier of sloped armor affect the cost of spoilers and airdams?
11. Are internal combustion engines usable on helicopters?
12. Can helicopters have assault ramps?
13. Can a gunner use more than one cyberlink?
14. What happens when a car with racing slicks goes off-road? Does the HC bonus apply or not? Any penalties?
    Cohn Willeford Newark, Delaware

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No,
4. Same as for any car.
5. Sure. No hazard to take off, D2 upon landing.
6. No
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. No
11. Not yet.
12. Yes.
13. No.
14. Usually the tires get shredded (double damage from the off-road tire damage rules). The HC bonus no longer applies. No other penalties.
    DNS

Can EWP's be streamlined at +50% to cost and the loss of one space?
-David Rogers Alburquerqe, New Mexico
Sure.
DNS