[WarInEur] msu and rail cuts.

[sgminfo at aol.com]

I suspect that the interaction is as follows.

1.The T hit does not actually break the rails, it "suppresses" them.
The MSU does not actually repair broken rail, it unsuppresses the T hit. 
I.E. The MSUsits on top of the T hit and cancels its effects.

The T hit then continues and is removed in the normal way.


-|steve|-


baseballnut570 at hotmail.com wrote:
> Steve and others have pointed out that the rules for use of MSU in 
> conjunction with rail hexes
> seem to contain an anomoly.
>  
> If a Transportation hit breaks a rail line, the rules say that placing 
> an MSU  on the T-hit hex fixes
> the problem.  Supplies pass through the hex to the rail lines in the 
> adjacent hexes.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The rules for ports seem clear, the rail line has to include the port 
> hex for the rail to supply the port
> with supplies to ship out to sea.  We may want to relax this 
> requirement somewhat.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The rules likewise say that unless the port hex has an operational 
> rail line within it, the rails in an
> adjacent hex do not carry supplies from that port.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The rules about MSU  contain a slight ambiguiity. The MSU must be on 
> the rail line to transfer
> supplies for further rail supply,
>  
> but does this mean (1) that the MSU's hex must be a friendly rail hex
> or only (2) that the adjacent hex to which the supplies are 
> transferred must be friendly?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> My understanding was that the second is the correct interpretation, as 
> this is what is happening
> in the case where a transportation hit is being bridged.  The MSU sits 
> on the Cut to "bridge"
> the gap and passes on supply to an adjacent friendly rail hex.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> If the first interpretation is used (i..e. the MSU cannot be in a 
> gap) the rule for bridging T-hits is
> different from rule for bridging other types of cuts. For this reason 
> I always thought that
> interpretation (2) was the right one.
>
> BOB
> >>
> > A confusing area this.
> >
> > This applies to man centers etc. where an ordinary rail hex is 
> broken(see
> > note), you must place the MSU on the broken side of rail, not on the 
> uplink
> > side. Placing it in the breach fails
> > ---STEVE-----
>
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