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Hi all,
Is a connected Trench ADJACENT to a Cellar?
The example given for rule O6.2 doesn't seem to include it (but it doesn't speak of the Trench at all, which is confusing).
So it seems that RB Cellars' not being ADJACENT to a connected Trench is in contradiction with the standard rule.
My problem is that 6.2, which is illustrated by the first EX, doesn't clearly say that connected Trenches have another status than ADJACENT Cellars, regarding being ADJACENT.
Is a connected Trench ADJACENT to a Cellar?
The example given for rule O6.2 doesn't seem to include it (but it doesn't speak of the Trench at all, which is confusing).
The 6.21 EX linked to the same picture seems to imply that a connected Trench is not ADJACENT to a Cellar.EX: The C25 RB Cellar Location is ADJACENT only to the B25 RB Cellar Location and the C25 ground-level building Location. It is not ADJACENT to the RB Cellar Locations of B24 and C24, as hex C25 does not share a building hexside with either
This seems to be in conflict with the Index definition of ADJACENT:EX: See the 6.2 illustration. The squad in the D24 trench may directly enter the C25 (or C24) RB Cellar Location at a cost of two MF (see also SSR RB6). The only other Locations from which the C25 RB Cellar Location may he entered are the two Locations ADJACENT to it (see the 6.2 EX) or via Sewer movement (since C25 is a Manhole Location) or a connecting tunnel.
An Infantry can conceivably advance from the Trench into the Cellar (or from the Cellar into the Trench) and a LOS exists between those two Locations.ADJACENT (Locations [and units in them] are considered ADJACENT if any Infantry unit in one Location could conceivably—ignoring any enemy presence—advance into the other during the APh and a LOS exists between the two Locations, excluding SMOKE Hindrance [B.10] and NVR [E1.101] as factors)
So it seems that RB Cellars' not being ADJACENT to a connected Trench is in contradiction with the standard rule.
My problem is that 6.2, which is illustrated by the first EX, doesn't clearly say that connected Trenches have another status than ADJACENT Cellars, regarding being ADJACENT.
6.2 ENTRY: Only Infantry/SW may set-up-in/enter a RB Cellar, and their presence therein is indicated by placing them beneath a Cellar counter. Infantry may enter/exit the RB Cellar level only via a Stairwell, Manhole, or a "connecting" Trench or Tunnel, and only as per B23.922 [EXC: see O.2A and SSR RB6]. Infantry already in a RB Cellar may directly enter an adjacent RB Cellar Location only if the two hexes involved share a building hexside, as determined by the building's depiction [EXC: if Rowhouse].