[ASLML] Bounding FIrst Fire/Gun Duel + COWTRA

[Bruce Bakken]

Hello, Bruce.

Thanks for the reply.  And I should say, thanks to everyone that has replied 
on this issue.

While your reasoning (as well as the reasoning of others, e.g. Kenneth), 
seems sound.

It has been stated that normal Defensive First Fire and normal Bounding 
First Fire may occur in MP increments, according to the specific rules for 
such fire.  I accept this as true.

It has also been stated that an exception occurs for both types of fire in 
the case of a Gun Duel, and rule C6.17 has been held forth as evidence of 
this.

I submit that COWTRA, this is demonstrably not the case.  Please bear with 
me; everybody has been patient, and I shall try to be as brief as possible 
and not repeat myself.

Consider the following:

1. ATTACKER expends 5 MP to enter a Location, in the process entering the 
DEFENDER's LOS for the first time in the phase.

2. DEFENDER declares Defensive First Fire at the 2nd MP expenditure.

3. ATTACKER declares a Gun Duel, and each side compares Gun Duel DRM to 
determine if one side fires first, or whether a Gun Duel must take place.  
[COWTRA, the ATTACKER applies whatever Case C/C1/C2 DRM applies at the 2nd 
MP expenditure.]

3a. If ATTACKER Gun Duel DRM < DEFENDER Gun Duel DRM, then ATTACKER fires 
first at the 2nd MP expenditure.  [COWTRA.  This is allowed because the 
ATTACKER has applied the appropriate Case C/C1/C2 DRM that entitled him to 
shoot first at the 2nd MP expenditure.]

3b. If DEFENDER Gun Duel DRM < ATTACKER Gun Duel DRM, then DEFENDER fires 
first at the 2nd MP expenditure and no Gun Duel takes place.  [COWTRA.  
Defensive First Fire was declared at the 2nd MP expenditure, and the 
ATTACKER is not entitled to fire first.]

4. If Gun Duel DRM are equal, a Gun Duel takes place at the 2nd MP 
expenditure and each side makes a TH DR.  [COWTRA.  The DEFENDER declared 
Defensive First Fire at the 2nd MP expenditure, and the ATTACKER's Gun Duel 
DRM are those that apply at the 2nd MP expenditure.]

4a.  DEFENDER must apply whatever minimum Case J1/J2 DRM applies at the 2nd 
MP expenditure to reach a Final TH DR.  [COWTRA.  C6.17 says that the 
DEFENDER must attempt to minimize Case J1/J2 during the Gun Duel.  This 
particular Gun Duel is taking place at the 2nd MP expenditure.  Thus, 
DEFENDER must minimize the Case J1/J2 that applies at the 2nd MP 
expenditure.]

4b. ATTACKER applies the appropriate Case C/C1/C2 that caused the Gun Duel 
DRM to be equal.

4c. Lowest Final TH DR shoots first (ties resolved simultaneously).

5. If the DEFENDER survives all of this unscathed, the DEFENDER may now 
declare another Defensive First Fire attack at the 3rd MP expenditure.  And 
so on.

COWTRA.

And irrefutable, I believe.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken

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