[ASLML] A control question

[Bruce Bakken]

Hi, Sam.

>
>Getting ready to play "First to Strike" from Streets of Fire. This is an
>older scenario, an looks dead even in ROAR. I have an opinion question...
>
>The VC state that the Germans must "solely control" a number of buildings 
>to
>win. This phrase appears in a few of the older scenarios - made before we
>all became so warped as to insist that all terms be defined in the index. 
>:)
>
>How do you interpret "solely control" with regard to a building?
>

To me, this means Building Control, per A26.14.

>1. Building control (which would allow enemy units to be present in the
>building)
>

Huh?  To control a Building, you must first have "an armed, Good Order 
Infantry MMC at any non-rooftop, non-subterranean level of any hex of a 
building... as long as the conditions of 26.11 are fulfilled." (A26.14).  
Per A26.11, "a side gains Control of a ... building by occupying it with an 
armed Good Order Infantry MMC without the presence of an armed enemy ground 
unit... in that same... building."  If an enemy unit is present in the 
building, you do not control it.

>2. Building control AND there can be no enemy units in the building
>

If you control the building, by definition there can be no enemy units in 
the building.  See above.

>3. Some other definition???
>
>
>My "gut" tells me that "sole" control implies that no enemy can be present
>in the building to win, but of course, this is not defined in the ASL 
>rules.
>My feeling is that if you interpret this as "building control" then you 
>make
>it too easy for the attacker.
>

It's not defined?  Yes it is: A26.14 referring to the conditions of A26.11.  
Makes sense to me...

I played this scenario a long time ago.  Really enjoyed it; lost as the 
Germans.

>BTW, this phrase also appears in "To the Last Man" VC.
>
>Thanks
>Sam
>
>
>
>

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