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Cruise Pawns

by Terry H Jones

"Queen targeted and locked on, sir!"

General

Pawns are converted to cruise missile platforms - Cruise Pawns.

Rules

  1. Except as described here, Cruise Pawns move, capture and behave as regular FIDE pawns.

  2. Any time after a pawn has made it's initial move, the owning player may declare that the carrier has fired it's missile.

  3. The launching pawn does not move during it's turn prior to firing.

  4. A launched pawn may move from zero (0) to seven (7) spaces in any direction or combination of directions with the following limitations.
    • Each square must be specified since there are limits on turning, some squares are impassible, etc.
    • It may not move through an enemy occupied square.
    • It may move through but not end a move in a friendly occupied square.
    • It may not end the move in an unoccupied square.
    • Unless it moves zero (0) spaces, it must end the move in a square occupied by an enemy piece of any rank.
    • Each square entered must be in a straight line from the immediately previous square through the current square, to one square to each side. In other words, a Cruise Pawn may only turn one square to either side for each square ahead it moves. (It ain't just "any direction or combination of directions!")

  5. Each square entered by the Cruise Pawn, except it's starting and ending squares, leave it open to being shot down.
    • As it enters each square en route to it's target, if the defending player has a way of attacking the pawn, and wishes to do so, he may take the pawn while it is still en route.
    • Cruise Pawns taken en route do not detonate or destroy the piece that captures them.
    • The defender may not shoot down a Cruise Pawn if the "shoot-down" move is illegal, exposes the defending King to check, etc.

  6. Upon entering an enemy occupied square, a Cruise Pawn detonates, destroying (capturing) the opposing piece and itself.

  7. Firing a missile uses and completes a player's turn; no other moves, captures, etc. may be made.

  8. Cruise Pawns may not fire from their starting space.

  9. Missiles may detonate in their own square (move zero squares). The owning player does not capture anything, but he does lose the pawn.

Commentary

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