Question

[Platinum Knight]

My rover did have SAM abilities.

I don't know exactly how many movement points the needlejet had; I just assumed it had 16 because all my needlejets do.

Is it different for SAM units?

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Platinum Knight
My rover did have SAM abilities.

I don't know exactly how many movement points the needlejet had; I just assumed it had 16 because all my needlejets do.

Is it different for SAM units?

Oops! Sorry for hijacking this thread.

By the way, I thought you couldn't equip your aircraft with nanocells when you have the CBA...(??)

[Adalbertus]

SAM needlejets (=Interceptors) have two (or so) movement points less than those without (=Penetrators).
Interceptors defend in air-air combat with their attack value, but on ground strikes (air-land or air-sea) they have only half the attack value. When fighting non-SAM air units, they attack with double strength (which is usually useless because there are rarely air units with a high defense value.)
I usually add SAM to noodles and not to copters. Makes the distinction easy and is practical: An interceptor hanging in the air (what it usually does after a successful attack) is well defended, even as 10-1-8 (or so it comes out), and I need this earlier in the game. The copter for attack has the chance to attack several times in a turn and to retreat to a base, so the defense is usually untested.