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A friend of mine and I recently played a game of 8th edition planetstrike and I was a bit confused by the ruling for Bastions that I just need cleared up. The ruling states "Bastions cannot move for any reason nor can they Fight. Enemy models automatically hit them in a Fight. Do not roll to hit." Usually the rules always specify what phase this would take place but it merely says a Fight which seems somewhat ambiguous. Does this mean that you don't need to roll to hit in the Fight phase only, or in both the shooting and fight phase? Forgive me if this is a stupid question but in any other instance the phases are always specified but in this case they simply say a Fight.

Models only Fight in the Fight phase.

The Immobile Rule on the Datasheet I am looking at:
Immobile: This model cannot move for any reason, nor can it fight in the Fight phase. Enemy models
automatically hit this model in the Fight phase – do not make hit rolls. However, this model can still shoot if there
are enemy models within 1" of it, and friendly units can still target enemy units that are within 1" of this model.


Even with the difference in wording, this one specifically calls out the Fight Phase, a Unit can only ever be selected to carry out the Sequence named 'fight' when a Rule grant them permission to.

This is because the default permission for accessing the Sequence can only be evoked during the Fight phase, and in a specific order at that. Thus we are limited, by default, to using the Sequence called Fight during the Fight Phase and any Rule modifying how a Model utilizes this sequence would also be restricted to the Fight Phase. Now, there are always Datasheet Rules that give specific permission to carry out an action 'out of Phase,' but they often will contain the words 'as if it was...' or similar instructions informing us to treat it as if the Fight was occurring in the right phase.

I, personally, do not like that permission to access is part of the Sequence we will be access but... *shrugs* they did use proper wording informing us that Step 2-6 is the actual Steps we follow to Fight!