Orbital Strike

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**Vult**

In the text for an orbital strike it says "The blast marker for the strike can be placed anywhere "within" the specified terrain piece." Does that mean that the center (hole) of the ordnance template must be on the terrain piece? and then you have to hope for a lucky deviation or a hit that leaves part of the template on the unit you want to hit?

**insaniak**

That's about it, yeah.

**Vult**

Thanx.

**Lordhat**

I'd have to argue that the rule says the marker must be within the terrain piece. Not just the center.

IMO this means that where possible, the whole marker must be "inside the piece with no overlap. Granted there are examples where "within" does not mean wholly inside (Deployment from vehicles for one). Also many terrrain pieces wont accomodate the entire marker. In any case the orbital bombardment is so unreliable I wouldn't actually make my opponent adhere to this view.