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				 Re: Old questions for devs and Zen! 
 ... sadly, this is all what is known:
 
 RANGED ATTACKS
 
 A unit's defense does not matter when being attacked by an arrow.
 Precision just determines which square the projectile will hit.
 
 The attack roll on the projectile is 10+2d6,
 while the victim's roll is 10+shield defense modifier+2d6.
 
 A tower shield for example has a defense modifier of 4.
 
				__________________As for AI the most effective work around to this problem so far is to simply use an American instead, they tend to put up a bit more of a fight than your average Artificial Idiot.
 ... James McGuigan on rec.games.computer.stars somewhen back in 1998 ...
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