[henryBsick]

The status of a robot as defined per 'operable' and 'inoperable' is not defined in the terms section of the rules so the ruling should.... go to the refs?
As I see the rule, I would say that that term is undefined and becomes a judgement call which is the refs responsibility to determine.
I am now challenging the rules of the game in asking how is it the refs responsibility to determine whether 1 out of the 80 odd robots he or she has seen that day to be operable or not? Shouldn't that call be the call of the alliance captain?
Hopping more into the frying pan, where would the ref (if left to his or her disgression) draw the line for operability?