Defenses and Breaching

[TomBuchler]

Originally Posted by BrianAtlanta

Let me try to explain with examples.

1. get through a defense and be totally in the courtyard. Score 10pts for crossing, defense takes a point of damage.

2. Get through a defense in to the courtyard (defense takes 1pt of damage), turn around drive over a defense in to the neutral zone. Turn around, drive over the defense and in to the courtyard a second time (defense does not take any damage and you get no points). 10pts

Brian

BRIAN,

Just so I understand this correctly. I understand if you start in the neutral zone, go through the defense, and into the courtyard that will count as 1 "breach". Now let's say you start at the courtyard, go through the "same defense", and into the neutral zone. Will that count as a "breach" also?... IE (2 breaches) Or must you ALWAYS start in the neutral zone and go towards the courtyard for it to count as a "breach'?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by TomBuchler

BRIAN,

Just so I understand this correctly. I understand if you start in the neutral zone, go through the defense, and into the courtyard that will count as 1 "breach". Now let's say you start at the courtyard, go through the "same defense", and into the neutral zone. Will that count as a "breach" also?... IE (2 breaches) Or must you ALWAYS start in the neutral zone and go towards the courtyard for it to count as a "breach'?

A CROSS is only in one direction. From the Glossary:

CROSS an act performed by a ROBOT, such that it starts free of contact with an opponent DEFENSE and completely in the NEUTRAL ZONE, traverses the DEFENSE such that its BUMPERS go fully between the adjacent SHIELDS/GUARDRAIL, and ends up fully contained by the opponent’s COURTYARD

You must go from NEUTRAL ZONE to COURTYARD for it to count as a CROSS.

If you go back from the COURTYARD to the NEUTRAL ZONE you are traversing the DEFENSE and thus are protected from interference per G43. But you get no points for it.