Fighters that are marked off as destroyed in combat may not actually be destroyed. The craft may only be damaged and may eventually limp home, or the pilot may have ejected and may be stranded. Colonials usually make an effect to retrive missing pilots if they think they have a chance, and recovered fighters may be repaired. Cylons too, also attempt to pick up their missing comrades - anything else is a waste of resources.
Thus after any battle that has resulted in the loss of fighters, roll 1D6 and consult the following table.
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| Die Roll |
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| Fighters Lost | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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| 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
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| 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
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| Modifiers: |
| Ace Flights | -1 |
| Green Flights | +1 |
| Battle loser | +2 |
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Roll a d6 and cross reference that with the amount of fighters lost in the flight. Apply any modifiers, and if the result indicates a number in the above table, then that is the amount of fighters that managed to limp home after the battle.
So, for example, a green flight loses 5 fighters in the battle. Afterwards, a die roll is made, and a 1 is rolled. This is modified to 2 for being green, and looking at the table we find that this signifies that 1 fighter makes it back to base, probably battle damaged and low on fuel.
