R14 - INTERRUPTING If you INTERRUPT the Robot, you must stop it immediately, *then calmly pick it up for a re-Launch. Here’s what happens to the Robot and anything it was Transporting, depending on where each was at the time:
• ROBOT
– CompletelyinBase: ........................Re-Launch
– NOT completely in Base: . . . . . . . . . . . . Re-Launch + Penalty
• TRANSPORTED THING WHICH CAME FROM BASE DURING THE MOST RECENT LAUNCH
– Always: ………………………………Keep it
• TRANSPORTED THING WHICH DID NOT COME FROM BASE DURING THE MOST RECENT LAUNCH
– CompletelyinBase: ………………………Keep it
– NOT completely in Base: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Give it to the referee
The “PENALTY” is described with the Missions.
IF YOU DON’T INTEND TO RE-LAUNCH – In this case, you may
shut the Robot down and leave it in place.
R15 - STRANDING If the UNINTERRUPTED Robot loses
something it was Transporting, that thing must be allowed to come
to rest. Once it does, here’s what happens to that thing, depending
on its rest location:
• TRANSPORTED THING
– CompletelyinBase: ………………………Keep it
– Partly in Base: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Give it to the referee
– Completely outside Base: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leave as is