So...we all know that Communication Breakdown (naming ATTACK as your combat value) will negate the -2 modifier to a Transporter Move+Attack.

My question: Would naming RANGE negate the reduction to an HSS attacker making a ranged attack?

I suppose it's a question of semantics, whether halved=modified.

Thanks in advance for the help.

The half-range is a replacement, not a modifier... otherwise it would be subject to the Rule of Three.

-J

Ah. Thanks.

That clears some things up.

By the same reasoning, this trick does not allow a full-range Pulse Wave, Charge, or Running Shot (range for the first, movement for the other two). Any of which would be a Very Bad (And Overpowering) Thing.