Mini Bot Deployment - G21

[2011FRC0234]

This is to confirm an interpretation of the previous response to a question on G21.

G21 - HOSTBOTS may only DEPLOY MINIBOTS onto their ALLIANCE‟S TOWERS and entirely below the DEPLOYMENT LINE

The response provided states that the minibot must be deployed completely below the PLANE of the 18" deployment line. This means the only deployment ZONE is the area formed by the TOP of the tower platform and this PLANE 18" above it. ANY movement of the minibot while still a part of the Hostbot above this PLANE must occur away from the vertcle plane of the tower sides.

If this interpretation is true, this is a significant change going from the statement of "line", which most interpreted as we cannot be above the line and touching the pole, to "plane", which has just created a tunnel for deployment.

[GDC]

The combination of <G21> and <G22> indicate that a plane is referenced; the phrases "entirely below" and "any part of it is above" both imply a plane, as neither is qualified by contact with any specific surface.