Bandobras Took wrote:I would say you don't have to declare which site until:
1) The company attempts to move there; or
2) The site would otherwise be removed.
A card is, or is not, protected from something (e.g. from discarding), independently from fact whether that something just has to happen, or not.
It is protected simply because an effect that protects it is in force, whether it is convenient for any player, or not.
The moment when a site already in play becomes protected from removing from table, is when it is chosen as a new site.
During organization phase a company may decide that it will move to a site already in play.
Any company may declare as its new site a site already on the table. That site will
remain on the table at least until the end of that company's movement/hazard phase
Underlines mine.
If "a" and subsequent "that" have any meaning:
The company may decide to move to any
of ("a") reachable sites already in play, but ("that") chosen site is protected from being removed from table.
There is no time between decision about moving to a site already in play and start
of its protection.
Also a decision about moving to a site already in play cannot be postponed to a beginning
of M/H phase, otherwise any company that has decided to move elsewhere would change its mind.
@Shapeshifter
MELE rule is quite different from CRF rule.
I do not think that CRF rule is addition to MELE rule. I think that CRF rule replaces MELE rule.
Not only because that it specifies different period
of protection; that one only could be considered as a correction.
MELE rule restricts a site already in play to be "
the current site card for
the non-moving company". However it does not make any restriction to company that declares moving to
the site ("other [than non-moving]" is hardly any restriction).
CRF rule says "Any company may declare as its new site a site already on
the table". This statement does not address any previously existing restriction.
If it is not convincing argument, then consider a sense
of phrases "this site is never discarded (or returned to location deck)" in text
of some permanent-events.
If some company is at, or moving to/from, a site
the site card is not discarded/returned too, with or without mercy
of such events.
But if no company would be at/moving to or from, a site with such event, what would be a purpose
of keeping such inaccessible site in play?
Maybe
the only purpose would be a hosting
of such events.