Solo Play AI pump water action

[G-Two]

I was play-testing an application for solo play, and I realized the AI ships were never pumping water if I used the standard movement rules for an Advanced Rules game. I checked the rulebook, pg. 49 to check the action sequence for non-player ships:

1) Fire musketry, if there is a target in range.
2) Extinguish fire, if there is one.
3) Repair a leak, if there is one.
4) Fire a broadside, if it is loaded and there is a target in range (even when unloaded, if the
Continuous Fire rule is in use).
5) Reload a broadside, if it is unloaded.
6) Repair damages, in this order:
a) Damage points, if a least one damage box is completely filled by repairable damage, and
the action has not been used in this game by that ship.
b) A damaged mast, if one is broken and one has not been repaired before.
c) A damaged rudder, if it is broken.

No pump water action... In the application, I inserted the action between 5 and 6. (Fred Miracle's movement rules places it between 2 and 3)
What are your thoughts one this? Was the Pump Water action looked over, or intentionally left out of the solo rules?

[Bligh]

I would think it had just been overlooked Gregory.
To be honest, I had not noticed that it was missing.
Rob.

[Union Jack]

As repair a leak would take precedence over pump water (this action preveents damage but does not repair the leak) then I think it is a moot point. If they can fix it they will why pump?

[Bligh]

The only time that I can think of using it is if you have two leaks or more at the same time and only one available action spare.
Rob.

[G-Two]

The pump action removes the water damage. After they have repaired the leak, (which, of course, would take precedence,) there's still water damage that can be repaired. Since repairing a leak is a delayed action, and leak damage is applied at t the beginning of the turn, the damaged ship would take a minimum of two water damaged before the leak is repaired. The omission of the pump water action would mean that AI ships can never repair water damage once incurred.

[Bligh]

Good point Gregory.
Rob.

[Union Jack]

Then:

Repair any leak or pump water if leak is repaired.

[G-Two]

Then:

Repair any leak or pump water if leak is repaired.

Sounds good to me. :)

[Bligh]

Then:

Repair any leak or pump water if leak is repaired.

Makes sense to me too Neil.
Rob.

[TexaS]

Only it will never spend two actions to save the ship when running low on boxes. Doing both with the only two actions I had have saved the day for me. On the other hand, it would be too complicated to make a perfect chart.