An interesting variation on the point; but nothing got paired multiple times at once. Good call.
I refer to both TAC+FIG and ART+MAN as a “combat pair” (or if confusing, “air pair”) when I roll–but that pairing concept 1:1 is the key I think.
In alpha 3, can a single ship do more than $1 damage?
A UK ship in sz97. Does it take away $1 from Italy AND $1 from Germany (Yugo)? Or only 1 or the other? And if so, who chooses?
It can disrupt the convoys of different powers on each of their turns.
And submarines / fighters on carriers can do 2 damage under the new Alpha 3 convoy rules. (Under the old, Submarines could do up to 2 to each enemy nation bordering the convoy zone.)