@Ziggurat:
Scrambles are determined before kamikaze dice are rolled, correct? I.e. you can’t wait to see if your kamikazes hit before deciding whether or not to scramble.
Right. Scramble decisions are the very last thing in the combat movement phase, phase 2
Kamikaze decisions are at the beginning of the conduct combat phase, phase 3
The confusion may come from the fact that the OOB P40 manual (1st edition) had scrambling and kamikaze decisions being made at the beginning of the conduct combat phase, but this is definitely not the case in 2nd edition
Scramble decisions at end of combat movement phase
Kamikazes at beginning of conduct combat phase