Turning without moving forward

Active Ingredient · Post by **Active Ingredient** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:57 pm

Assuming a ship has moved enough hexes in one direction to fulfill its turn mode requirement, and the ship is scheduled to move ... can the ship spend a point to decelerate yet still turn? i.e. change facing by 60 degrees but not move out of the hex.

Thanks!

storeylf · Post by **storeylf** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:13 pm

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:35 am

See the second example for (2B2b). It give an explicit example of a Fed frigate doing exactly that.

Active Ingredient · Post by **Active Ingredient** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:41 am

Awesome!

Thanks.

Kang · Post by **Kang** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:13 am

What actually happens is that the ship turns before moving - this is always how normal turns work in FC - then the actual movement after the turn is cancelled by your decel.

kboruff · Post by **kboruff** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:11 pm

mjwest wrote:See the second example for (2B2b). It give an explicit example of a Fed frigate doing exactly that.

Excellent! I was searching for an answer to this very topic and am surprised I missed this specific example.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:46 pm

It's kind of a "low-energy" turn (as opposed to the HET). Takes less energy, can only happen when you are supposed to move, and you only turn 1 hex side.