Merchant (Freighter) Speed

MLJ · Post by **MLJ** » Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:07 am

Merchants (Freighters) are limited to Speed 16 on the ship card. Can they accelerate and do 16+1?
We recently played a game with a merchant convoy. We limited them to Speed 16, but couldn't confirm by the rules or the ship card if they could have done 16+1 by paying for acceleration.

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:48 am

Yes, you may accelerate. The only restriction is only on what baseline speed you may choose. If acceleration was also removed, it would also be stated.

MLJ · Post by **MLJ** » Fri Jul 04, 2025 4:03 pm

Thank you!