Federation Commander

[Doublesixjunkie]

In which impulse can a ship do Tactical Maneuvers?

Is it any impulse but only once per turn? If so can a ship therefore TM on the 8th impulse of one turn and the first impulse on the next?

Thanks.

[terryoc]

Any impulse but only once per turn. So yes you can do a tactical maneuver on impulse 8 then again on Impulse 1. Of course, your ship must be Stopped to do this, so it's basically a sitting duck... I would not use a tactical maneuver unless I had no other choices.
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[Doublesixjunkie]

Unless of course the scenario dictates that some ships are stopped - such as Repair Rendezvous (8KM).

Thanks for the clarification.

[DirkSJ]

[Kang]

Another thing you've go to remember is that a Tactical Maneuver always costs one energy point. For a small ship, such as one that has a move cost of 1/4, it is more efficient to accel/decel in place; you can do two of these maneuvers for the cost of a single Tac maneuver.

As has already been noted, you would not want to be at Speed 'Stopped' unless you had to be, or unless a scenario dictated it. Speed zero is always more flexible. The Tac maneuver really exists only to give Stopped ships a way of changing facing, albeit in a limited fashion.

One exception to this would be the 'Poor Man's High Energy Turn' as described by Pat Doyle in the latest Captain's Log; iirc it's also in another booklet as part of the 'Battleship Tactics' article. Don't know if I'm allowed to type it out here though.....
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