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AMyChen · Ensign Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 3

Hi all,

A Cloaked ship can not have a BASELINE speed over 16 without voiding it's cloak. Is it allowed to accelerate to 16+1 without voiding the cloak?

Similar question for freighters. Are they allowed to accelerate to 16+1?

Thank you!!!

Amy

mjwest · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:

[EDIT: Fixing the answers below because I was an idiot that day ...]

The cloaked ship can indeed accelerate. The restriction is only on baseline speed. HOWEVER, if you ever move in three sub-pulses, you WILL void your cloak! So, if you ever move 16+1 under cloak, you had better decelerate at least once.

Freighters are just prevented from choosing base speed of 24. They can freely accelerate if they have the power to do so.
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AMyChen · Ensign Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 3

Thanks for the near instantaneous response!!!

Amy

TJolley · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 284

You can accelerate, but you must not move more than twice in an impulse. In other words, you must cancel at least one of your movement points

5P3d: claak can be "voided" by certain incidents, leaving the ship under all of the penaties of being cloaked, but eliminating the benfits! Things which can cause a cloak to be voided are: Collision with an ESG field..........., or moving more than two hexes in any one impulse........

Emphasis added

mjwest · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject:

Right. Sorry for being unclear.

Thanks Todd.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

One of the things I appreciate about this forum is the quick responses we get on rules questions. Nice going!
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AMyChen · Ensign Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 3

"or moving more than two hexes in any one impulse........ "

Thank you TJolley. I thought that was the case but depite rereading the cloaking rules several times I kept missing that part. Embarassed

Now it is all clear.

Amy

TJolley · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 284

Why would you want to go 16+1 you may ask? To force your opponant to move first if they have also plotted speed 16. This can be crucial to your survival if you have a pesky foe who is sitting on your ship at range 0.

Of course with you burning all that energy for the cloak, plus the accelleration, the the cost to decell so as not to void the cloak.you're not going to have much power to do anything..but this can be the necessary to force an opponant to commit to a movement so you can move out from under him or bring a new shield to bear if they are "Cloak Sniping" at you at range 0 pumping phaser after phaser into the same shield.

Monster · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

junior · Captain Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 803

Sounds good to me.

The rules make it clear that a baseline speed of X is not the same as speed (x-8)+1.

killerjoe1968 · Ensign Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: New Jersey

Do you roll for void cloaking if you move more than two hexes in any one impulse or is it automatic?

same question for ESG field, entering a dust cloud or asteroid hex and using Evasive Maneuvers?

terryoc · Captain Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1386

IIRC you roll if you perform a high energy turn.

Everything else, voiding is automatic.
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mjwest · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject:

Kang · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject:

Mike · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:49 am Post subject:

You automatically void even if you do a HET...right?
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