Accelerate and Decelerate on the same impluse?

spud · Post by **spud** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:58 pm

Can I Accelerate and Decelerate on the same impluse?

Example
Turn Mode 4
Speed 24
Facing A

1.0 Pay for Acceleration
1.1 turn Facing B move 1
1.2 Side Slip to C move 1
1.3 Decelerate
1.4 Side Slip to C move 1

2.0 Pay for Acceleration
1.1 Turn Facing C
etc etc etc.

Is this legal, or can you only Accelerate or Decelerate and not both?

-steven

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:05 pm

yes... you can pay to accelerate and then pay to decelerate in the same impulse should the ever-changing tactical situation warrant.

Kang · Post by **Kang** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:23 pm

You can even pay to accelerate, then cancel ALL of your available movement by decelerations, if you so wish.

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:00 pm

Both answers are correct.

Steve Robinson · Post by **Steve Robinson** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:56 pm

However, note while that canceled movement from deceleration counts towards turn modes, it does not count towards side slips; so the example with

1.2 Side Slip to C move 1
1.3 Decelerate
1.4 Side Slip to C move 1

is technically illegal, any movement after 1.2 would have to either be straight ahead or a turn.

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:54 pm

Good catch, Steve, missed that in his example.

That is exactly correct: decelerated moves do count for turn mode, but do not count for sideslip. Likewise, while you can do a turn on the sub-pulse of a deceleration, you cannot do a sideslip on the sub-pulse of a deceleration. (Mind you, I have no idea how someone would try to do that, but just sayin' ...)