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Accelerate and Decelerate on the same impluse?
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:58 pm
by spud
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
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:05 pm
by Scoutdad
yes... you can pay to accelerate and then pay to decelerate in the same impulse should the ever-changing tactical situation warrant.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:23 pm
by Kang
You can even pay to accelerate, then cancel ALL of your available movement by decelerations, if you so wish.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:00 pm
by mjwest
Both answers are correct.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:56 pm
by Steve Robinson
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:54 pm
by mjwest
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' ...)