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Can a Valkyrie move around in a circle 12" ending up where it started and count as moving 12" cruising speed?

Honestly i see no rules reason why not but its a very cheep move.

For assaulting the vehicle it would count as not having moved (rulebook, page 63, the Note in the left column under the table).

Why cheap? Could just represent a Valk hovering in the area to either waiting for fire order, troops to disembark, or embark.

I would just do a 3" movements in a square.

The only thing driving a vehicle in a circle is going to accomplish is prevent the vehicle from firing some of its own weapons. Like Insaniac pointed out, all of the benefits to moving the tank depend on actually moving.

So go ahead and do the cruising speed in place trick. Your opponent will thank you for it.

I see what you mean, and personnaly I would say it is pretty bad on fair play perspective, but OK in RAW.

In fact I was about to say that this case is specifically disallowed in the rulebook. And I would even be right...
in 4th edition.

While turboboosting bikes retained the obligation to finish their movement at a given distance from their initial position, this is not the same for skimmers. This particular case was apparently forgotten in 5th, or is deliberate.

Actually, page 63 explicitly answers it.

Dashofpepper wrote:Actually, page 63 explicitly answers it.

Yup. I agree while able to be done, it is useless.

So, spinning donuts in my neighbor's lawn = autohits against my car? Lame.

Dashofpepper wrote:Actually, page 63 explicitly answers it.

Oh absolutely !
How I could miss the sentence while reading ?
So same as in 4th in fact (except for the minimal move to count as fast-moving of course).

i guess, but why would you do that?

eldarbgamer13 wrote:i guess, but why would you do that?

say your tank is in a position that you like it, but you want to make it to be a 6+ to hit it, some idiot trying to drive in a circle w/ a 12'' move landing int he same spot but being a 6+ to hit.. although this is not a legal move if you want to incur flat out/movement speed for being hit.

ohhhhhhh