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This is probably a silly question, but this came up in a game the other day and it seemed more than a little dodgy.

I don't have the rules in front of me right now and I am wondering about ramming.

When measuring the distance a vehicle has moved to calculate the strength of the ramming hit, is it measured from the vehicles starting point, or is it the total move distance?

For example, I have a fast skimmer that is 6" away from the enemy tank. If I move 6" backwards and then 12" forward to ram the tank, do I receive an additional 4 str to the ram (because i moved 12") or only an additional 2 str (because I started off 6" away from the vehicle). Can a vehicle even move backwards during a ram move?

Any ideas on how this works?

Dave

you can not move backwards and then forwards when you ram.

you basically have to turn the tank on the spot in the direction you intend to move it, then move it full speed until you contact an enemy vehicle, then you determine the results of the ram. If you explode the vehicle you keep going, if not you stop.

you also stop if you contact a friendly unit or impassible terrain, or the board edge.

Vehicles starting point until the point it makes contact with the ramming object.

You also CANNOT move 6" backwards when ramming, read the rules again. You MUST move straight forwards.

Gotcha, I thought it seemed a bit off when my opponent was doing it with his raiders, but I didn't want to bring him up on it at the time.

Thanks for the quick replies guys