feediz wrote:hey guys, ok heres the dilema:

when you turbo-boost, you must end your move at least 18 inches away from your original starting posistion to get the cover save.... ok thats fine- but what if once completing my move, I then go BACK 12 inches with star engines... the rule for this simply states its use is "in lieu" of shooting... err cool... cheers for being vague guys!, does this mean that star engine moves take place in the movement phase- thus the skimmmer has not "completed its move" when it occurs, or is it in the shooting phase, after having "completed its move" in the movement phase, and thus gets it cover save (despite actually being now only just over 6inches from its original starting place) ??????

Feediz

You can, therefore, move 12.0000000000000...0001" in the movement phase, and then 12" back with the star engines, ending up 0.0000000000000...0001" from your starting position, but still able to claim the cover save.

FlingitNow wrote:

You can, therefore, move 12.0000000000000...0001" in the movement phase, and then 12" back with the star engines, ending up 0.0000000000000...0001" from your starting position, but still able to claim the cover save.

In fact you can move 7" forward and 7" back without even using star engines and still claim that cover save, ending exactly where you started.

That is not true, because you would only be moving Cruising Speed, since to count as moving flat out you must have moved 12.0000...0001" in the movement phase, as Detailed on page 57, which details how vehicles move in the movement phase.

FlingitNow wrote:

That is not true, because you would only be moving Cruising Speed, since to count as moving flat out you must have moved 12.0000...0001" in the movement phase, as Detailed on page 57, which details how vehicles move in the movement phase.

Maths fail there Gwar! 7+7 = 14 > 12

And how far did you move in the Movement phase

FlingitNow wrote:

And how far did you move in the Movement phase

14"... I did specify in my example that you don't use the star engines.

You are, indeed, correct on the cover save part. That'll teach me to stay up until 230am without coffee. However, doing what you suggest would result in being automatically hit in the Assault phase, because as clarified on page 63, "when assessing how far a vehicle has moved, only take into account the actual distance covered from its original position. Moving backwards and forwards or driving around in circles does not help!"

In fact, even using the star engine doodad would result in being autohit, unless you end up 0.00000...0001" in front of where you started, meaning you would only be hit on a 4+.

FlingitNow wrote:It is a common misconception that you have to move 18"+ and end a distance from your starting point to get the flat out cover save. Mainly because people keep calling it turboboosting and interceed the Biker Turboboost rules and get themselves in a muddle.