Turn Allowance Question

I believe you get 1 turn for every 1/3 of your movement. The rules aren’t clear if this is 1/3 of your full movement rate or one turn for every 1/3 of your current rate of movement.

The rules could have had better proof reading & editing.

What if the ship is moving at slow speed? Does it get one turn after moving 12cm? Or one turn after moving 4cm?

The rules could have been clearer on this point. It is a fundamental part of the rules & to have such ambiguity about them is sloppy.

Reading the Turn rules on its own is confusing. But when you read the Speed section in the rulebook (page 8), it will be easier to understand.
Accoring to this section we have 4 speeds: 0, 1/3, 2/3 and full speed (3/3). Now read the Turning section and you the wording “During their move, each vessel can make either a red or a yellow turn after each third of the movement” make much more sense.

Richard – can you explain the author’s logic in this question? Just restating the rulebook wording does not help – that ambivalent wording is why there is confusion. An explanation of why that interpretation makes sense would be more helpful. Played 3 games tonight using 1/3 of the current speed for turning and seems to make the most sense, but i’d Like to hear the reasoning from the game designer. Thanks!

its one for the FAQ, its also one to have a clear diagram of in the second edition (eventually)

its also something of a learning point, its very easy when proof reading and testing such things to overlook potential confusion because those playing it “know” the correct interpretation.

Though to me the most “sensible” interpretation appears to be the wrong one, the ability to turn the same amount regardless of speed makes sense, the faster you go the wider the arc you will turn in (so make a turn after each third of your maximum speed which is the speed you are moving that turn). Slower moving craft are more manoeuvrable. You could potentially cap this so “slow” speed craft and those not moving can make a single turn (you need a bit of flow over the rudder to actually turn significantly, but can use differential engine settings to turn at any speed).

The turning radius will be affected by centrifugal forces. So a the faster a ship (and the more mass the ship has) is, the larger is the turning radius, but still might turn faster than the same ship on low speed.
But this would be way to complicated in a tabletop game, a fixed diameter works better.