I have a question, if you have a large ship and a small ship perfectly parallel, the small ship is exacly in the middle of the large ship (so pegs lined up) and there is a small rock in between them, if you measure corner to corner the rock isn't in either line of sight, but if you measure middle to middle flat to flat is it, which is the line of sight and measurement that is used? flat to flat with rock or corner to corner (front or back as both or equal distance) and no rock?

I ask because it has happened one time before. I insisted corners opponent insisted flat.

If it is parallel (or as close as humans can tell) the attacker choses the line.

Parallel Ships and Attacking

If an attacking ship is perfectly parallel to the defender such that there are

multiple “closest points” on the defender’s base or the closest point cannot be

accurately determined, the attacker chooses where to draw the closest point

to closest point line.

If the ships are parallel the attacker chooses which shortest line to use.

If the ships are indeed parallel, you can measure from any point on the base. That means if there is an obstacle in the way at one point but not at a different point, you can take the clear line of sight.

If you have a large ship and a small ship lined up as described, then you should measure the parallel from the small ship as corner to corner distance will be greater.

As stated, the attacker chooses.

Had this happen between my Chewie w/ Trickshot vs a Decimator. Parallel, part of my base was over a Debris (thanks kanan/kyle for the focus!), so when i attacked i opted for the obstruction to make it a 5die attack (3 + range1 + trickshot) and give him a single defense dice. Did 5 damage . He elected to not be obstructed, since it gave him 0 benefits, so i only had 1 defense instead of 2.

Still wish the obstructed rules would change to be center peg to center peg.

You did not answer his question...

No you could not take corner to corner, because this make the distance longer. You have to always find the shortest line, in this case, this will be flat to flat.

The attacker can choose to "slide" along the flat line, but for your example, it must stay perpendicular with the base. Going corner to corner will make the measuring line longer by being not perpendicular anymore.

The shortest distance between two parallel ships will be across the box between the two ship. The attack can choose any of the multiple shortest lines but if it starts angling it will no longer be the shortest.