What happens when a ship collides with another ship? I havent figured it out yet (And yes im new)
and want some clarification on it... Thanks!
What happens when...
99% of the time, the only thing that happens is that the ship that was moving gets to take no action.
Page 15 of the Rules Reference:
"OVERLAPPING SHIPS
A ship overlaps another ship when executing a
maneuver if its base overlaps the other ship’s base. If
this happens, move the moving ship backward along
the template until it is no longer overlapping another
ship. While doing so, adjust the facing of the ship so
that the template remains centered between both
sets of guides on the ship’s base. Once the ship is no
longer overlapping another ship, place it so that it is
touching the last ship it overlapped. The ship must
skip its “Perform Action” step this round.
• While a ship is touching another ship, those ships
cannot attack each other. They can still attack
enemy ships that they are not touching.
• A ship may still perform free actions even if it
overlapped another ship.
• When executing a maneuver, if a ship overlaps
more than one ship, it is treated as having
overlapped only the ship or ships that it is
touching in its final position."
If you let us know which part of that is confusing, we'd be happy to help clarify it further.
What happens when a ship collides with another ship? I havent figured it out yet (And yes im new)
and want some clarification on it... Thanks!
It's called Overlapping ships in the rules.
On the forum you'll also see it called bumping or blocking and is one of the techniques use to derive higher PS ships from performing much needed actions.
As above, when a ship overlaps it loses its perform action step, so you'll quite often see people take a cheap ship with a generic pilot, such as an Academy Pilot or Prototype Pilot and use it to position itself in such a way that the opponent is sure to bump into them. It really hurts an expensive ship if it loses its dice modifiers such as focus or target lock.
Nothing. The answer to "what happens when..." is nothing because nothing has happened.
Had you finished your question in your title by including "you overlap another ship" or even "you collide with another ship" it would be extremely easy to answer which has been answered many times over here and in other threads. Sorry you're new here but PLEASE make your thread title as accurate as possible especially here in the rules forum.
Nothing. The answer to "what happens when..." is nothing because nothing has happened.
Had you finished your question in your title by including "you overlap another ship" or even "you collide with another ship" it would be extremely easy to answer which has been answered many times over here and in other threads. Sorry you're new here but PLEASE make your thread title as accurate as possible especially here in the rules forum.
Yes. This is an incredibly obnoxious way to ask a question.