Is it still legal as it was in 1.0 for a large base ship to setup at an angle, even if that means the ship will go past the range 1 band?

Of course it has to touch the back of the mat in that case.

Place Forces: Players place their ships into the play area in initiative order from lowest to highest initiative, using player order as a tiebreaker. Ships must be placed within range 1 of their player edge. When a ship with a turret arc indicator is placed, the player rotates the arc to select a standard arc. Each ship with a turret arc indicator may rotate its indicator when the ship is placed.

From the rules reference, p.15: "Within: An object is within a specified range if the entirety of it is inside that range."

Yes.

During setup, a large ship’s base may extend outside of range 1 as long as it fills the length of that area. A large ship cannot be placed with any portion of its base outside the play area . (Rules Reference, Ship Sizes, pp. 16-17)

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It's a little odd that this is only in the ship sizes section, and not also in the setup section.

28 minutes ago, GreenDragoon said:

Is it still legal as it was in 1.0 for a large base ship to setup at an angle, even if that means the ship will go past the range 1 band?

Of course it has to touch the back of the mat in that case.

Place Forces: Players place their ships into the play area in initiative order from lowest to highest initiative, using player order as a tiebreaker. Ships must be placed within range 1 of their player edge. When a ship with a turret arc indicator is placed, the player rotates the arc to select a standard arc. Each ship with a turret arc indicator may rotate its indicator when the ship is placed.

From the rules reference, p.15: "Within: An object is within a specified range if the entirety of it is inside that range."

Found the exemption in Ship Sizes (pg. 17 top left)...

A large ship uses a plastic base that is about 3-1/8" (8 cm) long. Large ships have the following exceptions:

• A large ship requires three ion tokens before it is ionized and three tractor tokens before it is tractored.
• Large ships barrel roll differently (including while decloaking).
• During setup , a large ship's base may extend outside of range 1 as long as it fills the length of that area. A large ship cannot be placed with any portion of its base outside the play area.

4 minutes ago, theBitterFig said:

Yes.

During setup, a large ship’s base may extend outside of range 1 as long as it fills the length of that area. A large ship cannot be placed with any portion of its base outside the play area . (Rules Reference, Ship Sizes, pp. 16-17)

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It's a little odd that this is only in the ship sizes section, and not also in the setup section.

That is what lead to my confusion and bringing it up assuming that setting up a large base this way was illegal in another thread.