I was bored today and curious, so I loaded up Vassal and tried to work out all the possible moves for the SSD (assuming it moves from the front of the rear base).

I came up with 21 possible moves. 3 naturally (Speed 0-2), 3 either side with a Navigate Dial (so one click), 2 more each side with Moff Jerjerrod (a second click at the first joint), and another 4 each side with Moff Jerjerrod and a Navigate Dial (so ||, | or |, |).

Even without Moff Jerjerrod the ship can move surprisingly far, both forwards and sideways. With Jerry... oh my.

Key:

• Blue - natural moves,
• Green - Navigate Dial (or with Moff Jerjerrod),
• Red - with Moff Jerjerrod,
• Yellow - with Moff Jerjerrod and a Navigate Dial.

Full album with most of the moves individually here .

Let me know if I've missed any or overlooked something.

Also, for completeness; the image of the SSD model on Vassal isn't to scale (fortunately - means you can see stuff). Based on the official FFG images, this gives a better idea of how big the physical model is.

It seems to be quite big. I wonder if it will get bumped all over the place, or if it will be big enough we'll give it enough room naturally.

1 hour ago, Grumbleduke said:

Also, for completeness; the image of the SSD model on Vassal isn't to scale (fortunately - means you can see stuff). Based on the official FFG images, this gives a better idea of how big the physical model is.

It seems to be quite big. I wonder if it will get bumped all over the place, or if it will be big enough we'll give it enough room naturally.

so in theory it should be higher off the table then other ships so that souldnt be a problem, and I have a hard time imagining that someone wont be be aware of the SSD while they are preforming moves and the like haha

#JJ is a Beast

Thanks for the positive post! I'm quite surprised of mobility of that huge ship!

If it does indeed move from the front of the rear base then it wouldnt be able to do all of those manuevers as the man tool would be hidden under the base half the time...

1 minute ago, Ginkapo said:

If it does indeed move from the front of the rear base then it wouldnt be able to do all of those manuevers as the man tool would be hidden under the base half the time...

Not true at all? Take the time and mess with it.

It can do anything any other large base ship can do.

6 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

If it does indeed move from the front of the rear base then it wouldnt be able to do all of those manuevers as the man tool would be hidden under the base half the time...

Nope - I'm pretty sure all these manoeuvres are fine. Even the double-click, click-back wiggle move works. Was there any in particular you thought wouldn't work - I'm happy to check?

Just now, Grumbleduke said:

Nope - I'm pretty sure all these manoeuvres are fine. Even the double-click, click-back wiggle move works. Was there any in particular you thought wouldn't work - I'm happy to check?

It works on Vassal fine. On the table though you are feeding the manuever tool under the base of your ship. It becomes incredibly fiddly.

55 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

On the table though you are feeding the manuever tool under the base of your ship. It becomes incredibly fiddly.

Aah, good point. I've just played around a little with a normal large base and the manuever tool. If the dimensions of the base are accurate on Vassal I think the double-click/click wiggle will be fine provided you start at the second joint (or use a speed 2 tool). The click/click wiggle is going to be close, as the back corner of the front base may clip the tool.

So if doing that manoeuvre you'll either have to notch the tool before clicking it, lift the ship and then adjust the tool to the right clicks (presumably after checking with your opponent that they're fine with you breaking the rules this way), or place it above (the proper way of doing this) - which is likely to be easier than normal as the front of the tool will rest on the ship token.

Now, the ship does not have speed of its own, yet with navigate command, it can increase its speed by one,

so does this mean it will have the speed of one for the rest of the game ( if there are no more nav commands) or it is going to have speed one for just turn when it activates nav command?

29 minutes ago, LostFleet said:

Now, the ship does not have speed of its own, yet with navigate command, it can increase its speed by one,

so does this mean it will have the speed of one for the rest of the game ( if there are no more nav commands) or it is going to have speed one for just turn when it activates nav command?

It has speed, just no turning. It can go up to speed 2, but it cannot turn with out Nav commands or card abilities

So it will remain at speed 1 or 2 depending on what you set it at

6 minutes ago, clontroper5 said:

It has  speed  , just no turning

Thanks I totally misinterpreted the card, I thought the ship did not have any speed too, thanks

OP, Thank you for this post. The SSD should be a very fun ship to mess around with.