Hi

Just wondering, can I put my turret in any position at the start of the game or do I have to leave it facing the front?

Thanks for your answers

12 hours ago, DukeRoberts said:

Hi

Just wondering, can I put my turret in any position at the start of the game or do I have to leave it facing the front?

Thanks for your answers

any way you like. you have to choose during setup, though.

Note: you can rotate your turret at setup (i.e. follow the rules for the Rotate ability), not put it anywhere you like, which means for ships which have a fixed rotation, you still have to choose one of those fixed locations.

To extend on @thespaceinvader 's answer, one actually has to rotate their turret during setup, forcing them to pick a valid arc position in the process. No initial position is assumed for a turret.

I'd be handy to imagine the turret as pointing nowhere/null to begin with but being forbidden to begin the game having it this way.

4 hours ago, Ryfterek said:

To extend on @thespaceinvader 's answer, one actually has to rotate their turret during setup, forcing them to pick a valid arc position in the process. No initial position is assumed for a turret.

I'd be handy to imagine the turret as pointing nowhere/null to begin with but being forbidden to begin the game having it this way.

This is spelled out in the Rules Reference (1.0.2) p16, under Setup , step 5 Place Forces :

" ...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. "

23 minutes ago, nitrobenz said:

This is spelled out in the Rules Reference (1.0.2) p16, under Setup , step 5 Place Forces :

" ...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. "

Well yeah it is and I tried to put out the sense of it from the top of my head when I wrote about it.

Thank you for providing the appropriate quotation, cheers.

1 hour ago, nitrobenz said:

This is spelled out in the Rules Reference (1.0.2) p16, under Setup , step 5 Place Forces :

" ...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. "

This specific rule is what prevents ships like Resistance A-Wings and TIE/sf Fighters from starting the game with their mobile arc pointed sideways... which would otherwise be legal (thank goodness).

Thanks for the answers!