Damaged engines and turning

[Democratus]

Last weekend I had a ship with a max speed of 4 trying to turn around and leave the map. It suffered a critical that gave it a -4 Speed, meaning it now had a speed of 0.

Can my ship turn even though it isn't going anywhere? I think that, technically, it can since it moved at least half its speed. But I wanted to make sure there hadn't been a ruling on it.

Tried to search but didn't find anything.

Thanks!

 

[Foxmeister]

My gaming group has always played it that a speed 4 ship suffering a -4 speed crit is effectively Running Adrift. However, a quick scan through the rules doesn't actually seem to support this interpretation, though it seems sensible IMHO. Mind you, I was really hoping that this would be "fixed" in P&P by changing the speed crits to to proportional ones (e.g. 25%, 50%, 75% etc)

Regards,

Dave

 

[Greg Smith]

A ship reduced to speed 0 can't move or turn at all. See the post from Bryan Steele here: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=34222&highlight=speed

 

[Democratus]

Thanks so much for pointing that out!