Question about Crippled status

[chazaroo]

Crippled ships have their Turn Scores doubled. In addition, they cannot move more than 6" per game turn. AND, you cannot use movement from a prior game turn to satisfy the turn score.

SO... Klingon ship with Turn Score of 4 is Crippled, so now it's TS is 8. But it can only move 6" per game turn. Does this mean it can't turn unless it remains stationary??

 

[Greg Smith]

That is correct.

 

[AdmiralGrafSpee]

Makes it a bit tough to retire the ship doesn't it! No going to maximum warp and no turning. Fortunately it doesn't affect how fast you can go backwards!

-Tim

 

[chazaroo]

To me this doesn't make sense, and as a long time SFB/FC player, I don't think it doesn't fit the basic STU model. I will consider a house rule that expands the rule about stationary ships being allowed to turn 45 to also allow any ship that moves any distance without turning a 45 turn at the end of it's move. This better reflects the improved turn rates of slow moving ships in SFB/FC, imho.

 

[Kirksfolly]

As a gamer you can houserule aything you like to give a better representation of the game as you see it. I can't see the Rules Police beaming into your games area any time soon.