Speed Question

[wilf12358]

Gents,

After a brief hiatus I'm preparing for a NT:RotB Yellow Sea game, [having been distracted by moving house and by Colonial Battlefleet ].

My question is regarding ships data card entry for 'Speed' and the optional acceleration rule.

Is the ship's Speed quoted the ships maximum speed?

There doen't seem to be a maximum cap indicated in the optional acceleration rule. i.e. a Cruiser could accelerate +2 MPs per turn each turn repeatedly.....

My thought was that the 'Speed' rating was the ship's maximum effective sustainable speed. So a Cruiser with a Speed rating of 6 could slow 2MPs/Turn from 6, but not exceed 6

Is my interpretation correct?

Cheers!
Wilf

[TheDreadnought]

Exactly, the speed listed is the max speed for the ship. The acceleration by ship type only refers to how fast they can change their speed (within the stated limit).

[wilf12358]

Thanks for the affirmation, Admiral Dreadnought, Sir! ;-)