Dramatic SFB: Rule regarding disengagement

[Matthew]

> Ok I have a question regarding overwhelming force disengagments:
>
>
> How are we to proceed for those scenarios?  Do we need to fight them 
> or is the player that is underwelmed able to withraw before the battle?
>

We have been playing it that the players are largely able to disengage 
at will before cardboard hits the map. Generally, the other player has 
been gracious enough to let a force that *really* wants out to get away 
clean.

Technically, either player can force the issue and make all parties play 
it out. But that will most often turn out to be an exercise in "See! I 
told you so!" and slow down the campaign. I leave it to you if you wish 
to ask the other guy to prove he can get away. But I will note that 
disengaging by accelleration is usually the fastest way to get out, and 
you don't need distance to do that.

> As for once the battle has started, what rules for disengagement are 
> we using?

You can use any means to disengage at your disposal unless the scenario 
states otherwise. (Usually it will say that the "free" target unit 
cannot disengage by some means until a certain turn. Unless the scenario 
text states otherwise, your other ships are free to leave when they are 
able.)

Many of the scenarios give a range in which you can disengage by falling 
off the board. (though none of them use the Tournament Barrier of 
(P17.0), even if there is no stated disengagement distance.)
Disengagement by accelleration is trivially easy if there is any 
separation between the two forces or if the disengaging force has been 
running at high speed most of the battle (presumably for the maneuver 
benefits over the other fleet.)
You could almost always jettison the warp engines and go sublight. That 
may or may not work, and your ship automatically cripples itself (you 
have less than 10% of your warp engines) for campaign purposes. A ship 
that is already crippled and is some distance from the opponent, may 
wish to go sublight in order to make it out of there.

--Matt
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