Starship Movement within a System (R212G)
A starship uses its sublight drive to move around within a star system. Each "move" takes one hour. The various movement
options available include:
- Move Out: move one hour further "out" to leave the system, this can be from any planet or asteroid; hyperdrive can be safely
used by undamaged ships from four (4) moves "out," see R212C.
- Move In: move one hour further "in" toward the system. This can be toward any planet or asteroid. If one move (hour) "out"
and moving "in," the starship arrives in orbit after the hour.
- Move Orbit to Orbit: move from orbit around one planet to orbit around another. Orbit in the asteroids is like an orbit around
another planet.
- Move Orbit/Docking: move from orbit to docking at a space station at that planet (or in the asteroids), or vice versa.
Note that from docking, a ship must first move to orbit, and then begin moving "out" in later hours.
- Climb/Descend: move down to surface of planet (or asteroid) from orbit or space station, or climb from surface to orbit or
space station. Note that a direct move to or from surface to either a space station or orbit is possible in one hour.
- Area to Area on Surface: move through atmosphere from one area on the planet to another. This is possible provided entry
restrictions permit a Spaceship to move into such an area (see R205).
Entry Encounters (R225) occur when moving to a space station dock, or to any area on the surface (either descending to it,
or moving through the atmosphere to it). There are no entry encounters for moves in space or orbit.