I'm assuming she could have also shot him in the ass as he went by if she did that... but the part you left out when giving Tagan the option was saying that slowing down that much would have actually worked, and given her the tail postion on her target... which she wanted, so she could shoot him, and then, I assume, accelerate after him and keep on his tail and keep shooting him in the ass, preventing him from returning fire...<br/><br/>That was the plan, right, Tagan?  To deacceletate fast enough to be right on his ass... actually, Sarah's intent was to decelerate just enough to be RIGHT behind him... aka, one AU or less, putting the Alexander point blank to the stern of the pirate ship, and she stated a desire to deaclerate just enough to do so, which would actually put her at a speed of 1 or 2, and either 1 or 0 AU's directly behind her target...<br/><br/>At which time, no doubt, Sarah would use her new MIU attachment to take a free action to shoot the pirate in the ass from point blank range, correct?<br/><br/>She may have not know the rules on how to describe the action in game terms, but her actual intent was clear... And Sarah has the skills to do what she intended.<br/><br/>Of course, the pirate could still have sent out boarding craft, which, going after an undamaged vessel, would fail, as they did.  But Sarah should get her tail position, and her macrocannon's volleying into his engines...