Ok, despite evasive maneuvers, a Hit and Run attack can hit you without penalty.<br/><br/>And despite the laws of physics, a ship with less powerful engines and less maneuverability, and with a less able pilot... can slow down faster.<br/><br/>Can a hit and run be done backwards? IE can you do it against someone behind you?  (Logically you can't, but I must throw out logic now, and learn the rules.)<br/><br/>I never intended to give this fellow an even match.  Turning around and starting a firing action against him would allow him to do the same to me... and it's already been stated that his weapons and armor are better than mine, so that's not a good idea.<br/><br/>I can't maneuver and do a hit and run action of my own, can I?  And the ship moves first, right, so I couldn't do a hit and run action even if I wanted to, correct?  Or can I hit and run, and then move?<br/><br/>As for accelerating and losing him... I have to beat his roll by 4 just to MATCH his speed... And he's acting after me, in the power position, so I can't surprise him.<br/><br/>Now... I thought I understood the acceleration rules, but let me check to be certain...<br/><br/>You accelerate by gaining 1 VU per success?<br/><br/>Or can you accelerate to cruising speed with a single success, and increase that with extra successes?<br/><br/>If I accelerate straight away (evasively as not to die.) He only needs 3 successes to keep hit and running me, right?<br/><br/>Or wrong because I can accelerate to... what, with say, 6 successes?<br/><br/>13, or 18?<br/><br/>13's suicide.  18 might be alright...<br/><br/>If only 13, I could use the asteroids, but that would ensure his ability to hit and run me again, no matter what I did...<br/><br/>I'm a little stumped.  Had I know how the rules worked, I would have accelerated to flank speed and gotten enough distance to turn.  Now I'm trapped with no good options.<br/><br/>Anyway, the most important questions are those about the hit and run, and the acceleration question, though the other questions might be nice to know the answers too as well.