====== Movement ======

===== Units and Types of Movement =====

Some units move on ground while others hover over it.

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The ground units cannot move over mountains and water. They are also slowed by difficult terrain.

Flying units move freely over any obstacles.

Moving a unit costs a player 1 [[:en:rules:action_points|Action Point (AP)]] (the cost does not depend on movement range - only on the fact of movement).

===== Move Points =====

A unit can move for a number of hexes based on their Movement parameter (Move Points - MP).

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===== Landscape Types =====

**Open**. As the name suggests, it's just a more or less plain terrain. It does not interfere with movement or shooting.

**Roads**. The best way to move ground units is on the roads. Movement cost is reduced to 1/2 MP per hex. So a unit can pass twice as far when riding on road.

**Mountains** and **chasms**. Impassable for ground units. The mountains also block the [[:en:rules:line_of_sight|line of sight]].

**Woods**. Woods slow down the ground units. Movement cost is 2 MP per hex of wood. That is, in the forest a unit will cover only a half of the distance per turn. Woods, as well as mountains, block the line of sight.

**Settlements**. Settlements do not slow the movement of units and do not block line of sight.

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**Bases** and **dropships** are massive structures, they are impassable for units. They can be attacked by enemy units.

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===== Hex Highlights =====

The most reliable way to know where you can move, and where not - is to select a unit. When you do, the green marks highlight hexes, where the unit can go.

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The same trick works on enemy units too. This allows predicting enemy actions.

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//More information on hex highlighting can be found here: [[:en:rules:highlights|Hex Highlights]]. //

===== Zones of Control =====

Enemy units affect the movement.

First, you cannot pass through an enemy unit.

Second, there is the concept of the Control Zone - you cannot move past the enemy. That is, the step that led to contact with the enemy, "eats" all the movement points of the unit.

===== Special Rules =====

**Atmosphereless planets**. There is no atmosphere on Elonia (the Scifea's satellite) and most of the flying units are useless (they cannot even be deployed). An exception is units that use anti-gravity for flight, for example, Hacker Augment.

**Forest Move** - some units easily move through the forest, and do not slow down.

**Ignore Zone of Control** - some units can ignore the zone of control of enemy units - and "slip" past them.

**Hit & Run** - usually a unit can either move first, and then [[:en:rules:attack|attack]], or vice versa. But if it has the "Hit & Run" ability, then it can move both before and after the attack.

===== Tips and Tricks =====

  * Use flyers to get to hard-to-reach points.
  * Cheap fast units (esp. Assault Vehicles) are very useful at the beginning of the battle, when you need to get ahead of the enemy when capturing points.
  * Roads are the most obvious direction, which enemy units will take when attacking you. Build your defense accordingly.
  * Flyers do not get a bonus from the roads. Therefore, in areas with a developed road network it is often better to use ground units.