Single Stand moving away from ZOC and swivelling

[skc]

In my recent teaching game the one player felt after he moved a stand directly out of ZOC, that he could swivel the stand to face an enemy at the end of his move. I thought not but allowed him as I was unsure.

Checked the Rules.
Zoc Rule for this is: 52.1 A stand making a tactical move and starting its move in the ZOC of an enemy stand is restricted to the following moves:
a. It may move into front contact with the enemy stand.
b. It may move such that it is aligned with the enemy stand.
c. It may turn directly away from the enemy stand (front edges parallel) and move
directly forward (away from the enemy stand). Measure the move as the sum of
the turn away from the enemy stand and the movement forwards.
d. It may move such that it is aligned with the enemy stand and then move directly
backwards (away from the enemy stand).
Measure the move as the sum of the move to align and the movement backwards.
e. It may make any otherwise legal move, but it is limited to a movement distance of
2 MU and may not end in front contact, flank contact, or rear contact with any
other enemy stand.

However on Page 18 it says:
36.1 A stand making a single stand move is free
to move in any direction and rotate through
any angle.

I take it the Zoc Rule still applies though? And should not something like, 'except from ZOC' be added at the end of 36.1?

Thanks in advance for clarification, as this issue will come up again no doubt. (He's a bit of a rules lawyer and may well dig up 36.1;)

[Rod]

Being in ZOC overrides a stand movement options with the options listed while in ZOC

The single stand movement describes just that, a single stand with no additional conditions. Combat also reduces movement options.

[Philip McBride]

Just to be sure, David, are you saying a single stand in an enemy ZOC cannot move sideways 2 MU, with or without pivoting at the end of the 2 MU move? I hate to seem dense, but I sometimes move single stands thusly--wrongly it seems.

[Rod]

If a single stand is in ZOC, and it choses not to "runaway" or align and move away from the enemy stand's ZOC then it can move or pivot, but not front corner can move more than 2MU. That means it will be unlikely that the stand can do much of a pivot (90 degrees at the most) or much of a move, slide sideways in a straight line to get just barely out of ZOC. Combing a move and a pivot will be less than 90 degrees and barely moving because it is measured by the total movement of a front corner.

This old video might help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrRV8btLm70

[Philip McBride]

Thanks, Rod. I was not adding the length of a corner 's move in a pivot to my thinking, only the lateral 2 MU. I get it now.