Talk:Ion Projector/@comment-208.95.64.57-20171228151418/@comment-454133-20171228171346

Ships can fly past each other just fine. You "overlap" a ship only if your final position would overlap, and you therefore have to back up along your maneuver template until you find a clear landing place.

The template crossing an obstacle or bomb does matter though. Even if your final position clears an asteroid, you'll still miss your action and roll for damage if your template touches it.

However, if your template comes close but does not overlap the asteroid, and your final position clears it as well, then you don't hit the asteroid even if your ship's base passed over it during the flight. Passing that close to an asteroid is fine unless you bump a ship and have to back up along the template as above, so that your final position overlaps the asteroid. This is a good strategy BTW: block the enemy's movement so they end up on an asteroid, unable to attack. >:)