Talk:Airen Cracken/@comment-454133-20161122174848

So it occurs to me, barrel roll says you cannot overlap another ship, but I assume you can touch. If Ten Numb + VI attacks at close range, for example, and then Airen + VI attacks, then Ten Numb could BR and slide himself into position to touch the enemy ship (if he can't simply arc dodge it), making him immune to its counter-attack.

There aren't a lot of mid-combat opportunities to barrel roll. And you have to attack and get your BR before the foe shoots, to pull this off. Jake Farrell  can be fed a focus token by Garven Dreis, for example, but only against PS 5 or lower (or 6 with initiative). There's also some PTL  shenanigans with other mid-combat free actions, which opens some limited windows.

Is there much utility to a strategy like this? You certainly couldn't depend on it, because range is hard to reliably guarantee, but occasionally you could make your opponent see red by denying a shot after getting yours.