Aborting a Haymaker

[Talon]

A SPD 6 character starts a Haymaker in Segment 12.

 

Can they Abort in Segment 12?

Can they Abort in Segment 1 before the Haymaker lands?

Can they Abort in Segment 1 after the Haymaker lands?

 

In all cases, if so, do they lose their next Segment (segment 2)?

[Steve Long]

6E2 68-69 states:  “The character may Abort to a defensive Action in the Segment in which the Haymaker goes off, but doing so ruins the Haymaker.” Expanding upon that rule:

 

1. A character cannot Abort to a defensive action in the Segment in which he begins a Haymaker, since he’s already declared and begun an Attack Action, thus using up his Full Phase.

 

2. Per 6E2 68, a Haymaker is launched at “the very end” of the next Segment. Therefore the idea of Aborting after the Haymaker lands is moot, since the only people left to act would be taking Recoveries. But in the unlikely event that another character has a Held Action that he’s declared he wants to use after the Haymaker’s launched:  no, a character cannot Abort to a defensive action in the Segment when he completes the Haymaker after he actually uses the Haymaker, only before he does so.

 

3.  If a character Aborts in mid-Haymaker, he loses his next Phase as per usual for Aborting.