Originally Posted by
kronovan
SWADE doesn't, nor have earlier editions of the rules, featured movement based on squares. The rules have distance and movement that's measured in inches ("), as per the 1st page of the Combat chapter (pg. 91 or the SWADE PDF):
"Distance: Because the game assumes you are using terrain or a battlemat and standard 28mm miniatures, movement and weapon ranges are listed in inches. To translate that to regular distance, one inch is equal to two yards"
Pace explanation on the 2nd page of the Characters chapter, under Derived Statistics (pg 10 in the PDF):
"Pace is how fast your character moves in tactical situations like combat. Standard Pace is 6, which means six tabletop inches per game round. Each inch is two yards in the real world. "
Which is why all weapon ranges are quoted in inches. While it may appear on a gridded map when measuring diagonally that every other square is being doubled, what's actually happening is the distance is being displayed in inches, which equates to the same.