diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/VelocityLimit.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/VelocityLimit.cs
index 407e5f949..95508ad4e 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/VelocityLimit.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/VelocityLimit.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ public class VelocityLimit : Behavior
     {
         Limit = Evaluate(_data.TopSpeed);
         if (length(Entity.Velocity) > Limit)
-            Entity.Velocity = normalize(Entity.Velocity) * Limit;
+        {
+            var clamped = normalize(Entity.Velocity) * Limit;
+            Entity.LimitClamp += Entity.Velocity - clamped;
+            Entity.Velocity = clamped;
+        }
         return true;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Entity.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Entity.cs
index 0e8a35679..db33c321c 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Entity.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Entity.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ public abstract class Entity
     public float2 Acceleration;
     public ManoeuvreTrack Manoeuvre;
 
+    // The planar velocity a VelocityLimit removed during the current base update. A limit is the ship's ceiling, not a
+    // change of vector the pilot made, so Acceleration reads the velocity change with this put back. VelocityLimit is
+    // the one writer, Entity.Update zeroes it, and it is never saved.
+    public float2 LimitClamp;
+
     public float[,] Temperature;
     public float[,] NewTemperature;
     public bool2[,] HullConductivity;
@@ -1350,6 +1355,7 @@ public abstract class Entity
         if (!_active) return;
 
         var velocityBefore = Velocity;
+        LimitClamp = float2(0, 0);
         var hullData = ItemManager.GetData(Hull) as HullData;
 
         // Mining Cut 3: a chunk target is lost the moment this entity can no longer see it -- the lost-track rule
@@ -1466,7 +1472,7 @@ public abstract class Entity
         }
         else Position.y = Zone.GetHeight(Position.xz) + hullData.GridOffset;
 
-        Acceleration = delta > 0f ? (Velocity - velocityBefore) / delta : float2(0, 0);
+        Acceleration = delta > 0f ? (Velocity + LimitClamp - velocityBefore) / delta : float2(0, 0);
         Manoeuvre.Observe(Acceleration, delta, ItemManager.GameplaySettings.SolutionWindow);
     }