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"Q: If a ships is required to skip its "perform action" step (for example, if its final position overlapped another ship) , is it still allowed to perform free actions outside the " perform action" step? A: Yes"


Does this include stressed?

No, if you're stressed you may not perform any actions

Nope. You can never, under any circumstance, perform an action while stressed (even free actions). However, you can still be assigned tokens through other means while stressed.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Nope. You can never, under any circumstance, perform an action while stressed (even free actions). However, you can still be assigned tokens through other means while stressed.

What about abilities from another ship that tell another ship to perform an action? Still learning the rules a bit. First game will be today or tomorrow.

 megatrons2nd wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Nope. You can never, under any circumstance, perform an action while stressed (even free actions). However, you can still be assigned tokens through other means while stressed.

What about abilities from another ship that tell another ship to perform an action? Still learning the rules a bit. First game will be today or tomorrow.

Nope. Those abilities (Squad Leader, Airen Cracken, etc.) fall under the "any circumstance" and are not allowed.

Wanted to make sure, I interpreted it as an effect of the acting unit, and resolved by a different unit. Thanks for the clarification.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Nope. You can never, under any circumstance, perform an action while stressed (even free actions). However, you can still be assigned tokens through other means while stressed.

Well, there is one exception: Chopper crew

I also don't see the "any circumstances" in the rules.

streamdragon wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Nope. You can never, under any circumstance, perform an action while stressed (even free actions). However, you can still be assigned tokens through other means while stressed.

Well, there is one exception: Chopper crew

True, but to be fair, Chopper isn't in the game yet. But now that I think about it, Tycho Celchu allows you to perform actions while stressed as well. However, as the Rules Reference guide says under the "Golden Rule," card abilities override the rules in the reference book, which Chopper and Tycho both do.

So yeah, there are a few circumstances where it's possible, but they are exceptions.

megatrons2nd wrote:Wanted to make sure, I interpreted it as an effect of the acting unit, and resolved by a different unit. Thanks for the clarification.

There really isn't anything to interpret because the rules state that no actions, even free actions, can be performed while stressed. The cards in question allow a ship the chance to take an action out of the normal window, but they still have to be able to resolve that action. Having a stress toke prevents that from happening. Being assigned a token from another pilot/ability/upgrade (Kyle Katarn, Garven Dreis, Soontir Fel, etc.) or acquiring a target lock from a pilot/ability/upgrade (Dutch Vander, Fire Control System, etc.) is allowed while stressed because these are not actions.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
There really isn't anything to interpret because the rules state that no actions, even free actions, can be performed while stressed. The cards in question allow a ship the chance to take an action out of the normal window, but they still have to be able to resolve that action. Having a stress toke prevents that from happening. Being assigned a token from another pilot/ability/upgrade (Kyle Katarn, Garven Dreis, Soontir Fel, etc.) or acquiring a target lock from a pilot/ability/upgrade (Dutch Vander, Fire Control System, etc.) is allowed while stressed because these are not actions.

But then there is the FAQ answer, which initiated my question and train of thought. The example could just as easily said "for example, stressed". What other ways are there beyond stressed and overlapping units, obstacles will prevent performing an action?

 megatrons2nd wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
There really isn't anything to interpret because the rules state that no actions, even free actions, can be performed while stressed. The cards in question allow a ship the chance to take an action out of the normal window, but they still have to be able to resolve that action. Having a stress toke prevents that from happening. Being assigned a token from another pilot/ability/upgrade (Kyle Katarn, Garven Dreis, Soontir Fel, etc.) or acquiring a target lock from a pilot/ability/upgrade (Dutch Vander, Fire Control System, etc.) is allowed while stressed because these are not actions.

But then there is the FAQ answer, which initiated my question and train of thought. The example could just as easily said "for example, stressed". What other ways are there beyond stressed and overlapping units, obstacles will prevent performing an action?

Connor Net. Also, there is a difference between "may not perform actions" and "skip action step".

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

 megatrons2nd wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
There really isn't anything to interpret because the rules state that no actions, even free actions, can be performed while stressed. The cards in question allow a ship the chance to take an action out of the normal window, but they still have to be able to resolve that action. Having a stress toke prevents that from happening. Being assigned a token from another pilot/ability/upgrade (Kyle Katarn, Garven Dreis, Soontir Fel, etc.) or acquiring a target lock from a pilot/ability/upgrade (Dutch Vander, Fire Control System, etc.) is allowed while stressed because these are not actions.

But then there is the FAQ answer, which initiated my question and train of thought. The example could just as easily said "for example, stressed". What other ways are there beyond stressed and overlapping units, obstacles will prevent performing an action?

Connor Net. Also, there is a difference between "may not perform actions" and "skip action step".

Right.

Like Carnifex said, obstacles don't prevent you from taking actions, they force you to skip the "Perform Action" step of your activation. Since free actions do not count as the action granted in the "Perform Action" step of your activation, an obstacle token doesn't prevent them being taken (with some exceptions, of course).

Does this mean that a stressed ship can't use weapon upgrade cards, like torpedoes, missiles, and the like?


They are Actions.

 megatrons2nd wrote:
Does this mean that a stressed ship can't use weapon upgrade cards, like torpedoes, missiles, and the like?

A stressed ship can use any secondary weapon card (Torpedoes, Missiles, Cannons, and Turrets; all cards that have the "Attack:" header) so long as they meet the requirements of the card.

They are Actions.

No, they aren't. There are some Bombs that require an action to use but they are not secondary weapons.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 megatrons2nd wrote:
Does this mean that a stressed ship can't use weapon upgrade cards, like torpedoes, missiles, and the like?

A stressed ship can use any secondary weapon card (Torpedoes, Missiles, Cannons, and Turrets; all cards that have the "Attack:" header) so long as they meet the requirements of the card.

They are Actions.

No, they aren't. There are some Bombs that require an action to use but they are not secondary weapons.

My mistake, I was reading attack action for some reason, just my brain adding words that aren't there.