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So we recently launched out Attack Wing Group at our FLGS, and I already had some ideas come up to help rebalance the game slightly without major rules overhauls:

1)Fighters are limited to one stand per fleet.
2) The Counter Attack Die can only be used if a ship is within firing arc, to include rear firing arc.

We also had a question come up: The ability on the Alpha Hunter reads "After you move, you may perform the [SENSOR ECHO] action as a free action, even if you are not cloaked." The Federation Independent Fleet Captain ability reads "After you move, you may target 1 friendly ship within Range 1-2 (or your own ship). The target ship immediately performs an additional White "1" maneuver (forward, bank, or turn)" Originally, since neither one states that it is an action, you can do both within the same round. But one of my players brought up a good point; they both say "After you move". Does that make them mutually exclusive?

When we play at my house we limit fighters to 1 squad for every full 100 points, so that goes a long with what you have. #2 makes sense.

As for the after you move thing I believe it is buried in the FAQ somewhere that you can only perform of "after you move" thing at a time. Double check the FAQ.

SO the FAQ never addressed that specific combo...

is the FAQ from April the most recent?

Yes the April FAQ is the latest. I looked around the rules forum and couldn't find it, but I'll let you know if I do.

"If an ability takes place after a ship moves, the ability triggers after Step 5 (Clean Up) of the ship's Activation
Phase, before its Perform Actions step."

"If a card grants a free Action to a ship but does not specify when the free Action can be performed, the ship
must perform the free Action during its Perform Actions step."

"The active player may choose the order of any actions that all trigger at the same time."

These are all pulled from the December 2014 FAQ, not the April FAQ, but nothing directly mentions the combination... Any input gents and ladies?

I asked over on BGG. Seems to be the opinion that is was ruled against when the rules forum first came out but after the FAQ went up there is currently nothing stopping you from using two "after you move" abilities. I can't find anything to disagree with that. If you feel like waiting a few months you could always ask the rules forum, but get ready for a wait

I asked, but I had no idea it was going to be a few months... lol

I think the last update was September so it might not be too long. There was a dry spell over the the summer bit I suspect that had more to do with vacations than anything else. Everyone deserves a vacation now and then