If Horn is equipped with an R5 astromech, can he use the droid's ability to flip the faceup damage card before his end phase attack?

Corrans attack occurs at the start of the end phase, the R5 ability happens during the end phase, so the attack is going to happen first.

I guess that's where I disagree. Because R5 says "during", it can occur at anytime during the end phase: start, middle, end. Because there is no specific moment when R5 has to occur, it is left to the interpretation of the player. Only Horn's ability has a timing restriction. I understand this could be interpreted the other way as well (probably by my opponent ), that's why I think FFG needs to specify what takes precedence, the ability with a specific timing or the one without.

From a previous discussion I had asked Frank about Coran Horn's end phase attack.

Rule Question:

Corran Horn takes his second attack during the beginning of the end phase.

He gets a direct hit on an X-wing that has no shields and 1 damage on its hull and it is carrying an R5.

Does the R5 get the opportunity to flip the direct hit over before the X-wing is destroyed?

If there was a direct hit on the X-wing before the end phase, and Corran put a hit on it, would the R5 be able to flip that direct hit or would the X-wing be destroyed?

During each phase there is a “start” and an “end” at both of those times there may be various abilities that can trigger. In between those timing windows are when “during” things can happen. This means that something that triggers at the “start" of a phase would fully resolve before something that happens “during” the phase.

Therefore in this example, the X-wing would be destroyed at the start of the end phase and wouldn’t have the opportunity to flip it facedown.

Thanks for playing,

Frank Brooks

Associate Creative Content Developer

Fantasy Flight Games

So, in short, no, R5 would not be able to flip it down as Coran's attack happens at the start, while R5's ability happens "during" the end phase.

Thanks for the clarification. This question started a long discussion in my X-Wing group about the timing of events during phases.