I'm planning to put these on my Phantoms and just want to clarify:

I attack an opponent and doesn't matter if I hit or miss, I get to put a TL on him due to the FCS. WE allows me to lock onto two enemy ships, so I lock onto the defender and another ship.

1. I guess this over-rules the part about a ship being able to hold only one TL?

2. Does the second ship have to be in Range 1-3 or can I TL outside of it?

3. If I were to put the FCS and WE on a Lambda with the ST-321 title, then that is 2 TLs on **anyone** on the game board straight away?

Thanks!

• FCS gives you the TL on the defender AFTER you've attacked - correct.

Although since the FCS triggers on an attack, even on ST-321 the first TL has to be on a ship in range and arc of fire.

Ooooo... here's a new one!

Colonel Jendon (assign 1 blue lock tokens to a friendly at Range 1) with the ST-321 upgrade and someone else with a Weapons Engineer.

Turn 1, movement phase, Shuttle moves, makes a target lock from across the board. Friendly ship moves alongside. Turn 1 combat phase, Jendon gives the target lock to the friendly ship.

Questions:

1. Does the TL transform from one TL into TWO TLs due to the Weapons Engineer on the friendly ship?

2. If yes on #1, then obviously the enemy is still way across the board, no enemy within Range 3, so how can it lock onto the 2nd ship?

3. If Jendon had a Weapons Engineer on board, he would have 2 TLs from his action. If there were 2 friendly ships within Range 1, can he pass both TLs, one to each ship?

1. No. Jendon passes a blue target lock token, he doesn't allow the friendly ship to acquire a target lock, which is the trigger for Weapons Engineer.

2. N/A, see above.

3. Jendon's ability triggers at the start of the combat phase. That only happens once, and the "once per opportunity" rule means that he only gets to use his ability once, and pass a single lock token.

No.

Edit: (**** Ninjas)

Well, passing the TL, doesn't it mean that the other guy "acquires" it? Just as a FCS "gives" you a TL even if the ship doesn't have a Targeting Computer? The friendly ship gets a TL, he acquires it. Does it make a difference if it's from a TC, FCS, or an ability from another ship?

The difference is in the card text:

FCS: acquire a target lock

Jendon: assign 1 of your blue target lock tokens

Weapons engineer triggers on acquire a target lock, not on token assignment.

Well, passing the TL, doesn't it mean that the other guy "acquires" it? Just as a FCS "gives" you a TL even if the ship doesn't have a Targeting Computer? The friendly ship gets a TL, he acquires it. Does it make a difference if it's from a TC, FCS, or an ability from another ship?

"Acquire a target lock" means to go through the entire process on Page 9 of the rulebook. It includes range checks, etc. That's not the same thing as just having a token placed on your ship. If it were the whole process, you'd have to do the range check and Jendon couldn't pass it if you were out of range of the target.

Makes sense, fair enough. Sorry for playing a bit of devil's advocate there, but I would've been surprised if this was possible.

Thanks!