Looked in the faqs and searched in here, doesn't seem to have been queried at any time.

Am I right in thinking reconnaissance mission does not trigger the reserve increase on turn one due to the set up order. Or does it allow the drawing of an extra card there and then.

thnx.

Your reserve value is checked when you refill your hand in the draw phase (and whenever an effect tells you to check it). You will draw an extra card at that moment, not when revealing the objective (though you won't have long to wait, usually).

Importantly for tournament play: that means you will not get to look at the 7th card when deciding whether or not to mulligan as you draw your starting hand and decide before revealing objectives.

Love this card. One of the most important objective cards in the game. Not a huge deal if you can't see the 7th card before deciding to mulligan; should you decide to mulligan, discard a card at the beginning of the draw pahase, then draw two new cards.

Almost as good as.

Also a no brainer, should you take Defence Protocol into your first four objectives on setup and you draw this too,

I like to keep my reserve at 6, not draw the 7th and throw the damage onto a unit. If I have the force as a DS player, I get two clicks on the dial and get to throw a damage onto a unit? It's fantastic to almost pull off a LS move, when they get to throw a damage onto one of my objectives at the beginning of the turn.

The core set is has some pretty phemomenal card mechanics...