Let's say Lando does a green move and is clearly not within range 1 of a friendly ship. Presuming he has engine upgrade (or some other way to move), can he take his action (in this case a boost) to get closer to a friendly and then use his pilot ability (..after performing a green maneuver he may give a free action to a friendly ship at range 1)??

I couldn't find anyting that clarified if pilot abilities happen before or after actions.

Thanks in advance.

No, boost is not a maneuver so it would not trigger lando's pilot ability.

Edit: pilot abilities happen when they say they happen. Lando's says "after you perform a green maneuver" so it happens right after you perform the maneuver, so it would happen before you take an action. Hope that helps clarify!

There are two upgrades that Lando cannot equip which could theoretically fix your issue in a House-Ruled campaign of some sort. Like if he was flying not-the-Falcon, for example.

• Advanced Sensors would let him boost before doing his green maneuver, so if your house-rule could let this happen, it would work.
• R2 Astromech would turn the White maneuver from Daredevil into a Green maneuver, so if your house-rule could let him equip both, that would let him theoretically pass 2 actions in a single turn.

Of course, when you're dealing with house-ruling something, it's going to be a different balance than the game proper, so craziness like this is bound to happen.