So that unknown action on the K-Wing. The only speculation I've seen is that it is like a boost, perhaps a boost+TL, but I can't buy that exactly. Being "boosty" makes sense from the fluff, but I don't think FFG has made a history of such lazy design. Aside from that, it doesn't help a bomber be a bomber. The boost+TL combo might, but it doesn't seem right. Action combos have been reserved to upgrade cards and pilot abilities to date (PtL, IG-88, R7-T1, etc).

So here is what I'm thinking - it is a stored action, like TL or Cloak. Bank the token and spend it later to get some sort of "boost". This would allow low PS bombers to push into range and then grab a TL. It might be a 2 forward boost instead of a 1-FWD, or perhaps you can double a straight maneuver as the fluff suggests. Or maybe a "continue along the same bearing" kind of thing (that is, if your maneuver is a 2 bank left, you can spend your SLAM token to boost 1 bank left, but not straight or right). Or perhaps, you can only spend it to move straight forward, but it can be at 1 or 2 speed? My bet is on the last one, given that the icon seems to look like a double arrow.

Any thoughts?

Uhhhh, we have been talking about the SLAM drive?

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/172648-stop-arguing-and-start-wildly-speculating/

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/171666-wave-7-stats-people-see-or-saw-compile-thread/

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

Boost + TL, performed at the start of combat phase. Or maybe the ability to fire a toro/missile as an action.

Maybe it'll be an action you can go straight ahead five as a white manoeuvre it'd possibly get you out of some tricky spots.

a boost and targetlock performed at the start of combat? After everyone is positioned?

That's really powerful. As in too powerful.

Perhaps it is a once per game boost.

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

Yeah - I can't see the double arrow thing that GiraffeandZebra sees - it's basically just a green blob to my eyes - but a green blob that is sort of vaguely reminiscent of a bomb / missile / torpedo sort of shape

I suppose it could represent a rocket motor type of icon - so SLAM isn't beyond the realms of possibility

Uhhhh, we have been talking about the SLAM drive?

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/172648-stop-arguing-and-start-wildly-speculating/

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/171666-wave-7-stats-people-see-or-saw-compile-thread/

Easy to miss amongst all of the complaint threads. So you have.

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

Yeah - I can't see the double arrow thing that GiraffeandZebra sees - it's basically just a green blob to my eyes - but a green blob that is sort of vaguely reminiscent of a bomb / missile / torpedo sort of shape

I suppose it could represent a rocket motor type of icon - so SLAM isn't beyond the realms of possibility

I dunno, it kind of looks a lot like one of these to me.

I still think it most likely that is a stored action that either can be spent to boost 1 or 2 forward (most likely), or to double a revealed straight maneuver (less likely, but more fluffy). Prep your engine to get ready in round 1, in round 2 you spend your slam to adjust your range or get range on higher ps so you can TL.

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

Yeah - I can't see the double arrow thing that GiraffeandZebra sees - it's basically just a green blob to my eyes - but a green blob that is sort of vaguely reminiscent of a bomb / missile / torpedo sort of shape

I suppose it could represent a rocket motor type of icon - so SLAM isn't beyond the realms of possibility

I dunno, it kind of looks a lot like one of these to me.

I still think it most likely that is a stored action that either can be spent to boost 1 or 2 forward (most likely), or to double a revealed straight maneuver (less likely, but more fluffy). Prep your engine to get ready in round 1, in round 2 you spend your slam to adjust your range or get range on higher ps so you can TL.

Ok I see what you mean - I was picturing two arrows parallel to each other. - yeah, could be that or a missile/torp/bomb - I'm not even discounting that it might just be a normal boost action but the image has been distorted somehow.

my mind is open on this one

My guess is an action that lets you fire 2 missles or torps in one attack. With new titles or mods that give it to older ships. Maybe with a restriction that the double fired ord must be the same thing....2 concusion missles, or 2 proton torps....

Anyway thats my best guess.

we can't talk about SLAM until we've been welcomed to the JAM

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

To be fair, it's kind of hard to tell exactly what it looks like. It's a pointy green blob.

I keep thinking he's asking us about ISLAM in the topic

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

Edit: Phone posting remains hard.

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

SLAMS were so that you could fire the missiles at higher speeds, making them harder to shoot down.

Edit: Phone posting remains hard.

Except, that isn't what SLAMs are according to Wookieepedia. They allowed the ship to execute short bursts of speed (up to 2x)

Well, if you haven't seen any speculation on what else that action could be, you must not have looked very hard. There's been quite a few guesses as to what it could be.

And this in particular has also been pretty thoroughly discussed.

Well, if you haven't seen any speculation on what else that action could be, you must not have looked very hard. There's been quite a few guesses as to what it could be.

And this in particular has also been pretty thoroughly discussed.

Thanks for your reply. In the same vein of not looking very hard, we've already been down this road.

If this set is supposed to help out "Bombers" then it could be an action that allows for bombs to be dropped along your movement template (carpet bombing?) or to drop multiple bombs.

I keep thinking he's asking us about ISLAM in the topic

I'd find that more appealing subject matter, to be honest.

It looks an awful lot like a missile. So, not Slam.

SLAMS were so that you could fire the missiles at higher speeds, making them harder to shoot down.

Edit: Phone posting remains hard.

Except, that isn't what SLAMs are according to Wookieepedia. They allowed the ship to execute short bursts of speed (up to 2x)

Wookipedia only explains the practical part about speed, it's an article stub that ignores the larger picture that faster ships shoot faster missiles.

How dare you bring physics into a Star Wars discussion!

So the only pics I've seen of the K-Wing are blurry and I cannot make out specific images of actions, so if you've got a clear one please link it.

And if it has a new action - my guess would be an action that lets you fire a missile or torpedo. So you can potentially fire twice. This would also allow a modification that grants this particular action to a ship. THAT could be the ordnance fix. That could also be the thing that makes the K-Wing better, because it can take a separate modification since it has that ability naturally.

I kind of love the idea of actions that let you store actions for a later round. If I could spend my first 2 game rounds on boosts that could be taken later, for instance, it would be a powerful tool for ships that need to spend combat actions doing other things.

What I'm really hoping for, thought, is some way to get a focus token when assigned a target lock. That's something that would help a lot of ships actually get off munitions more reliably. But it needs to not be an EPT, as that would keep it out of Rebel Y-Wings.