Hello! Since the card is a bit ambiguous I would like to have an official clarification for this card:

If you are already stressed when you fail your attack, would you get the focus and TL of the second effect? or is necessary to receive stress token to trigger the effect?

Thanks!

I believe the first part must be completed before the second part can happen.

Actually I think it was ruled somewhere that you must receive it only if you don't already have it. But either way, you get the TL + F. Basically, you're either stressed before or after, but you must end up stressed no matter what.

We sent a ticket via the rules question page and we got an official answer: You can use the effect even if you are stressed. Thanks all

"When... then" is a set of timing directions. There's also an "if... then", but that doesn't interfere with the "when... then".

The language could have been slightly clearer, I guess. It plays as if it said this:

After you perform an attack that does not hit, assign 1 focus token to your ship and gain a target lock against the defender. Then, if you are not stressed, gain 1 stress token.

This takes the "if... then" and moves it so that it no longer appears to interfere with the timing directions. But it's functionally identical.

"When... then" is a set of timing directions. There's also an "if... then", but that doesn't interfere with the "when... then".

The language could have been slightly clearer, I guess. It plays as if it said this:

After you perform an attack that does not hit, assign 1 focus token to your ship and gain a target lock against the defender. Then, if you are not stressed, gain 1 stress token.

This takes the "if... then" and moves it so that it no longer appears to interfere with the timing directions. But it's functionally identical.

The only difference that I see is that as worded it would prevent something like Yorr's ability from intercepting the stress. The way that Vorpal rewrote it would permit Yorr to take the stress on behalf of the ship Bossk is riding in.

I'm aware that Yorr and Bossk crew could never end up in a list together but Yorr was the only example I could think of off the top of my head.

His effect triggers each time an attack misses, even if the ship already has a stress token.

The first sentence states the action taken if the ship in question has a token. After that, the ship is assigned the TL and focus.

I didn't realize this before, and this makes me way more likely to include Bossk in my future lists. Nice!

He's actually good on a tlt moldy crow hawk. .

I believe this in answered in the official FAQ. You only receive the stress token if you are not stressed. Regardless, you still receive the focus and TL.

I believe this in answered in the official FAQ. You only receive the stress token if you are not stressed. Regardless, you still receive the focus and TL.

This thread is from shortly after the Bossk crew card was spoiled and a few weeks before Wave 7 was released. It was should up in the first FAQ update after the wave was released.