Ok, Playing a game the other day my brother and we couldn't agree on if this was possible or not.

My K-wing was Ion'ed

1. My K-Wing performed the following maneuver "The owner moves the ship as if it were assigned a white [ 1] maneuver. After executing this maneuver, remove all ion tokens from the ship. It may perform actions as normal. "

2. it removed it's ION token allowing it to perform an Action

3. I then Slammed using a 1 speed maneuver as my K-Wing had executed a [1] maneuver.

My brother disagreed on my interpretation of the rules and thinks I shouldn't have been allowed to slam as I hadn't selected the initial maneuver.

Opinions? who was correct?

The rules as written for ION and SLAM are below to make looking things up easier.

Ion Token Some card abilities, such as the “Ion Cannon Turret” Upgrade card, can cause a ship to receive an ion token.

A ship with an ion token assigned to it follows special rules during these phases:

• Planning Phase: The owner does not assign a maneuver dial to this ship.

• Activation Phase: The owner moves the ship as if it were assigned a white [ 1] maneuver. After executing this maneuver, remove all ion tokens from the ship. It may perform actions as normal.

• Combat Phase: The ship may attack as normal.

I would say you where correct. SLAM says nothing about your "selected" or "assigned" maneuver for the turn, only what maneuver you "executed".

The ion rules don't actualy tell you to "Execute" a maneuver, but they tell you to "move" the ship as if assigned a specifik maneuver, then the go on to state "After executing this maneuver..." strongly implying that "moving your ship" indeed is considered "executing" a maneuver.

I agree that you were correct. Based on the wording of SLAM:

1) You executed a 1 straight maneuver to remove ion tokens

2) For your Action, you chose SLAM, which allows you to choose and execute a maneuver on your dial that matches the speed of the move that you executed in that round.

- This SLAM maneuver could have been either a 1 straight or 1 bank based on the K-wing dial.

The simplest interpretation of the rules as they are worded is usually correct.

So interpreting that you "have to select" your move to SLAM is simply adding words that aren't there.

You looked at logically and I believe that you were correct. There's only assumptions for the other side of the argument. Reading both reference cards carefully and applying exactly what it says there gave you the right answer.

You looked at logically and I believe that you were correct. There's only assumptions for the other side of the argument. Reading both reference cards carefully and applying exactly what it says there gave you the right answer.

That is the wordiest I've ever seen "Do what the card says to do and don't do what the card doesn't say to do" written.

An Internet kudos to you sir!.

Some days I just can't help myself.

Haha.. I've posted this in a few places and everyone agrees which is nice..

I think the bolded sencence clarifies everything. Both RAW and RAI, its treated as if it were assigned 1strait maneuver. So yea slam at speed 1 is perfectly legal here.

" Activation Phase: The owner moves the ship as if it were assigned a white [ 1] maneuver. After executing this maneuver, remove all ion tokens from the ship. It may perform actions as normal."

SLAM is an action, an action that chooses any manoeuvre of the same speed you just moved so yeah, any one of your speed 1 manoeuvres are usable.

I think the bolded sencence clarifies everything. Both RAW and RAI, its treated as if it were assigned 1strait maneuver. So yea slam at speed 1 is perfectly legal here.

" Activation Phase: The owner moves the ship as if it were assigned a white [ 1] maneuver. After executing this maneuver, remove all ion tokens from the ship. It may perform actions as normal."

Actually, the first four words after the bolded section put the last nail in the coffin for me. "After executing this maneuver..." Looks to me like the 'white, one straight' is intended to be treated exactly as a regular executed maneuver chosen by dial.