Free action.

On a huge ship that CAN'T DO FREE ACTIONS

If it works it's eepic near broken.

But it doesn't.

Yeah. FFG goofed on the wording.

Or there is a plan to alter the huge ship rules to allow free actions in some cases (no restriction on free actions would be stupid broken).

Well, if they FAQ the "free" word out of the card...

It would suddenly let the half-destroyed ship to perform actions from the destroyed part, all the huges will always AAAAALWAAAAYS have Reinforce...

Card is truly epic, bumping the resinence of Huges up to eleven.

Reinforce aft because FOUR TLS ON IT
Recover the Fore that is near-hull?

While Huge Ship rules are separate. The Rules Reference says card abilities can override rules in the guide. It only says that "cannot" on a card is absolute. This seems to say that "cannot" in the rules is not absolute. Which is why Tycho can do actions while stressed even though the rules say you cannot.

While Huge Ship rules are separate. The Rules Reference says card abilities can override rules in the guide. It only says that "cannot" on a card is absolute. This seems to say that "cannot" in the rules is not absolute. Which is why Tycho can do actions while stressed even though the rules say you cannot.

But if a card instructs you to perform a Barrel roll action for example, , and there's nowhere you're allowed to do it while stressed, and nowhere said you can do it twice in a turn

You won't.

It's the situation here. It instructs, but doesn't drop the direct prohibition do do free actions.

In reverse order.

The results at the bottom of the card says you (the ship) get either a "free recover action" or a "free reinforce action". These two results are quite specific, and whilst they are free actions, they are "specified free actions", reinforce or recover.

To use of either of these two results you spend one energy and perform an action (e.g. Target lock, jam) that is not a "Recover action" or a "Reinforce action", once per round.

Where does it say you get a "free action" on the card? Currently, you (the ship) may acquire a free action (e.g. Target Lock) from another ship, or use an action from the action bar as your action to get the "specified free actions"

Could the problem be solved by specifying the timing of the action (free or otherwise) used to get the "specified free actions", recover or reinforce, to be in the perform action step?

In reverse order.

The results at the bottom of the card says you (the ship) get either a "free recover action" or a "free reinforce action". These two results are quite specific, and whilst they are free actions, they are "specified free actions", reinforce or recover.

To use of either of these two results you spend one energy and perform an action (e.g. Target lock, jam) that is not a "Recover action" or a "Reinforce action", once per round.

Where does it say you get a "free action" on the card? Currently, you (the ship) may acquire a free action (e.g. Target Lock) from another ship, or use an action from the action bar as your action to get the "specified free actions"

Could the problem be solved by specifying the timing of the action (free or otherwise) used to get the "specified free actions", recover or reinforce, to be in the perform action step?

Huge ships can't do free actions , specific or not.

It's there in their rulings.

that's the problem.

just faq the wrd out and the card gets to work

OK. I have re-read the rules reference and the Huge ship rules , and I see where you are coming from. I stand corrected. Yes, it is all about that word free on the card. Thanks, I will await it to be FAQ'd.

Has this been ever cleared up formally or is epic just abandoned by FFG and organized play?

As far as I can tell, this has not been formally cleared up in a rules update or FAQ. However, I would not say that Epic is "abandoned by FFG and organized play." They still have Epic side-events at places like GenCon. Epic is just a lower priority, unfortunately.