During a game over the weekend I ran into a rule I think I handled right. My attacking ship was at long range Red Dice only. I rolled my attack. After the results I can not use Leading shots upgrade b/c I did not have any blue dice to spend b/c they weren't in my pool due to my range.
Had I been at Mid range and able to use Red + Blue dice I would have been able to use Leading shots. After my attack roll I could pick a blue die to remove allowing me to reroll any of my other dice.