I have been discussing the possibilities of a new card coming with the Jumpmaster expansion. What we can read of the card is as follows.

"Att...

Min..."

"Each time...

a focus o...

each other...

Attannii M...

be assign...

of toke...

alrea..."

Our theory of how this card reads in full is as follows.

"Attanni

Mindlink"

"Each time you are assigned

a focus or evade token

each other ship with

Attanni Mindlink may

be assigned the same type

of token unless it

already has one."

There is no room on the card made for any exceptions such as "scum only" and it is not a unique card. The rules reference book defines taking an evade action on page 10 as "Ships with the evade icon in their action bar may perform the evade action. To perform the action, assign one evade token to the ship." On page 11 of the rules reference book on focus actions "Ships with the focus icon in their action bar may perform the focus action. To perform the action, assign one focus token to the ship." Thus we can agree that performing a focus or evade action assigns a focus or evade token to your ship.

Moving forward with this theory my conclusion is this. Imperials will become monsters. There are numerous horrifying builds that can capitalize on this card over and over again but lets consider, in my opinion, one of the most dramatic.

Carnor Jax with Attanni Mindlink, Autothrusters, Stealth Device, Royal Guard Title

Glaive Squadron Pilot with Attanni Mindlink (since we're pretty sure they will have an EPT), X7 Title

A typical turn will go as such. Glaive executes a 3+ speed maneuver and is assigned an evade token which means Jax also gets one. The X7 Glaive then takes a focus action which also gives Jax a focus action. Before Jax even moves he already has both a focus and evade action! Simply blocking him to deny his actions is no longer a viable strategy. Now it's Jax's turn to activate. He executes some white or green maneuver and then is able to take either a focus or evade action since he was assigned the 2 tokens he already has. This means Jax can end up with either 2 focus 1 evade or 1 focus 2 evade. That's the same level of action economy Fel has without the stress and possibly double evaded!

Other notable catalysts for Attanni Mindlink include:

Vader pilot

Ysanne Isard

Any X7 defender

Any TIE Adv. Prototype with Title

Remember, these are just the catalysts for this card, not necessarily the goal. Mindlinked Vader and Vessery with TIE/D for instance means you have a TIE/D with a focus and evade token.

There is an obvious weak point with this card, however, and that is once one mindlink dies the other is dead weight. But, when you're talking this many tokens going around every single ship is just as hard to kill as the other. No longer will you have lists made of fodder+end game ace. You'll have each ship just as likely to make it to the end game as any other.

Rebels and Scum can also share in some of these shenanigans but Imperials have a lot more options for getting the evade token specifically. As a largely Imperial player this card has me rethinking every list I have ever created.

I am not saying the sky is falling, merely that it is getting bigger.

This has been discussed, but it's pretty awesome of that's what it turns out to be. Maybe a wing of Gamma Vets with it, Tracers, and a complement of missiles/torpedoes. First one in formation focuses, letting all others focus. Then, it fires it's Tracers, granting the entire formation a target lock if it didn't Ajay have one. Then, alpha strike.

I'm curious if Attani Mindlink is another dual upgrade card. Maybe the opposite side has similar language but with target locks. Just spitballing.

Rexlar may have found the most efficient method for getting an extra focus token. I really hope this isn't good enough to make me want to buy two punishing one expansions... It's the Punishing One dangit.

I really hope this isn't good enough to make me want to buy two punishing one expansions... It's the Punishing One dangit.

It's also the Jumpmaster 5000. You need 5000 of them.

Brobots?

Edit: if you take C and both ships boost that turn they'll get double Evades.

I really hope this isn't good enough to make me want to buy two punishing one expansions... It's the Punishing One dangit.

It's also the Jumpmaster 5000. You need 5000 of them.

Luckily, it appears to come with 2

That's either an expensive EPT, or the part we can't see contains a negative effect.

I'd be pretty surprised if it was focus and evade. Pretty sure it will stick to just focus and not sure if 2 free specific tokens beats 2 different actions on the ships that want this most. Also, pretty sure this is not cost effective after you pay for PS, EPT, and lots of these cards...well, not any more efficient/effective than other action efficiency. Might work out better...we'll see when we get the full text. There is room for interpretations and/or a negative effect too.

Brobots?

Edit: if you take C and both ships boost that turn they'll get double Evades.

Doesn't work. IG-88C says you get a free evade action not assign a token and you can't do the same action twice in a turn. Designers done some designing there.

Edit: Second ship to activate can get double evades. Man this card is going to cause confusion.

Brobots?

Edit: if you take C and both ships boost that turn they'll get double Evades.

I think it might end up more like this:

Move first IG, focus, assign focus to other IG

Move other IG, boost, assign an evade then assign evade to 1st IG.

or the other way around. Both end up with focus/evade.

How about Kyle Katarn in his HWK? He assigns a focus to one and all the other ships in the link get it also!

Or with Jan Ors crew, he could do the same with an evade, including himself!

Hopefully there's some restriction hidden, because it sounds broken beyond repair

I could see a case where it would be Focus and Stress tokens instead of Focus and Evade.

I can also see a restriction where it could apply both when you add a token and when you remove one, but that might kills its utility.

If the card reads exactly like I think it does it should cost 3 or 4 points to give it some natural restrictions.

Is there any top tier list that would get significantly better with this? It seems like it would mostly benefit ships that aren't flown as often to me. A-wings, non-Corran E-wings and Interceptors<PS8 with an ept.

Is there any top tier list that would get significantly better with this? It seems like it would mostly benefit ships that aren't flown as often to me. A-wings, non-Corran E-wings and Interceptors<PS8 with an ept.

Jax is occasionally featured in top tier. With this card he might replace Fel. Other than that I do agree except for possibly post Imperial Veterans defenders since we don't know if they're "top tier" until after release.

imagine 5 black squadrons. all take evades.

unless there's a restriction, it can and will get ugly

Hopefully there's some restriction hidden, because it sounds broken beyond repair

Based on the OP's theory I gotta agree. Potentially broken.

imagine 5 black squadrons. all take evades.

unless there's a restriction, it can and will get ugly

That would end up with 1 black having 1 evade and the other 4 blacks having 2 evades. Yeah, nasty. The TIE swarm was another evil build with this card. If the card costs 3 or 4 points that would restrict the swarm usage though.

Is there any top tier list that would get significantly better with this? It seems like it would mostly benefit ships that aren't flown as often to me. A-wings, non-Corran E-wings and Interceptors<PS8 with an ept.

Jax is occasionally featured in top tier. With this card he might replace Fel. Other than that I do agree except for possibly post Imperial Veterans defenders since we don't know if they're "top tier" until after release.

You don't need Scum Only if you make it Illicit.

imagine 5 black squadrons. all take evades.

unless there's a restriction, it can and will get ugly

read the last line. There's a big UNLESS there, so they'd each only have a single extra evade in that case.

Is there any top tier list that would get significantly better with this? It seems like it would mostly benefit ships that aren't flown as often to me. A-wings, non-Corran E-wings and Interceptors<PS8 with an ept.

It'll depend on how its worded.

If its Focus and Evades (I don't think its the case), then Vader is a clear choice for it on the Imperial side. EPT Interceptors would also be pretty strong with it. For Scum, both of the named StarViper pilots would pair well with either a Scyk or Mist Hunter, as they'd get some much needed evade access.

If its Focus and Stress (my theory), then Keyan Farlander would be a very interesting choice. He could potentially team with an A-Wing pilot to gain Focus tokens for defense while also gaining Stress tokens for his attack. Add Hera as a crew member, and he'll retain his full dial. It would also lead to some interesting interactions where you could have two pilots of equal PS. One of them could move and do a normal focus action, granting them both focus tokens, and then the other could execute a red maneuver.

If its when you both add and remove, then it seriously limits the value of the Focus tokens when used en mass, but it also could add interesting ways to clear stress from a ship that hasn't moved yet, freeing them up to do another stressful maneuver.

You don't need Scum Only if you make it Illicit.

Looking at the card from the Out of Hiding preview, it is pretty clearly an EPT.

suppose you have lando equipped and roll 2 evades. Then this ability kicks in, and you don't have, "ONE" Evade, you have TWO, so you then start racking up evades!

(JK, because while you do have TWO, you also have ONE).

imagine 5 black squadrons. all take evades.

unless there's a restriction, it can and will get ugly

read the last line. There's a big UNLESS there, so they'd each only have a single evade in that case.

True, but it assigns you a token so if another ship gives you an evade token VIA mindlink that does not prevent you from taking an evade action. The likely scenario in this case is that 1 Black will evade (thus giving evade to the rest), 1 Black will focus (thus giving a focus to the rest), and the other 3 will either end up double focused, double evaded, or barrel roll to taste.