Does this work the way I think it does?

Declare target, spend Focus to use Blaster Turret, trigger R4 for TL on defender, roll dice, spend TL.

Or am I missing something or out of place anywhere?

Yup. This mechanic is integral to the 3x Jumpmasters build, so I think the consensus is that it works

It's even in the FAQ, apparently:

If a ship equipped with R4 Agromech is attacking with a secondary weapon that requires the ship to spend a focus token (such as a Blaster Turret), that ship may acquire a target lock on the defender and spend it during that attack.

Yeah, that works. When the TFA rules came out I was a little confused by the new attack sequence timing and whether the "defender" exists yet when you spend the Focus, but it does.

Works fine, tough part is making sure you always have a Focus to fire it though.

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I like it! I'll have to toss that into a list now.

Never thought about AML before. Haha. That could be fun!

Thanks for the confirmation, I just wanted to make sure this could work before showing up at the shop with it.

Yeah, that works. When the TFA rules came out I was a little confused by the new attack sequence timing and whether the "defender" exists yet when you spend the Focus, but it does.

The defender starts existing as soon as you spend the focus, so for things which trigger after that, there is one.

The defender *doesn't* exist before you spend the focus, so Dark Curse can't block you deadeye-ing torpedoes at him. Or Blaster Turretting him.