Enhanced Armor - Defensive Tatics

By Payens81, in Imperial Assault Rules Questions

The Enhanced Armor card says to used it when you deploy a group. Can you use that with one of the starting groups of a mission that are already deployed? or it is only usable when you deploy a group later in the mission? what if it is a side mission and it is an optional deployment?

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