I'm gonna use fleet commands for the first time next week, just making sure I use it correctly.

When it says "at the start of the ship phase", that means before any ship has activated, right? Even if I'm 2nd player? I feel this is important from a token generation perspective.

Thank you.

I'm gonna use fleet commands for the first time next week, just making sure I use it correctly.

When it says "at the start of the ship phase", that means before any ship has activated, right? Even if I'm 2nd player? I feel this is important from a token generation perspective.

Thank you.

Correct.

It happens with the same timing window as Han Solo and Grand Moff Tarkin.

It happens after Garm Bel Iblis.

A follow up to this one:

To take the example of "All Fighters, Follow Me", the card reads:

"At the start of the Ship Phase, you may discard this card or spend a <Squadron_Command> token....

If I choose to spend a squadron command token, does that token have to come from the ship where the fleet command card is?

It came up in a game last night and this is how we played it, but there was some doubt as the token is not used as a command by the ship in the ship phase - i.e. in the usual way.

The key here is the "you" word.

You always means the ship or squadron that is active.

The key here is the "you" word.

You always means the ship or squadron that is active.

Close. And the nit-picking, hair-splitting distinction is actually relevant on this point as the Pelta isn't actually active when you spend the token.

The rule reads:

​"On upgrade card effects, the term “you” refers to the ship that the upgrade is equipped to."