Hi guys,

I had a question from a friend who has just started playing X-Wing with his son;

If you have a stress marker from doing a Red manoeuvre and clear the stress by doing a Green manoeuvre, can you then play an action after the movement phase?

I guess yes, but the rules don't seem too clear to me??

Yes you can, because you no longer have the stress token (as long as you don't have multiples and you're not tycho celchu but that's best for another time)

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: When you arrive at your Perform Action step (or when you're granted an opportunity to perform a free action through some other effect), you can perform an action if and only if you have no stress (some cards let you break that rule). So if you execute a red maneuver, you won't be performing an action in your Perform Action step that round. But if you execute a green maneuver the following round, you'll clear your stress before you get to Perform Action, and you'll be able to perform an action as normal.

Caveats:

Green maneuvers only clear one stress at a time, so if you start the turn with two stress, you're probably not performing an action this turn.

The "Check Pilot Stress" step of "Execute Maneuver" is confusingly named. That's the place where you add a stress if the maneuver you're executing is red, remove a stress if the maneuver is green, or do nothing if the maneuver is white.

Thanks guys! I will let my friend know! +1 to your Force rating!!!!