Ion & Stress vs bombs?

By Ccwebb, in X-Wing Rules Questions

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Does an ion counter prevent a bomb (reveal manuever) from being dropped? What about advanced sensors, does an ion still block?

Likewise, does a stess token prevent a mine (action) from being dropped?

Thank you in advance...

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When you are Ionized you do not "Reveal your maneuver dial" which means you can't drop a bomb before you would nor could you use Advanced Sensors to take an action before you don't reveal your dial. Being Ionized shuts down "reveal your dial" abilities.

Can you perform actions while Stressed? If the answer is YES then you could drop an Action:bomb but more likely than not the answer is NO which means no action so no dropping of an Action:bomb.

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There are ways to get the bomb action off while stressed but in general, yes stress denies it. Stress denies ALL actions unless you have an upgrade/ability saying otherwise (see Tycho, Chopper crew, Primed Thrusters to name a few)

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the new astromech allows bombs with the action: header to be dropped while stressed... R4-E1 out of the Scurgg expansion.

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1 hour ago, dotswarlock said:

Also, since I suspect that Nym / Genius could be involved behind this question, you might wish to look at this thread:

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/253927-genius-and-ion/

"Why Ike, whatever do you mean?" ?

Thank you for the heads up, I will go join that thread.