giving free action

By Capt.Yog, in X-Wing Rules Questions

Salute

Question about the order of things. Let's say a ship can give a free action to another ship. I would like to do a target lock. Can I check the range from the ship before giving the free action or I have to give the free action and then check the range to see if I can do the target lock ?

cheers

Matt

It doesn't matter; if you give it a free action and it can't do it, you get the action back to give again.

But no, you can't measure until and unless you have the opportunity to do so.

But if you give a free action to a ship and he can't do a Target Lock, will it not be force to do another action instead, or do a target lock on another available ship ?

Hello,

FAQ extraction:
If Airen Cracken chooses a friendly ship to perform an action (such as target lock), but
that ship cannot perform that action (because the enemy ship is out of range, for example),
that ship may choose a different action or Airen Cracken may choose a new friendly ship
at Range 1 to perform a free action.


BR

Edited by Messala

Thank !