When a fleet with Leia as it's commander, has a ship with an engineering token and then reveals an engineering dial... the accepted practice is that Leia's ability and the existing token do not combine... (for 8 engineering points on an MC80) but I must ask... why?
Rules for Tokens and Dials :
Combining a token with a dial, Rules Reference pg 4, fourth bullet in the left column:
A ship can spend both a command dial and a command
token to combine their effects. Doing so counts as a
single resolution of the command.
Commands, FAQ pg 5. first question in the right column:
Q: When a ship spends a command dial and token of the same
type, does that count as one resolution of that command?
A: Yes.
This states that it is a single resolution of a command (Leia's restriction) and has no limit on spending multiple of the same token.... mainly because you aren't allowed to have multiple of the same token on your ship prior to revealing your dial, so when these rules were written it wasn't even possible.
Rules on multiple commands:
No commands more than once, Rules Reference pg pg, fifth bullet in the left column:
A ship cannot resolve the same command more than
once per round.
Commands, FAQ pg 5. fifth question in the right column:
Q: If a ship has a [Concentrate Fire] dial and a [Concentrate Fire] token, can it spend those
tokens against different targets during the same round?
A: No. A ship cannot resolve each command more than once
each round.
This first rule seems a little odd, since you can't EVER have 2 dials revealed at the same time, so the only way this would come into effect is with tokens... and that has already been determined to be considered a single command. The FAQ clarifies with a situation in which this could actually happen... now that is a pretty clear distinction. The two commands would be happening at different times, thus happening twice and not combining the effect, so this means the 'Cannot resolve the same command more than once per round' doesn't really apply here.
Why is the norm to say that combining and existing dial with leia's proc considered resolving multiple commands at the same time? That is contradictory to the 'combining tokens with dials' ruling and as long as the command is being resolved in the same timing window, against the same target (in regards to concentrate fire), I don't see how you can't combine the token with her effect and essentially get 2 rerolls, or 2 squadrons, or a full other engineering value, or change speed by an additional 2...
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