Sabine attack shuttle 3 actions

By Isophane, in X-Wing Rules Questions

Can sabine in the attack shuttle perform 3 actions per round by herself?

-dial in blue maneuver

-before she activates perform barrel roll, link into red evade

-perform blue maneuver to clear stress, then focus / other action of choice.

Sabine pilot ability:

Pilot Ability
Before you activate, you may perform a barrel roll or boost action

linked action rules per rules reference posted today:

A linked action can be performed after performing the action it is attached to even if that action was granted by a card effect or other game effect.

My inclination is yes. The game effect is specifically "perform a [barrel roll symbol] action" rather than barrel roll written as words. The action section on page 3 makes a distinction between "perform [symbol] action and cases where there is no symbol, just something like "acquire a lock".

In First Edition , with Push The Limit, this is absolutely doable. You can perform her free reposition, then PTL into another action, reveal a blue to clear stress, and perform a third action. This makes her an incredibly slippery ship (albeit at a relatively low pilot skill).

In Second Edition , the same trick works, a little differently, as @sharrrp points out below. As long as you choose the barrel roll action (instead of the boost), you can use your linked action to chain a red evade for stress, then perform a blue maneuver to clear that stress, leaving you open to perform your usual action (focus or target lock?) after you execute your move.

(Edited to correct my mistake!)

Edited by emeraldbeacon
1 hour ago, emeraldbeacon said:

In Second Edition , I'm not all that sure. She can perform a free boost or barrel roll, sure... but do we know if that barrel roll can be linked off of? I thought you had to perform linked actions directly off of your action bar. In that way, I see this as a separate action she can perform (Boost or Barrel Roll, without link), after which she moves (with any maneuver color), then gets to perform an action from her bar... which could, of course, include the linked roll-and-evade, but would leave you with stress for the next round.

That argument is logical, EXCEPT he quoted the new RR that was posted today:

"A linked   action can be performed after performing the  action it is attached to even if that action was granted by a card effect or other game effect."

Which seems to make it pretty clear that Sabine can definitely link off her bonus barrel roll.

39 minutes ago, sharrrp said:

That argument is logical, EXCEPT he quoted the new RR that was posted today:

"A linked   action can be performed after performing the  action it is attached to even if that action was granted by a card effect or other game effect."

Which seems to make it pretty clear that Sabine can definitely link off her bonus barrel roll.

I stand corrected! :)