The little bit of paper that comes in his box says 'when playing a non operative specific command card, a player cannot nominate an operative'

Is 'nominate' a defined term? I take it this means if i play say 'ambush', i cant assign the order to boba.

It means that the orders are not given by Boba. If your command hand is comprised of Generic Command cards, unique ones specific to the Commander, and unique ones specific to the Operative–– only the Commander can issue Generic command cards.

The operative can be issued Orders as normal (meeting unit type/ range to issuing commander).

Same deal when Luke & Leia issue orders to each other.

The big thing to realize, is that Operative Orders are only used by operatives (and so far only issue orders to themselves).

"nominate" is referring to the one issuing the order, not receiving the order.

In the same vein, say you have two commanders and play Assault (3pips), you nominate 1 commander to issue the orders, and then check distances from that commander, not either commander.

Essentially, if you are running Veers and Boba and play Ambush, Veers has to be the commander issuing the order. This means if Boba is outside range 3 from Veers, he’s not getting the order.

Just to provide the relevant text, page 34 of the RRG, Issuing Orders: "when it is a player’s turn to resolve their revealed command card, they nominate one of their commanders on the battlefield."

Right. Thanks everyone.