I ionised Guri the other day , and was like you don't have Focus on your action bar so no action for you. However my opponent argued that the wording " During the Perform Action step, the ship can perform only the [Focus} action. " actually allowed his ship to do an action it wouldn't normally have. I know there is a few examples of upgrades allowing ships actions that aren't on their action bars, Afterburners for example, so couldn't point to a definitive rule to dissuade him.

Though an Ionised droid pilot thematically should be more distracted than a organic pilot!

So what should it be, no action, focus, or calculate?

When ionized, a ship is only permitted to perform a focus action during its perform action step. A droid ship like Guri, Ap-5, Leebo, or Brobots (who don't have focus actions) cannot perform the focus action... therefore, they can't perform ANY action when Ionized. It's a fluffy penalty that makes sense: ionization would make a droid pilot have more problems than a biological one.

It's always good to note, however, that once they are OUTSIDE of a perform action step, the ship can perform any other actions they may be entitled to. If you, for example, coordinate the ionized ship, they can perform that action freely (either before or after the ion move).

No action.

No action.

Cards that instruct you to take a focus action (like Scum Han Gunner) work on droids, but this isn't an instruction. Nor does it add the focus action.

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When a ship is instructed to perform an action, the ship can perform a standard action , which includes actions listed in that ship’s action bar, as well as abilities that have the “ action: ” header on that ship’s condition, damage, ship, or upgrade cards.

Rules reference p. 3

Does the Ionized rules add the focus action to the ship's action bar or have th " action " header? No

Completely off-topic, but it seems like the Perceptive Co-Pilot crew card should add the Focus action to your action bar, JUST for added utility on droid pilots...

6 minutes ago, emeraldbeacon said:

Completely off-topic, but it seems like the Perceptive Co-Pilot crew card should add the Focus action to your action bar, JUST for added utility on droid pilots...

Yeah, but it doesn't, so