Han Solo

By D0Cdeath, in X-Wing Rules Questions

Hi everyone I’ve just bought the Falcon ( ? ) one think I can’t understand is the Han Solo crew card , who ability happens at int 7 , I’m confused would someone be kind enough just to explain how this card would work please.

I assume you mean Rebel Han, since he is the only one whose ability triggers at I7.

What Han crew does is allow a bonus attack at I7, outside of your normal attack initiative. The qualifier for this is that if you also want to make an attack at your normal initiative it cannot be from the same weapon/arc. With a "bowtie" your ship can attack out one side at I7 and the other at the normal initiative. You could also launch missiles/torpedoes out the front arc at normal initiative if wanted.

Couple of important notes:

Roark moves the normal attack timing to I7, so you can shoot with your "normal" attack first, then your Han attack.

Han counts as a bonus attack, which means that you cannot stack his ability with Cluster Missiles to "triple tap."

Hopefully that clears everything up.

If he is on a ship with a single turret arc (primary like a K-Wing, or an upgrade like Ion Turret), he can fire from that turret arc at Initiative 7. He then cannot attack from that arc again that round.

If he is on a ship like the Falcon that has the double turret arc (or 'bow tie arc' as fans call it) he can fire from ONE SIDE of that turret at Initiative 7. He then can still attack normally at whatever Initiative the ship has, but not from the same side as that Initiative 7 shot.

Example, if he is on a Falcon, and the arcs are pointing front and back, he can shoot from the front at Initiative 7, and then from the back arc at his normal Initiative if he has someone in that arc.


Whatever ship he's on and whatever weapon he uses, it counts as the one Bonus Attack you are allowed each round. So you get a maximum of two attacks per round if you use him, no matter what other cards and abilities you have.

WOW !! That’s a good crew card , thank you ?

If you like the idea, there's a follow-up combo you may want to keep in mind. If targeted by Roark's (HWK) ability, the ship equipped with Solo can decide to first fire their normal shot at I7, then the bonus one provided by Han. As Han's restrictions for the arc used only extends from his bonus shot forward in time, both of these explained above can go in the same direction. Having that a single ship is only allowed to perform one regular and one bonus attack a round, this exhaust the firepower available to the absolute limit.

Thanks very much

And here's the card, for specific reference!

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