Rule clarification Side Mission Unfinished Business / Heart of the Empire

By ShivNio, in Imperial Assault Campaign

Hi,

we're hoping for some clarification with regards to the mission rules in "Unfinished Business" - specifically with regards to Mission tokens:

From the mission briefing:

- Neutral mission tokens are explosives. A figure can carry up to 2 explosives

- A hero can spend 2 movement points to retrieve an explosive without spending an action....

- A hero may spend 2 movement points and discard an explosive he is carrying to choose a space up to 2 spaces away and roll a red die.....

Our confusion about these rules come from the different mentions of "figure" and "hero".

Argument 1: Does the fact that a "figure" (as opposed to e.g. specifically a Rebel figure, or a hero), can carry explosives mean, that other figures besides heroes can use an action to interact and pick up and throw these explosives. Would it be implied from the rules, that figures generally (including imperial figures) can interact with these tokens, picking up and discarding them, but with only the heroes being able to spend movement points to do this without spending an action . Should this be generally understood as the game mechanics, that if a figure can carry something, they must also be able to pick up and discard that object?

Argument 2: Going by the mission rules, only heroes can pick up and discard the mission tokens, the statement "a figure can carry up to 2 explosives" must be referring to heroes.

In short - in this mission which figures are allowed to pick up and throw explosives? All of them (including imperials) or just heroes?

Thanks in advance for any advice, apologies for large spoiler text.

The RRG does say that figure can retrieve a token with an interact action.

I’m not familiar with the mission, so I’ll put it this way: if it seems game-breaking (or needless/ridiculous) to have the Imperial figures pick them up, then it’s likely an accidental omission. Otherwise, game on.

Edited by Uninvited Guest

It's probably something missed in the tech edit. There are no rules for other figures than heroes to retrieve the tokens, so only heroes can do it.

By omission, only heroes can pick up explosives.

all figures can carry them, but no rules have been given as to how non-heroes can pick them up.

the imperials and scum assigned to this mission haven’t been given the OH&S training for carrying explosives yet.