Help needed - I play a lot of games these days and X-Wing rulings haven’t been my strong suit lately, responses appreciated!

1) Can a ship choose not to engage? (To avoid being Ioned from the relevant crit for example?)

2) If a ship dies to console fire, does it still get to shoot? [edit: just saw this clarified in the official thread]

41 minutes ago, FriendofYoda said:

1) Can a ship choose not to engage? (To avoid being Ioned from the relevant crit for example?)

No, each ship must engage.

7 hours ago, FriendofYoda said:

Help needed - I play a lot of games these days and X-Wing rulings haven’t been my strong suit lately, responses appreciated!

1) Can a ship choose not to engage? (To avoid being Ioned from the relevant crit for example?)

2) If a ship dies to console fire, does it still get to shoot? [edit: just saw this clarified in the official thread]

1. No. Engagement is not a choice. Attacking however, is a choice.

2. Yes. Because of this rule. on pg 10

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After all ships of a given initiative have engaged, all destroyed ships are removed. Then, continuing in descending order, this process continues with all ships of the same initiative engaging and then removing all destroyed ships.

Even "before you engage" is still during that ships initiative.

Engagement is a stage that all ships go through. Attacking during engagement is optional.