On 12/6/2019 at 2:23 PM, GreenDragoon said:

The obvious answer is that Jonus refers to the secondary weapon upgrade type, while Barrage Rockets require two upgrade slots. And the game uses the same symbol for both, but the context tells us which is meant.

But I'm not sure if there is a hard rule on that...

Now there is:

Q: Can a T-70 X-wing or M-3A Interceptor equip an upgrade that requires multiple slots with its Weapon Hardpoint ship ability (such as Barrage Rockets [󲁐󲁐])?
A: No. The Weapon Hardpoint ship ability grants a ship a special upgrade slot that can be used only for one upgrade that exactly matches one of the specified icons (󲁍, 󲁏, and 󲁐, in this case)

and

Q: Do abilities that reference upgrades of a specific type (such as Captain Jonus' pilot ability) affect upgrades with multiple types including that type?
A: Yes. For example, Captain Jonus' pilot ability can be used with a friendly ship's Barrage Rockets [󲁐󲁐], and Paige Tico [󲈦]'s ability can be used with Electro-Proton Bomb [󲁖󲁙]. Each of these upgrades has the qualifying type (󲁐 for Barrage Rockets and 󲁖 for Electro-Proton Bomb) in addition to its other type.Note that the Weapon Hardpoint ability does not behave this way, as it grants a special upgrade slot.

4 minutes ago, GreenDragoon said:

Now there is:

Q: Can a T-70 X-wing or M-3A Interceptor equip an upgrade that requires multiple slots with its Weapon Hardpoint ship ability (such as Barrage Rockets [󲁐󲁐])?
A: No. The Weapon Hardpoint ship ability grants a ship a special upgrade slot that can be used only for one upgrade that exactly matches one of the specified icons (󲁍, 󲁏, and 󲁐, in this case)

and

Q: Do abilities that reference upgrades of a specific type (such as Captain Jonus' pilot ability) affect upgrades with multiple types including that type?
A: Yes. For example, Captain Jonus' pilot ability can be used with a friendly ship's Barrage Rockets [󲁐󲁐], and Paige Tico [󲈦]'s ability can be used with Electro-Proton Bomb [󲁖󲁙]. Each of these upgrades has the qualifying type (󲁐 for Barrage Rockets and 󲁖 for Electro-Proton Bomb) in addition to its other type.Note that the Weapon Hardpoint ability does not behave this way, as it grants a special upgrade slot.

Thanks for finding this thread, I couldn't remember what the dang thing was called. Glad it's all cleared now.

Does anyone know how often the extreme rules lawyer answer was actually correct? I'm genuinely curious.

Of course I suspect that it's not often. If that were to be right then it might serve as precedence by itself.

I'm glad this is wrapped up.