If an SSD resolves an engineering command, which gives you a token w/ the dial w/o spending it, but if you spend that token along with the dial can Piett make that a grand total of 8 eng. points for a single command?

No, as per RRG, you only ever resolve a command as either 1. A Dial or 2. A token, or 3. A dial+token.

Piett only works when you spend just a token, and you turn it into a dial with Piett.

Note that per the rules for SSD the Piett dial does not also grant a token, as it is only gained when the SSD reveals its ship command dial.

15 hours ago, Karneck said:

Note that per the rules for SSD the Piett dial does not also grant a token, as it is only gained when the SSD reveals its ship command dial.

What is a Piett dial? Thrawn?

It's the 'counts as a dial' that you resolve when you spend a command token and exhaust Admiral Piett.

51 minutes ago, Cactus said:

It's the 'counts as a dial' that you resolve when you spend a command token and exhaust Admiral Piett.

Ok... I see. It's never a dial... but why would you Piett a token into a 'dial' and then make it a token again?

Makes no sense.

You can't do that, and you're right that it would be silly.

Karneck's point was that the Piett 'dial' isn't revealed so it doen't trigger the huge ship rule that gives a token in addition.

9 hours ago, Green Knight said:

Ok... I see. It's never a dial... but why would you Piett a token into a 'dial' and then make it a token again?

Makes no sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_boxing