Some stupid questions about the racial tech of Yin & building facilities

By kaitei, in Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition

Well,I know these're easy questions but I still want to clearly understand them:

1.The racial tech of Brotherhood of Yin makes them use their racial ability "each" GF combat.

Does it mean that if the tech was purchased, Yin may use his ability even if he is defender?

2.May I build two or more facilities at the same activation just like building space docks?Thanks!

(Of course there are two or more planets where I build. I know one planet, one facility)

P.S. Poor English. Sorry!

Here's what I gathered from my reading of the rules:

1) The Yin Brotherhood racial ability only applies to Invasion Combat in which you are the attacker. The racial technology 'Fanaticism' allows you to use this ability twice, but doesn't modify the conditions under which it can be used. Therefore, if you possess Fanaticism, and you are attacking in Invasion combat, you may roll two die instead of one, and steal one ground force per success(5+).

2) There's no extraneous limit to the number of facilities you can build in a system. Therefore, as with space docks, as long as you have activated the system in question, and are currently in the Produce Units step, you can build one facility on each planet. Remember that building there exhausts the planet.

tabooger said:

2) There's no extraneous limit to the number of facilities you can build in a system. Therefore, as with space docks, as long as you have activated the system in question, and are currently in the Produce Units step, you can build one facility on each planet. Remember that building there exhausts the planet.

Correct. Also keep in mind that you can only build in one of the two systems you activate by a Transfer Action, and that would go for facilities as well as everything else.

THANKS! Very useful.

Steve-O said:

Correct. Also keep in mind that you can only build in one of the two systems you activate by a Transfer Action, and that would go for facilities as well as everything else.

Actually, facilities can only be built using a Tactical Action:

pg. 10 of faq

Q: Can facilities be built during a Transfer Action?
A: No.

Not sure the reasoning behind the ruling. Maybe they just want to make it more expensive/time consuming to build them.

DavidG55311 said:

Actually, facilities can only be built using a Tactical Action:

pg. 10 of faq

Q: Can facilities be built during a Transfer Action?
A: No.

Duly noted.

And promptly house-ruled. =P