Timing of Attack Granted by Tactical Network Used from Combat Tree

[RulesLawyerLV]

Kalani, Super Tactical Droid has the active ability Tactical Network, which allows the unit to choose another allied Battle Droid within Range 4 and grant them a dash, then the ally may either to gain a hunker token, remove a condition from itself, or make a 5-dice attack.  Kalani's Stance, Cold Logic, has an Active Ability personal effect icon on its Combat Tree. 

Page 32 of the CRB says that such Active effects in a Combat Tree "are resolved after all Directed effects have been resolved and the Damage pool has been applied to the defending character."  Appendix A of the CRB includes a more detailed look at the steps of making an attack.  Step 10 (which immediately follows from applying the Damage Pool) says to "Resolve all effects that happen after the attack is resolved" and the following order:

• A. Attacker resolves any remaining effects from their Attack Expertise Chart.
• B. Defender resolves any remaining effects from their Defense Expertise Chart.
• C. Attacker resolves all of their abilities and special rules in the order of their choice.
• D. Defender resolves all of their abilities and special rules in the order of their choice.
• E. Resolve all non-player abilities and special rules in the order chosen by the attacking player.

If Kalani makes an attack that results in enough successes to choose the Active Ability effect on the combat tree, am I correct in saying that Kalani would use Tactical Network as part of Step 10(C)?

If so, and Kalani grants an eligible unit a dash and 5-dice attack, do the dash 5-dice attack become "nested" such that we wait until after completing resolving the dash and 5-dice attack before going back to resolve Steps 10(D) and (E) from the original attack, or do the dash and 5-dice attack attack "wait" until after Steps 10(D) and (E)?

[Thoras]

On 6/5/2023 at 6:23 PM, RulesLawyerLV said:

If Kalani makes an attack that results in enough successes to choose the Active Ability effect on the combat tree, am I correct in saying that Kalani would use Tactical Network as part of Step 10(C)?

This is correct

On 6/5/2023 at 6:23 PM, RulesLawyerLV said:

If so, and Kalani grants an eligible unit a dash and 5-dice attack, do the dash 5-dice attack become "nested" such that we wait until after completing resolving the dash and 5-dice attack before going back to resolve Steps 10(D) and (E) from the original attack

Yes, this is correct.