Ved Foslo and Precision Ion Engines

[CHyatt]

Referencing how Countess Ryad's ability interacts with Interloper Turn, can Ved Foslo have a 4 Koiogran Turn dialed in, use his ability to change the maneuver he will perform to a 3 Koiogran and then use Precision Ion Engines to further alter the 3 Koiogran to a 3 Segnor's Loop?

[Dee Y]

No.  Unfortunately, the timing for Precision Ion Engines is "before you execute..." while Ved Foslo (TIE Advanced x1) is "while you execute...".  Precision Ion Engines does not have an opportunity to trigger before Ved Foslo can alter the maneuver.

[CHyatt]

Interesting. Ved's and Ryad's abilities have the same timing, Interloper Turn and Precision Ion Engines have the same timing wording and Ryad+Interloper Turn was directly called out by Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt as working due to her ability having bee written using "Legacy language". Does that also not work despite the developer's stated intention?

Article: Designing the Dark Lord of the Sith - Fantasy Flight Games

Quote from under image in the "TIE Defender Elite" portion of the article: "Countess Ryad's pilot ability uses the legacy language "while you would execute a...maneuver", but the opportunity for her effect to resolve is before she executes that maneuver, so her ability works in combination with Interloper Turn."

Edited June 21, 2021 by Kris M
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[Dee Y]

Atomic Mass Games is adhering to the text as it is written.  My original response is the official ruling, and also applies to the Countess Ryad (TIE Defender) with Interloper Turn interaction.

Thank you for your thorough question, and "showing your work".