Malarus + Gideon (xi ) interaction

[SSantaniello]

With the new wording on malarus card, if I didn’t roll any blank, ( 2 eyeballs ), and I have a way to add (or roll) another blank die, i.e. Gideon husk on xi ability, I don’t have to take the strain to reroll that third die, cause malarus happens before modify, and Gideon during the modify dice step.  Is that correct? Is that what’s intended?

[Kris M]

No. While the errata'd text of Commander Malarus (Xi-class Light Shuttle) means that his pilot ability now happens before the Modify Dice step (step 2b), as rolling additional dice or fewer dice is not a dice modification, Gideon Hask's (Xi-class Light Shuttle) pilot ability happens in the Roll Attack Dice step (step 2a). 

As such, the additonal die, if blank would count towards Commander Malarus' pilot ability