Covert Ops and Army Building

[dpm105]

I noticed that the wording for the Covert Ops keyword has been updated in the 2.6 rulebook. It currently states "During Setup, a unit with Covert Ops may change it's rank to operative for all rules purposes for the rest of the game". Since Building an Army is listed as step 1 of setup, and as a specific step of setup is no longer mentioned for when Covert Ops takes place, does this mean that a unit with Covert Ops may now be treated as an operative for purposes of Army building?

For example would the following Operative / Commander combination be considered valid?

Commanders:

• Luke Skywalker (Commander / Hero of the Rebellion version)
• Leia Organa

Operatives

• Cassian Andor (using Covert Ops)
• K-2S0

[Seth]

Hi there,

"During setup..." used in a keyword refers to the Resolve Setup Effects step. A unit may not "use" Covert Ops prior to this step, and is a Commander unit for the purposes of a building an army.

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25 minutes ago, dpm105 said:

For example would the following Operative / Commander combination be considered valid?

Commanders:

• Luke Skywalker (Commander / Hero of the Rebellion version)
• Leia Organa

Operatives

• Cassian Andor (using Covert Ops)
• K-2S0

It is not valid. Cassian Andor is a Commander unit until he applies Covert Ops during the Resolve Setup Effects step.

Hope this helps,
Seth