Local Fire Control

The must in this card is absolute. A ship cannot choose to not replace one of its tokens with a salvo defense token.

There is no limitation on which token must be replaced; a player may choose to replace a pre-existing Salvo defense token with this upgrade card, in effect making no changes to the ship’s defense token complement.

If a ship deploys at a non-typical time, such as due to Admiral Raddus, Profundity, or Hyperspace Assault, this Upgrade Card’s effect will occur at the time that ship deploys.

Some upgrade cards modify defense tokens at the start of the first round (such as Endeavor, Captain Needa or Vanguard). This Upgrade Card’s effect takes place when a ship is deployed, which is typically before the start of the first round. Thus, extra defense tokens granted by such effects may not be replaced by this Upgrade Card’s effect.

A replaced defense token is not discarded. As such, effects which recover discarded defense tokens such as General Tagge or Walex Blissex cannot target the token replaced by this Upgrade Card. If, over the course of game play, the salvo granted by this Upgrade Card is discarded, effects which recover discarded defense tokens may recover the salvo granted by this Upgrade Card.

Effects which grant defense tokens on deployment, such as Krysta Agate or Concord, may be targeted by this Upgrade Card.

If a ship is equipped with both Corvus and this Upgrade Card, this Upgrade Card will resolve twice – once during deployment, and once after deployment when Corvus “re”-deploys.