A ruling is an official clarification on the way an ambiguous rule or card text should be interpreted.
Using a conditional action after it has failed
Ruling issued on November 19th 2024
Situation:
I have the Neutral ship Mobile Base in play, which can use an action up to once per turn. I activate its action, but an opponent uses the Terran reaction Power Surge to cause it to fail. Since the action did not actually happen, can I use it again?
Ruling:
No. Even though the action failed, the Mobile Base's action has already been used for the turn, so it cannot be used again this turn.
This ruling applies to the following cards.
• Automated Scrapyard
• Carrier
• Mobile Base
• Phantom Interceptor
• Ring Station
• Trader
• Trading Station