Talk:Hotshot Co-Pilot/@comment-27666888-20161111120535/@comment-454133-20161112084602

You can spend a focus token even if you rolled no focus results, or otherwise won't have any effect on the die (so long as something triggers that lets you spend a focus token). Think of Keyan Farlander's dependence on being able to spend a stress token even if he rolls all blanks -- he needs to shed the stress, and as long as he attacks, he can do so regardless of his roll.

So against a hotshot co-pilot, you must spend the token unless an effect makes it impossible to spend it (e.g. Carnor Jax). There's also a variety of "spend a focus token to..." effects like Calculation that they could choose to activate if equipped, so long as a focus token gets spent.