Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-38197834-20190213063122/@comment-454133-20190313181907

More specifically, it has nothing to do with "start" or "during". Even if Swarm Tactics triggered at the same time as Han, it would change nothing: Han still doesn't change the ship's initiative by granting an attack. You're getting a bonus attack at init 7, not changing your init to 7.

If Han really did change your initiative to 7, one consequence would be that you would not get to engage at your normal initiative to make another shot (e.g. from your other turret arc, or with a missile). In reality, the free attack from Han doesn't stop you from doing your normal Engagement at your initiative, which means you could fire a missile or attack from a different arc. It also means that if you've picked up a Console Fire, that happens at your initiative, not at init 7. Console Fire doesn't trigger from Han Gunner's attack -- that's just a bonus attack, and you are not even engaging at that moment.

Roark is another case that illustrates this: FFG is careful to not let Roark change your ship's initiative. Instead, he says your ship engages as though it were init 7, without actually being init 7. This means Swarm Tactics won't propogate initiative 7; it'll propogate whatever your initiative actually is -- 4 or whatever.

I hope that helps explain it out a bit.