Talk:Cloaking Device/@comment-184.20.241.5-20171031003009/@comment-454133-20171031045835

Important to note, Barrel Roll, Boost, and Evade are Actions not Maneuvers. It's worth knowing the difference because these are very specific terms that various cards reference often, and you need to avoid mixing them up.

When a card doesn't specify an action (it just says "you may perform an action"), then it has to be an action you have on your ship (e.g. on your action bar or on a damage card or upgrade card; some cards like PTL limit the sources). If it specifies an action (e.g. Barrel Roll granted by BB-8), then that card is specifically granting that action and you get to perform it even if you don't have it on your bar or elsewhere. This is a case of Specific Rules Overriding General Rules.

It's worth noting that there's not a single ship in the game that can naturally cloak except the TIE Phantom, at least at the time of this writing, so Cloaking Device would have to work that way or it would be useless.