Talk:IG-88C/@comment-82.36.56.129-20170705114743/@comment-454133-20170705154641

When an effect explicitly directs you to take a certain action (roll/evade/boost/etc), you take that action even if it's not on your action bar. For example, a TIE Defender does not have the evade action, but it gets to take an evade action with TIE/x7.

Sometimes a card includes a penalty if you don't have a specific action on your bar, e.g. Expert Handling lets you barrel roll but stresses you if it's not on your bar. These are exceptions though, not the rule. Specific exceptions don't define the general rule... For example, Emperor Palpatine says the modified die cannot be modified again, but that's not a general rule; dice can usually be modified any number of times, and Palpatine only affects dice he modifies. (man, this came up a lot when I first started playing)

When an effect simply says "take a free action", and doesn't specify the action, then you can take any action you could normally take. This means any action on your action bar or on an upgrade card, which you haven't done already this round, and which isn't otherwise blocked. Some effects, like Experimental Interface and Push The Limit, restrict where the action can be (upgrade cards or action bar only).

I hope that clears things up!