Talk:Contraband Cybernetics/@comment-216.183.68.108-20171205025145/@comment-454133-20171205031643

You don't have to use this card while stressed to perform a red maneuver, though. The maximum use isn't required.

You might only end up with two stress tokens (e.g. use while unstressed to do a red maneuver and still get your action), which puts it about even with the way Glitterstim is often used. The card allows a lot of scenarios, and gets some ships through the crunch of the joust or an emergency scenario. Even in moments where you're going to end up with 3 stress, it can pull you out of a situation where you would have been ineffective.

And it's only one point. That slips it comfortably into a lot of lists (e.g. that can't afford Glitterstim), and would otherwise spend the point on Inertial Dampeners.