Talk:Automated Protocols/@comment-97.121.38.20-20151208053708/@comment-95.118.130.69-20160119204046

In the rules reference coming with the Episode 7 Starter Box, the "golden rule" says that

FIRST: Any statements within the rules reference overwrite the rules given in the beginners guidebook (the one with the starter mission and simplified rules for beginners).

SECOND: Any mission- or card text overwrites rules that are stated within this rule reference book, meaning that if a cards or missions statement contradicts the rules within the reference book, the mission / card text has priority.

THIRD: If any card- or mission rule says that you cannot do something, that "can't" is definitive and cannot be changed by any other means.

Since the overal game rule that Huge ships cannot perform free actions is a rule as written in the game rules, it gets overwritten by the card text. Even though it makes use of the phrase you CANT perform an action, the third of the golden rules does not apply, becase the third rule explicitely asks for a card- or mission description to use the phrase you can't. Which means, unless a tournament setting or a mission specifically say that free actions are forbidden for huge ships IN ADDITION to the normal ruleset already stating that, the card does perfectly work as intended and overwrites the rules.

Hope I could make that clear. :-)

tl;dr: Card works as intended.