Talk:Veteran Instincts/@comment-68.102.185.211-20140813195916/@comment-25225398-20140814133406

Treat the pilot's skill value as +2 in relation to all other actions and abilities, like Decoy, until the ship is destroyed or you receive a critical hit that causes you to lose Veteran Instincts.

Veteran Instincts and Swarm Tactics don't really interact. If you have Veteran Instincts, you cannot also have Swarm Tactics on the same ship, because they arae both Elite Talents. And if ship [X] has Swarm Tactics and you use that ability toward ship [Y] with Veteran Instincts, then Veteran Instincts wouldn't affect ship [Y]'s pilot skill during the Combat Phase anyway.