Talk:Colonel Vessery/@comment-50.45.194.221-20160220111148/@comment-25498301-20160406060405

Directly from the Rules reference, and also the Actions page:

"If an ability instructs a ship to "acquire a target lock", this is different than performing an acquire a target lock action. The ship acquires the target lock without performing an action, and it may do so even if it has already performed the acquire a target lock action during this round."