Counter Attack

Talent - Romulan

From: Starter Set (IRW Khazara)

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Q) Can the effect of Counter Attack trigger multiple times during the same round?

A) No. However, a player may choose to not trigger the effect if he wishes (e.g. to use the effect against a ship firing later in the round).

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Counter Attack can trigger off abilities like William T. Riker that deal damage even though they are not considered an Attack. You may also trigger off of damage transferred to your ship by an effect like that of the Kraxon.

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If you use a weapon that can make multiple attacks when resolving Counter Attack like Ferengi Missile Launchers, all of those attacks must be targeted at the attacking ship. This does not apply to weapons that must have separate targets (like Forward Weapons Grid), but the attacking ship must still be one of the targets.

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The Simultaneous Fire rule does not apply to special attacks like Counter Attack. Even if your ship is destroyed by a captain of equal skill, you do not get resolve Counter Attack against that ship.

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You cannot use Counter Attack's effect against an attack that destroys your ship, even if that destruction is undone later by an effect like Cheat Death.

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You cannot use Counter Attack if your ship's primary weapon is a 360 firing arc (such as the main body of DS9 or a Borg Sphere) because it is not considered a forward fire arc.

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Q) Can you use counter attack to fire a secondary weapon such as plasma torpedoes?

A) Yes. The card does not limit it to primary only, but if the secondary weapon requires a pre-requisite like target lock you would still need to have the pre-req to perform the secondary attack.

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