<p>Free actions are actions that are specified on <strong>the ship's action bar</strong>, <strong>other cards</strong> or <strong>special mission rules</strong>. You can normally only perform actions during the Perform Action step of the Activation phase.</p>
<p><strong>Advanced Sensors</strong> allows you to perform any one of these free actions outside of the regular step at the cost of skipping that step.</p>
<p>From the X-Wing Rules <a href="https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/40/b4/40b44d5f-7a06-406c-ae6e-183c5297e796/swx36_rulesreference.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reference</a> (pg 12)</p>
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<p>A free action is an action granted to a ship through a card ability or other effect. It does not count as the one standard action that a ship performs during the “Perform Action” step.</p>
<p>• A stressed ship cannot perform free actions.</p>
<p>• A ship can perform free actions even if it skipped its “Perform Action” step due to overlapping an asteroid obstacle or another game effect.</p>
<p>• If a ship is specifically granted a free barrel roll action or a free boost action and cannot complete the action in the desired direction, it may choose a different direction. It cannot choose to perform a different action.</p>
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Thanks for pointing out the page, I guess I didn't read it closely enough the first time...
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<p>I just got my first model for X-Wing Minis (an E-Wing) and received a card in the box called "Advanced Sensors". It's a 3-point card granting "<strong>...1 free action...</strong>" "<strong>Immediately before you reveal your maneuver,...</strong>". My question is <strong>What can I do as a Free Action using this card?</strong> All I can find in the rule book is that it is "something specified in a card or a game type" and nothing else.</p>

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Have you got a core set of some sort? You need one of those to play the game. The extra ships are just expansions.
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What actions can be taken as a free action?
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# What actions can be taken as a free action?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-12)

I just got my first model for X-Wing Minis (an E-Wing) and received a card in the box called "Advanced Sensors". It's a 3-point card granting "**...1 free action...**" "**Immediately before you reveal your maneuver,...**". My question is **What can I do as a Free Action using this card?** All I can find in the rule book is that it is "something specified in a card or a game type" and nothing else.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you got a core set of some sort? You need one of those to play the game. The extra ships are just expansions.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-12. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Free actions are actions that are specified on **the ship's action bar**, **other cards** or **special mission rules**. You can normally only perform actions during the Perform Action step of the Activation phase.

**Advanced Sensors** allows you to perform any one of these free actions outside of the regular step at the cost of skipping that step.

From the X-Wing Rules [reference](https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/40/b4/40b44d5f-7a06-406c-ae6e-183c5297e796/swx36_rulesreference.pdf) (pg 12)

> A free action is an action granted to a ship through a card ability or other effect. It does not count as the one standard action that a ship performs during the “Perform Action” step.
>
> • A stressed ship cannot perform free actions.
>
> • A ship can perform free actions even if it skipped its “Perform Action” step due to overlapping an asteroid obstacle or another game effect.
>
> • If a ship is specifically granted a free barrel roll action or a free boost action and cannot complete the action in the desired direction, it may choose a different direction. It cannot choose to perform a different action.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for pointing out the page, I guess I didn't read it closely enough the first time...  

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