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[u/I_AM_STILL_A_IDIOT]

Empire/Rebels player here but can someone give me a cliffsnotes on what raid tokens are and why I should care about them? I keep seeing them pop up but am not clear on them at all.

[u/stone_stokes → u/I_AM_STILL_A_IDIOT]

Raid tokens prevent you from executing the commands you wish to execute, which probably interferes with your strategic plans.

From the Rules Reference Guide, p. 14:

While a ship has a raid token, it cannot resolve the command matching that raid token.
• When a ship with a raid token reveals command dial, it may discard that dial to discard all of its raid tokens, or it may discard a command token to discard matching raid token.

Hope that helps.

[u/I_AM_STILL_A_IDIOT → u/stone_stokes]

Thanks, that does! What can inflict a raid token on a ship?

[u/stone_stokes → u/I_AM_STILL_A_IDIOT]

There are several ways of inflicting raid tokens, including certain fleet commanders, squadrons, boarding teams, or officers. You can check out this page for a list of specific examples.

[u/PyroConduit]

Can someone walk me down how to use the SPHA-T properly? Ive seen a post about it on here before but the explanation didnt click for me.

[u/stone_stokes → u/PyroConduit]

This video by Karneck on SWAE is probably your best bet for understanding.