I have a question about the squad building rules for this scenario.
SPECIAL RULES
SQUAD BUILDING
During the Gather Forces step, each ship may purchase one of its [Crew], [Elite Talent], [Tech], or [Weapon] Upgrades for a cost of exactly 3 SP and place it face down beneath its Ship Card. This Upgrade must be of the same faction as the ship it is assigned to and have an SP cost of 5 or less. NOTE: The ship’s Captain must be able to field an [Elite Talent] Upgrade in order to place an [Elite Talent] Upgrade beneath the card. Each of these Upgrades remain face down until a player decides to use them, and then they are turned face up for the rest of the game. If an invalid Upgrade is revealed, that ship is immediately destroyed
When selecting an upgrade to purchase for exactly 3 SP if there is a modifier to the cost of the upgrade does it apply before or after you purchase it for exactly 3 SP?
For example: Say I have a Fleet Captain that allows me to reduce the cost of all tech upgrades by 1 SP. I then choose a 5 point tech upgrade to purchase for 3 SP. Does this upgrade cost me 3 sp (5-1 =4 turns into 3) or 2 (5 becomes 3 -1 = 2) ?