"Each time you perform a Battle stations, an Evade, or a Target Lock Action, place 1 additional token of the appropriate type (Battle stations, Evade, or Target Lock) on this card. During the Activation Phase, you may spend 1 token from this card and perform the corresponding action as a free action."
Does the free action also put/replenish the same token type back on his card (thus making him able to work up to being like a mini skill 9 Picard)? Nothing I can see would indicate that it does not. Free Actions are Actions.
