Wave 10 - HIDEKI SQUADRON - Flanking Attack and Escort

[japherwaki]

ACTION: Disable this card to target a friendly ship within Range 1 of your ship. Each time the target ship defends this round, it adds a number of defense dice to its roll equal to the number of Attack Squadron Tokens on your Ship Card. You cannot attack this round.

When a friendly ship within Range 1 of your ship is attacking an enemy ship that is also in your forward firing arc, if you haven't already attacked this round, you may discard this card to add a number of attack dice to that ships attack roll equal to the number of Attack Squadron Tokens on your Ship Card. You cannot attack during the round you use this ability. No ship may be equipped with more than one "Flanking Attack" Upgrade.

Would a squadron be able to use the action from Escort the same turn that it uses Flanking Attack, or is participating in a Flanking Attack considered an attack? I assume that it would be considered an attack, much like participating in a Barrage of Fire is, but I wanted to get confirmation on this.

[stawrulesteam]

ACTION: Disable this card to target a friendly ship within Range 1 of your ship. Each time the target ship defends this round, it adds a number of defense dice to its roll equal to the number of Attack Squadron Tokens on your Ship Card. You cannot attack this round.

When a friendly ship within Range 1 of your ship is attacking an enemy ship that is also in your forward firing arc, if you haven't already attacked this round, you may discard this card to add a number of attack dice to that ships attack roll equal to the number of Attack Squadron Tokens on your Ship Card. You cannot attack during the round you use this ability. No ship may be equipped with more than one "Flanking Attack" Upgrade.

Would a squadron be able to use the action from Escort the same turn that it uses Flanking Attack, or is participating in a Flanking Attack considered an attack? I assume that it would be considered an attack, much like participating in a Barrage of Fire is, but I wanted to get confirmation on this.

Participating in a Flanking Attack would be considered an attack, the same as ships assisting in a Barrage of Fire. If you took the action on Escort you could not use Flanking Attack in the same round.