Wave 9 - Chang's Bird of Prey - The Game's Afoot

[daharmasterjon]

"If you initiate an attack while cloaked against a ship that does not have your ship in its forward or rear firing arcs, during the Roll Attack Dice step of the combat phase you may discard this card to gain +1 Attack dice against that ship for that Attack. If you do this, after you complete your Attack, you may immediately perform a [sensor echo] action as a free action"

Are you prevented from using The Game's Afoot if you have performed a sensor echo action in the activation phase of the same turn because it would result in performing the same action twice (sensor echo), or is The Game's Afoot a legitimate way of performing the sensor echo action twice in the same turn?

[stawrulesteam]

"If you initiate an attack while cloaked against a ship that does not have your ship in its forward or rear firing arcs, during the Roll Attack Dice step of the combat phase you may discard this card to gain +1 Attack dice against that ship for that Attack. If you do this, after you complete your Attack, you may immediately perform a [sensor echo] action as a free action"

Are you prevented from using The Game's Afoot if you have performed a sensor echo action in the activation phase of the same turn because it would result in performing the same action twice (sensor echo), or is The Game's Afoot a legitimate way of performing the sensor echo action twice in the same turn?

No, you are not required to do a sensor echo to use this card. But, a ship may not do the same action twice in a round. If your ship has already performed a sensor echo you could not do another sensor echo as a Free Action.