Does counterintelligence allow to take 4 orders from opponent order pool in first turn? Rules state: "The player who has the second Player Turn can make Strategic Use of Command Tokens in the Tactical Phase of the adversary's first Player Turn. By spending one single Command Token at the end of the adversary's Order Count, they can choose one of the following options: - Remove two Regular Orders from the adversary's Order Pool, for this Turn only. The player using the Command Token will decide from which Combat Group or Groups the Orders will be removed from." And counterintelligence states: "Alternatively, this Special Skill counteracts the limit on Command Token use imposed by the Strategic Use of a Command Token, increasing it to two." So, when my opponent goes second, can he really spend two command tokens and take away four orders from my pool in first round just by having model with counterintelligence? Or is he misinterpreting the rules somehow? Thanks in advance!
No he cannot. If you are going second counterintelligence does nothing. It only counters what the second player can do to the first player
No. Counterintelligence's first Effects bullet point refers to the second kind of Strategic Use of a Command Token you can do. https://infinitythewiki.com/Counterintelligence "Alternatively, this Special Skill counteracts the limit on Command Token use imposed by the Strategic Use of a Command Token, increasing it to two." https://infinitythewiki.com/Command_Tokens#Command_Tokens:_Strategic_Use "Prevent the adversary from using more than one single Command Token during that first Turn." - - - - - This means that the player going second against the Counterintelligence player can use a command token to... "Prevent the adversary from using more than two Command Token during that first Turn."
There is no mention in the rules that you can use any option twice. Just that you can use two command token. I play this that I could strip my opponent from 2 orders and use a second token to do any other of the aviable options.
That's not what Counterintelligence does. If you are going first and your opponent uses a command token to prevent you from using more than one single Command Token during that first Turn, Counterintelligence lets you use two instead. Counterintelligence has no effect if you're going second.
Is it really legal? I thought that "spending one single Command Token" means you can use only one CT here.
You are reading it correctly. Strategic Use of command tokens does not have any text that allows more than one command token to be used. Executive Use and Tactical Use, by comparison, does.
