Hero Player Phase

In Hero Player Phase, or Hero Activation Phase, the Hero Players get to activate their Heroes, one by one, in any order they choose. When a Hero is Activated, it takes its Turn, where it normally gets to make two Actions, which must be different; the same Action can't be chosen twice during one Activation.

Once during the Hero Player Phase, the Overmind Player may discard two Mutation cards to trigger an Interruption, meaning the Overmind Player gets to Activate one of it's Alien Units before the Hero Players proceed to Activate their next Hero.

The Actions available to Heroes are:

• MOVE. Move as many steps on the Mission Map as their Movement Value (or less, if they wish).
• SPRINT. Move as many steps on the Mission Map as half their Movement Value (or less, if they wish).
• ATTACK. Either make a Melee Attack against an Adjacent enemy, or a Shoot Attack against a non-Adjacent enemy in range of the Hero's Shoot Attack Value.
• OVERWATCH. Go into Overwatch mode, preparing to make a Shoot Attack if an enemy comes into attack range.
• INTERACT. Picking up an Item on the Mission Map, or interact with objects or abilities that explicitly say an Interact Action can be used.

Refer to the description of Actions for further details about which Actions are available for the Hero Players.

Action

On a Model's or Alien Unit's Turn, it may perform two Actions, which must be different (that is, not two of the same Action).

The available Actions are:

• MOVE. Move a number of Squares up to the Model/Unit's Movement Value. Diagonal movement is allowed in open terrain, but only if both of the two Squares that are bypassed by the movement are open. If there are walls or obstacles blocking either, the Model/Unit must move orthagonally.
• SPRINT. The Sprint Action is a variant of the Move Action, which uses half the Movement Value. It exists for situations when the MOVE action has already been used, but the Model/Unit has nothing better to do.
• MELEE ATTACK. Can normally only be performed against Adjacent targets. Roll as many Combat dice as indicated by the Model/Unit's Melee attribute, and resolve the damage.
• SHOOT ATTACK. Can normally only be performed against non-Adjacent targets, and only if there is Line of Sight between the attacker and the target. Units capable of Shoot Attacks usually have two different combat values depending on whether the attack range is short or long. If the unit is within short range, the short range Combat Value must be used, and otherwise, if the unit is within long range, the long range Combat Value must be used. Roll as many Combat dice as indicated by the applicable Combat Value, and resolve the damage.
• INTERACT. The Interact action provides a way for Heroes and Alien Units to interact with various things in the environment. It has no basic effect; it only does something if something in the environment provides an ability for using an Interact Action.
• OVERWATCH. This places the Model/Unit in Overwatch mode, at the ready to make a Shoot attack against any enemy unit that moves to a Square where it is possible to perform an attack. OVERWATCH can use either both the Model/Unit's Actions to enter full-powered Overwatch mode, or just the Model/Unit's second Action to enter a weaker Overwatch mode. Place an Overwatch token next to Model that is in Overwatch mode; the tokens are double sided, so use the red side with a plus in the centre for the full-powered Overwatch, and the blue side without a plus in the centre for the weaker Overwatch.
• PSYCHIC ATTACKS. Alien Units with "psychic" or "psy" in their ability names or descriptions are able to perform Psychic Attacks. Psychic Attacks don't require Line of Sight, and can't be defended against with the normal Defence/Shield Value, but otherwise work similarly to regular Melee or Shoot attacks.

The Alien Units have an extra action available:

• FLIP BLIP TOKEN. If the Alien Unit being moved is still a Blip Token, it can be flipped up and revealed as an action, and may then perform its Alien Behaviour Action.