Question Beyond the Void Mandate

[Tydeus Shorn]

I had a question on Mandate #17 - Beyond the Void.

As written, my understanding would be that when declaring an invasion the faction with that mandate could declare an effect such as “The Force is suppressed” or “X technology does not work.”

However, can that effect be changed from invasion to invasion. For instance, could it be used to suppress the Force in one invasion, but then two months later be used in a different way in a different invasion. Such as “all Ysalamiri based technology does not function during the invasion”?

Thank you!

P.S. - follow on question: does the artifact have to be submitted to the codex or factory?

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

The rules as written are: "This Major Faction owns an artifact that can be activated in one of two ways during an Invasion or Annihilation."

It is my understanding that this means it can be changed in each invasion to one or other of the effects. You may not have both active, but you choose one at the start of an invasion and that affects that invasion.

Whilst the factory and codex is usually voluntary, if you are choosing this mandate I would say yes it does need to be subbed and approved in the same way a superweapon does for an annihilation. This gives your opposition understanding on how it works.

 

[Tydeus Shorn]

Awesome, thank you very much!

 

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