The FAQ says that you may activate the identical viper twice (Option #2).

Q: Can a participant use the “Command” location to launch a viper after which transfer or assault with the identical viper?

A: Yes. There is not any restrict to the variety of occasions an unmanned viper could also be activated per flip.

To make any sense of the foundations, they are saying:

When a participant prompts a viper, he should select one of many
following choices:

• Launch a Viper: …

• Move a Viper: …

• Attack with a Viper: …

Essentially, the way in which that the sport works is that every unmanned viper activation occurs with no reminiscence of which viper was beforehand activated. So you possibly can selected the identical viper because the “second viper” to activate with command.

It could be higher worded as “Perform as much as two unmanned viper activations”.

This additionally implies that Lee Adama’s as soon as per recreation means of activating 6 unmanned vipers may activate one unmanned viper 6 occasions, or unfold out the activations amongst a set of vipers.

Piloted vipers are nonetheless value it underneath this studying for numerous causes:

• You can use your motion to maneuver the viper
• You get further advantages from the Evasive Maneuvers piloting card
• You can use the Maximum Firepower piloting card
• Character skills (equivalent to Lee Adama and Kara Thrace) give advantages to piloting vipers
• Other piloting playing cards from the expansions give extra advantages to piloted vipers

Caveat

What’s unusual is the Kara Thrace ally card, which says:

Skilled Pilot – Choose 1 unmanned viper to activate 4 occasions

Compare this to the Aaron Kelly ally card, which says:

Landing Signal Officer – Activate as much as 4 unmanned vipers

The above interpretation makes Aaron Kelly’s means strictly higher than Kara Thrace’s as he can activate the identical viper 4 occasions or unfold out the activations.

However, there are different ally playing cards with strictly higher skills. For instance, the Galen Tyrol ally has “Senior Chief Petty Officer – Repair as much as 2 places on Galactica or as much as 4 unmanned vipers”, which is strictly higher than the Diana Seelix ally means “Avionics Specialist – Move 3 vipers from the ‘Damaged Vipers’ field to the ‘Reserves'”.