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If an ability lets you search the deck for an encounter, can you take a Merchant Ship's front side instead of fighting it?
The designer answered this directly.
- JohnDClair · Designer · 2023-11-20
No. A Merchant Ship battle counts as an encounter, so you must fight the ship. Buying the front side is an advancement purchase, which happens only at your ship's location.