When do action effects resolve in SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?

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Action effects resolve immediately when you play the card as your main action, before your turn ends. [p.15 — Main Action] When you play a card for its effect as your main action, you pay the cost printed on the card and then resolve the effect immediately. [p.15 — Main Action] If the card's effect includes other actions (such as launching a probe, scanning nearby stars, or analyzing data), you perform those actions without paying their standard costs. [p.15 — Main Action] After resolving the effect, you place the card face up in a discard pile near the main deck, unless it is a mission card or end-of-game scoring card, which you keep in front of you. [p.15 — Main Action] Once you have taken your main action and any free actions, your turn ends. You then need to resolve any milestones or discovered species before it becomes the next player's turn. [p.7 — Round Structure] Watch out: If a card's effect includes multiple actions that discard cards from the card row for signals, you resolve all those effects before refilling the card row. [p.12 — Scan Nearby Stars]

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