Doctrina Imperatives At the end of the Select Operatives step, select one **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE** to be a Primary Mode for your kill team until the end of the battle (note that selecting a Primary Mode doesn’t automatically give you the effects of that **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE** for the battle; you must still select it as a **STRATEGIC GAMBIT**, as below).
**STRATEGIC GAMBIT**. Select a **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE** for friendly **HUNTER CLADE** operatives to have until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase. Each **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE** has both an Optimisation and a Deprecation rule. Both are in effect while your kill team has that **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE**. Once per battle, when you select the **DOCTRINA IMPERATIVE** that’s your kill team’s Primary Mode, you can ignore its Deprecation rule.