We have added a line under “Place and Tactics” to the rules:
Activating Command Bursts before the match starts is allowed
Command Bursts are a new module for this year’s tournament, replacing the previous Gang Links which were freely able to be activated prior to the match starting. While the new Command Bursts do not fit the definition of either a targeted or aggressive module (which are specifically disallowed to be activated before the match starts under the rules), they do give a weapons timer. As such to clarify that you are able to activate them before the match starts, we are specifically mentioning that they are allowed.
After a number of petitions from the community and competitors regarding the due date of flagships, we have decided to push back the due date for Flagship submissions. This was previously 2017-06-13, and is now 2017-06-22. Teams are free to change their flagships if they have already submitted it up until that date, and we will take the last flagship choice submitted as authoritative.