AGREED!! We have broken the Mind Control!! I was really just using it as an counter to the argument that BTI worked because RS was worded in one sentence and that BTI was broken down.

Ahhhhh. The tool of parent's everywhere to defy logical arguments..."Because I said so." Hahaha

Wrong, because in order to resolve the Mind Control you need to resolve the FREE action granted by Mind Control. If you don't use the FREE action, then MC is not resolved, and you cannot continue to another action. In which case you'd be stalling, and could be DQ'd by the judge.

Actually, it does not give an action any more than Boom Tube Invasion does. "Each target hit may be assigned one action as a free action, immediately after which the target becomes an opposing character again." It "may" be given an action as a free action. It allows an action that would normally be illegal, just like BTI. So wouldn't the allowed action from BTI work under the same rules as the action you are allowed to take (and is normally illegal) with MC or RS?

Well, as I said, I wasn't really certain whether the difference in structure meant anything. And I still am not sure.

Without retyping what WIT, Id, Dragon, and others have said...

They are correct for the reasons given.

There is no action being granted by Darkseid's power. It is simply a removal of the restriction of being unable to be given a non-free action after being carried.

Then, wouldn't you have to resolve the action taken with BTI and take the action allowed by BTI in order to resolve BTI?

Matt your argument isn't logical. If you want the parent reference then the two of your basically sticking your fingers in your ears chanting "I don't hear you!" over and over again

As for your Mind Control argument please show me in the power where it says the free action can be given during this turn as Boom Tube Invasion states?

I'll try saying one more thing to see if it makes sense.

A Character tba has been carried via the Carry Ability cannot be given Non-Free Actions.
What Darkseid's ability does is allow this condition to be dropped.

When you would give a character a Non-Free Action you would check. Were they carried? Yes, action cannot be given, but wait Darkseid's power allows a character under certain circumstances to break this rule. Period.

No because BTI isn't allowing you to take an action inside another action like Charge, Running Shot and Mind Control is. It's allowing you to take an action after BTI is resolved.

You must take that action (or choose not to, but then you've wasted your action) BEFORE you can move on. That granted free action is as much a part of mind control as the initial attack roll is.
BtI does not require you to take the action either, but nothing prevent you from taking it later rather than sooner. Nothing. That character would be taking their own action, at their own behest. It is not a part of BtI. It is a subtle difference, granted, but nowhere near as subtle as a myriad of touchy and controversial rules.

With orange chiming in, I'd say that what BtI does is:

1. Allows Darkseid to use a modified version of carry.

2. Allows him to remove the restriction, from one character, placed on characters that are carried.

I carried you...and by the way, you can ignore this rule (NAAT).

rather than

I carried you...now you can make an attack despite the rules.

You show me yours and I'll show you mine.

BOOM TUBE INVASION: Darkseid can use Phasing/Teleport. When he does, he can use the Carry ability to carry up to 3 characters regardless of their speed symbols. One character of 125 points or less that shares a keyword with Darkseid and was carried by him this turn may be given a non-free action.

Just specifies who can be given the action, not when it may be given.

Mind Control says that you may give the character a free action. So if I Mind Control someone and then decide not to the game breaks?

Edit to remove snarky and rude response. My apologies to Matt for that response.

It doesn't change he fact that you have to resolve the MC action before you do anything else. Whether you choose to give them the FREE action or not is irrelevant.

Read the thread. We're waiting

Nope, not at all. By all means choose to assign no action. But choose whether or not to do so immediately, or else it'll be too late.