No, he's not in the starting group. The Rebels have to spend an action to 'activate' him, at which point he becomes an ally

Thanks guys, and yes, I meant to type Past Life Enemies, I don't know why I had Hunt Them Down in my head. I am well aware that having C-3PO focus them will certainly be beneficial, my question was more about whether C-3PO was required in any way for the Rebels, and it seems he is not. I thought this was kinda strange, since the mission details reference him quite a bit. ricope, thanks for the bit about Doors are destroyed (removed from map) when it has suffered damage equal to its health , as that's really the key here. I thought that was probably the case, but I couldn't remember the RRG specifically mention that, but it certainly does under "Attacking Objects".

Hi all, I'm playing Past Life Enemies tomorrow evening and as I was reading the mission parameters, I couldn't figure out whether C-3PO is actually necessary to the Rebels. The doors are locked, and it says that the Rebel heroes can attack the doors (health is equal to mission threat), but it does not say what actually happens when the heroes do full damage to the door. Does it just unlock (meaning someone would have to interact to actually open the door)? Does it open? Does it then make it possible for C-3PO to interact with it to open the door? C-3PO is able to open the doors and discard terminals, but it doesn't look like he's actually necessary to the Rebels' efforts. If he's not necessary, then I can easily see Gaarkhan doing a full move and then Charge at one of the doors and opening it on the first move of the game, giving the Rebels 7 full rounds to finish the objective. Thoughts?