Molemen insignificant interaction

[WombatJ]

Hey guys, I think I'm missing something blatantly obvious, but I just wanted to get this cleared up. The molemen have tunneling, which makes them insignificant until the spell ends. The spell ends when they take an action other than pass or walk. Now take an example like the strategy "Destroy the Evidence", where insignificant models cannot take the interact action to do this.

What's the deal? Can molemen just "choose" to stop tunneling? Or can they start taking the interact which immediately ends their tunneling so they can complete it? That seems unlikely per RAW. My only other option is that I'd need to take a separate action just to end tunneling, like wasting a 0 action to dig in before interacting. That's why I'm thinking they must be able to just choose to drop the spell, but I can't find any backing for that, and my internet searches have turned up fruitless. Thoughts?

[Kadeton]

No, you're on the right track with them needing to take a separate action to end it before they can Interact. They can't take an Interact action to stop Tunneling, because they're Insignificant at the time. Dug In is the most obvious choice.

[WombatJ]

Un-intuitive, but that's what I was getting from the rules, so thanks for the confirmation.

Ok, now I have a followup: is there some (1) action (not requiring being engaged) that I can take to free myself out of it? It seems like there could frequently be cases where I'd rather be able to save my "dug in", over just having another 3" of movement, but the only (1) actions I can think of that don't require being in combat are pass and walk, and obviously they don't break it.

[Merbak]

Defensive Stance is probably what you're looking for. Especially since it buffs your defenses, which is a moleman thing anyways. Just watch out because it slows you down, and that can be painful with a base walk of 3.

[WombatJ]

That's perfect! The only time to use it is when you made it to an objective, want to interact, but would rather play defensively (With dug in) than take the move for 3" anyway. Using stance let's you dig in as well for super extra hardiness. Thanks guys!