Assault Proton Torpedoes

If a ship equipped with Fire-Control Team resolves the critical effects of both Assault Proton Torpedoes, and XX-9 Turbolasers, the damage card dealt by Assault Proton Torpedoes would be the “first” faceup damage card dealt and if any damage is then also dealt to the defending ship’s hull, it would suffer its “second” faceup damage card as XX-9 Turbolaser applies its effect. Only two critical damage cards would be dealt faceup in total.

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If a ship equipped with Fire-Control Team resolves both the Assault Proton Torpedoes critical effect and the standard critical effect, only the damage card dealt by resolving Assault Proton Torpedoes is dealt faceup.

During the “Resolve Damage” step, if a black critical icon is showing in the attack pool, and before damage is suffered, Assault Proton Torpedoes may be resolved for its effect. This effect causes the defending ship to be dealt 1 face up damage card, that face up damage card effect is resolved immediately before any other damage is suffered.

The defender, when spending a redirect defense token, must declare which adjacent hull zone is being chosen to suffer damage in the “spend defense token” step before any damage is resolved. Once chosen, the defender cannot select a different hull zone. This is important due to faceup damage cards such as Shield Failure or Projector Misaligned that may reduce or remove all shields from the chosen hull zones.

As per the FAQ with Fire Control Team, in regards to resolving the standard critical effect and Assault Proton Torpedoes. Resolving both critical effects fulfills the requirements of both, in that the first damage done to a ships hull, is a face up damage card, meaning a 2nd face up damage card would not be drawn.

Assault Proton Torpedoes cannot be resolved if the ship it is equipped too has the faceup damage card Targeter Disruption.

A defending ship that spends a contain defense token and also has Damage Control Officer equipped (and not discarded) will prevent any critical effects from resolving.

A defending ship that has Commander Gherant equipped (and not discarded), the attacker cannot resolve any critical effects.