Early Warning System
Expansions
Upgrade Card Collection (SWM38)
Chimaera (SWM29)
Profundity (SWM30)
Card text
At the start of each Ship Phase, you may choose 1 of your hull zones and mark it with a chaff token. Until the end of the round, while a ship or squadron is attacking that hull zone, the attack is obstructed. After the Status Phase, remove that chaff token.
Properties
| Type | Defensive Retrofit |
|---|---|
| Faction | Neutral |
| Unique | No |
| Points | 7 |
Timing
This upgrade card resolves at the start of each ship phase.
Official rulings
If Early Warning System is discarded by an effect, and a “chaff” token has been placed on a ship’s hull zone, the “chaff” token would remain. But there would no longer be any negative or positive effect associated with that token.
Aug 4, 2021 | Source: AMG Rules Forum
Community rulings
Jaina’s Light ignores Early Warning System.
Jul 13, 2020 | Source: KARM
A ship that has the damage card Disengaged Fire Control cannot attack a hull zone that is obstructed by Early Warning System.
Jul 13, 2020 | Source: KARM
If this card is discarded by another effect such as Darth Vader (Boarding Team), the chaff token remains and continues to obstruct all attacks until the end of the status phase when it is removed.
Jul 13, 2020 | Source: KARM
In regards to General Romodi:
If the attacking ship has its commander as General Romodi and it is attacking a ship with its commander as Early Warning System how does these card effects resolve?
First, if it is an attack from one ship to another, and Line of Sight is not traced over an obstacle or another ship, then Early Warning System card effect will obstruct the attack. And the attacking ship will lose a die and not gain a die from General Romodi card effect.
However if Line of Sight IS traced over an obstacle or another ship, then General Romodi card effect will allow the attacking ship to not lose a die and it will gain a die.
Jul 13, 2020 | Source: KARM