Emperor Palpatine (Commander)
Rulesets
Expansions
ARC01
Upgrade Card Collection (SWM38)
Super Star Destroyer (SWM20)
Card text
After deploying fleets, place 1 defense token of each type on this card. At the start of each Ship Phase you may discard 1 of those tokens. If you do, until the end of the round, if an enemy ship or squadron spends a matching token during its Spend Defense Tokens step, discard that token.
Properties
| Type | Commander |
|---|---|
| Faction | Imperial |
| Unique | Yes |
| Points | 35 |
Timing
The initial effect of this Upgrade Card triggers “after deploying fleets” when you place 1 defense token of each type on this card. This Upgrade Card may be then resolved at the start of a Ship Phase by discarding a defense token.
Clarifications
If the ship this Upgrade Card is equipped to is destroyed, this Upgrade Card’s ability (if active) will remain in effect until the end of the round.
This upgrade card’s effect will trigger at any time the opposing player spends a matching defense token. This includes but is not limited to defense tokens spent while defending as part of the Spend Defense tokens step, those spent while defending but not as part of the Spend Defense tokens step (such as Thermal Shields) and those spent while attacking (such as Turbolaser Reroute Circuits).
This upgrade card’s effect will only trigger if the opposing player is spending their own defense tokens. It will not trigger if defense tokens are spent by another player, such as via Boarding Troopers.
This upgrade card’s effect does not trigger when a defense token is exhausted (rather than spent), such as via Suppressor or Overload Pulse.
If this Upgrade Card is discarded due to Darth Vader (Officer), any remaining defensive tokens on this Upgrade Card cannot be discarded. However if a defensive token was discarded at the beginning of the turn, the card’s ability will remain in effect until the end of the turn.
Squadron Interactions
This Upgrade Card will resolve when the opposing player uses the special abilities of both Jan Ors and Axe.
Damage Card Interactions
The Injured Crew damage card only affects defense tokens assigned to the ship which was dealt the damage card. It will not affect the defense tokens assigned to this Upgrade Card.