Expert Shield Tech
Rulesets
Expansions
Rebellion in the Rim (SWM31)
Upgrade Card Collection (SWM38)
Card text
While defending, during the Spend Defense Tokens step, when you spend a defense token, you may reduce the total damage from the attack by 1 instead of resolving that token’s effect.
Properties
| Type | Officer |
|---|---|
| Faction | Neutral |
| Unique | No |
| Points | 5 |
Timing
This Upgrade Card may resolve during the “Resolve Damage” step of an attack.
Clarifications
When a ship equipped with this Upgrade Card is attacked, if that ship spent a Redirect defense token, in the “Resolve Damage” step, before damage is suffered, this Upgrade Card can be resolved to reduce the total damage by 1. This Upgrade Card’s damage reduction shares the same timing as Brace, so the defender can choose which is resolved first.
A ship equipped with both this Upgrade Card and Commander Kyrsta Agate could first “spend” a Redirect defense token to resolve this Upgrade Card’s effect, and then “discard” that token with Agate to resolve the standard Redirect effect. This is allowed as it is resolving two different effects.
You may not “discard” a redirect token with Agate to resolve this Upgrade Card as this Upgrade Card requires that you “spend” a redirect token.
Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi and this Upgrade Card can both resolve to reduce damage.
Damage Card Interactions
A ship with Capacitor Failure is not able to use this Upgrade Card on a hull zone with no remaining shields, as the “cannot” is absolute and prevents the spending of a Redirect token.