Ion Cannon Batteries
Rulesets
Expansions
Upgrade Card Collection (SWM38)
Victory-class Star Destroyer (SWM02)
Card text
Blue : Choose and discard 1 command token from the defender. If the defender does not have any command tokens, the defending hull zone loses 1 shield instead.
Properties
| Type | Ion Cannons |
|---|---|
| Faction | Neutral |
| Unique | No |
| Points | 5 |
Timing
This Upgrade Card may be exhausted and resolved during the “Resolve Damage” step.
Clarifications
The damage suffered by this card ability only affects the shield values of a ship, it does not cause any damage to a ship’s hull. When suffering the shield damage, that shield damage is suffered before the damage total is calculated, so it cannot be blocked by card effects such as Major Derlin or Seventh Fleet Star Destroyer.
The defender may not choose to have the defending hull zone lose one shield instead of discarding a command token.
Upgrade Card Interactions
A defending ship that has Tranquility equipped may choose to reallocate shields before the attacker can trigger this card as Tranquility resolves before the “Resolve Damage” step.
If a defending ship is the target of the Implacable effect during the “Resolve Damage” step, because this card forces the defender to “lose 1 shield” instead of “suffer a damage”, Implacable cannot reduce the loss of shields from this card, only any other damage present in the pool.