Thermal Shields
Rulesets
Expansions
Venator-class Star Destroyer (SWM41)
Invisible Hand (SWM42)
Card text
Medium or large ship only.
While defending, after the attacker gathers dice, you may spend 1 token. If you do, choose and remove half of the dice in the attack pool, rounded down.
Properties
| Type | Defensive Retrofit |
|---|---|
| Faction | Republic / Separatist |
| Unique | No |
| Points | 5 |
Timing
This Upgrade Card triggers when the attacker gathers the initial dice pool but before the attacker rolls the attack dice.
Clarifications
A ship equipped with this Upgrade Card cannot spend a Brace token to activate its effect if that ship is at speed 0.
If all dice are removed before the attack pool is rolled the attack is cancelled. e.g., an attack pool of 2 is reduced by obstruction and this card.
If all dice of one color are removed from the attack pool with this Upgrade Card, dice of that color cannot be added to that pool using a Concentrate Fire dial unless another effect can add dice of that color back into the pool.
Upgrade Card Interactions
Commander Sato replaces dice after this Upgrade Card removes dice.
Objective Interactions
This Upgrade Card may be used against an attack from Planetary Ion Cannon.
If an attack is traced across a Jamming Barrier and the defending ship is equipped with this Upgrade Card, the dice pool would be first reduced by the Jamming Barrier effect (attacker removes dice), and second by this Upgrade Card’s effect (defender removes more dice).
The effects share the timing of “before rolling”, and attacking comes before defending in the general sequence of events.