Wide-Area Barrage

An Unarmed Station may be chosen when resolving the critical effect from Wide Area Barrage.

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During the “Resolve Damage” step, if the defender is a ship and if a black critical icon is showing in the attack pool, and before damage is suffered, Wide-Area Barrage may be resolved for its effect. Choose 1 other ship or squadron at close range of the defending ship. That chosen ship or squadron suffers damage equal to half of the total number of black hit icons in the attack pool, rounded up.

This damage inflicted by this card is NOT an attack, it is a card effect. This damage CANNOT be reduced or canceled by defense tokens, nor any card effects that involve moving or reducing damage can be utilized (unless they are effects not used in the term “attack” or otherwise stated).

If this damage is directed on a ship, this damage is suffered on one chosen hull zone chosen by the defender similar to the Debris Obstacle.

Wide-Area Barrage cannot be resolved if the ship it is equipped too has the faceup damage card Targeter Disruption.

A defending ship that spends a contain defense token and also has Damage Control Officer equipped (and not discarded) will prevent any critical effects from resolving.

A defending ship that has Commander Gherant equipped (and not discarded), the attacker cannot resolve any critical effects.

Wide-Area Barrage cannot choose a Proximity Mine Token to suffer damage, as it is a “Token”. Not a ship or squadron.

Wide-Area Barrage can choose an unarmed/armed station to suffer damage, as “stations are treated as a ship when resolving effects”.