Federation Commander

I know, I know, I've played it this way long enough that I should have thought to ask before now.

Anyway, in the rule on damage to shields, it says the following: "Each hit on a shield checks off one box." I have interpreted this to mean "Each damage point from the weapon which hits the shield checks off one box," because I played the FASA game for a long time and this is basically how their system works.

However, I've come to question this, as a possible interpretation is that each "hit" is from a weapon, not a weapon's damage rating. In other words, each time a weapon scores a hit it only destroys one box on the SSD.

Which one is the correct interpretation? Common sense tells me the first one is the correct interpretation, but I want to be absolutely sure. It is, after all, an essential rule.

One shield box is marked off, per damage point scored.

Will has stated it correctly. Each damage point scored by a volley disables one shield box, so if you score eight points - you mark off eight boxes. If you score 14 points, you mark off 13 boxes and do one point of burn-through, and so on.

Are you asking for SFB or FC?

If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through. If you are asking for FC, I need to move this thread.

That's what I get for opening the forums before daylight and answering a question before getting dressed for work. I didn't even notice that it was in the SFB sub-topic.

Yeah, 'tis a SFB question. Thanks for the clarification. The term 'hit' can be a mite confusing.

mjwest wrote: If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through.

Unless you've got a good insurance policy for your ships and are playing with the optional leaky shields rule.

dharras wrote:

mjwest wrote: If you are asking for SFB, there is no burn-through.

Unless you've got a good insurance policy for your ships and are playing with the optional leaky shields rule.

There is no burn-through. And, if using leaky shields, it works different than burn-through.