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dizzydemon
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Posted: 20 January 2011 at 3:05pm \| IP Logged

Hey Everybody,

We had not played in awhile but had a really fun 5 man game recently. Only one rules issue came up: the Mechad distortion cannon that fires at the start of weapons fire and hits every ship and base in an opponent fleet. The question involves one of everyone's favorite cards: The Vektrean Asteroid Starbase. Does the distortion cannon affect the shields on the Vektrean because it is a base, or does it not have any effect because it can only be damaged as terrain, and a distortion cannon does not affect terrain? I will be interested in hearing the input on this one.

Gekonauak
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Posted: 20 January 2011 at 3:11pm \| IP Logged

The T/Bs are played as terrain and damaged as a terrain, but are considered bases for all other purposes.

We've always played that the Distortion Cannon would hit the shields.

MogwaiSC
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Posted: 22 January 2011 at 10:37pm \| IP Logged

Yep.

Our house rule has been that if it has shields, it gets hit. That
means planetary shields, etc., even on promo terrain.

Once the shield is gone off a promo terrain or an asteroid base
though, the distortion cannons don't have any effect on the structure
of the asteroid base or terrain, as per the rulebook.

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