Anti-Fighter Barrage

Rules Reference

A unit with the Anti-Fighter Barrage ability may be able to destroy an opponent’s fighters at the onset of a space battle. During the Anti-Fighter Barrage step of the first round of space combat, players perform the following steps:

• 10.1Step 1: Each player rolls dice for each of their units in the combat that has the Anti-Fighter Barrage ability; this is called an anti-fighter barrage roll. A hit is produced for each die roll that is equal to or greater than the unit’s Anti-Fighter Barrage value.

  • aA unit’s Anti-Fighter Barrage ability is presented along with a unit’s attributes on faction sheets and unit upgrade technology cards.

  • bThe Anti-Fighter Barrage ability is displayed as Anti-Fighter Barrage X (xY). The X is the minimum value needed for a die to produce a hit, and Y is the number of dice rolled.

  • cGame effects that reroll, modify, or otherwise affect combat rolls do not affect anti-fighter barrage rolls.

  • dThis ability can still be used if no fighters are present; hits produced may be used to trigger specific abilities.

• 10.2Step 2: Each player must choose and destroy one of their fighters in the active system for each hit their opponent’s anti-fighter barrage roll produced.

  • aIf a player has to assign more hits than they have fighters in the active system, the excess hits have no effect.