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MogwaiSC
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Hi all,
If I put a Dragon on a terrain, and then plop a planetary shield on that
same terrain, does the planetary shield protect the Dragon from weapons
fire?
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Gekonauak
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Would it protect a ship?
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MogwaiSC
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I don't know. That is why I'm asking. There are some terrain that say their
shields specifically protect ships on the terrain, but they are not planetary
shields. Generally we play that planetary shields have to be take down
before other bases on a terrain can be targeted.
That's the rub. Isn't it a general assumption that planetary shields protect
anything on the planet?
Edited by MogwaiSC on 03 November 2008 at 9:48pm
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Planetary Shields have no special rules save those on the Planetary Shield card itself.
A Base's shields (and in fact it's structure) protect the Terrain it's played to from weapons fire - the Terrain may not be targeted with weapons fire while a base is played to it. A Bases shields do not protect ships on the terrain, nor do they protect the Terrain from Card Damage (unless a card rule allows them to).
Most (but not all) Planetary Shields have rules on them that allow them
to absorb some other damage applied to the Terrain (M, H, & O for some, "all damage" for others).
Dragons are a subset of Ships, and act as a ship in most regards, including this one. A Bases shields do not protect a ship or dragon played to the terrain unless a rule on a card in play allows it's shields to protect the Dragon.
A Terrains Shields only protects the terrain itself from damage; they don't protect other cards played to them unless another rule allows them to (i.e. the T6 Dragon Lair has a rule which allows it's shields to protect a dragon played to it so long as there is another Dragon Lair in play).
Edited by ericbsmith on 04 November 2008 at 7:13am
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