For reference:

"Power Failure - Ship - Your engineering value is reduced by half, rounded down"

1) If you have enough engineering to repair this off, you don't get the excess that you would have has, correct? For example, say an MC80 with Eng Team had this crit and showed an Engineering dial, no token. They would have 3 Engineering points, and could repair this off... But that would consume all of their engineering points for that command, because the points are acquired at the moment you execute the command. I think this is right, but want other opinions.

2) This one is harder: how do you interpret the "round down"? I'd been assuming it referred to the final total, e.g., a Nebulon with this crit would have an engineering value of 1. On rereading it, though, I'm pretty sure the "round down" is referring to the amount by which you reduce the engineering value--that is, for an original engineering value of 3, you reduce by half (1.5), rounded down (1), therefore reducing it to 2. Thoughts?

1. Correct, you get the enginering points once at the point you resolv the command, then you start spending them on things. You do not get more points after the initial load.

2. The card text says "Your engineering value is reduced to half its value, rounded down.". It does not say "Your engineering value is reduced by half, rounded down.". So it seems clear to me that it is the final value that is rounde down, not the reduction.

For reference:

"Power Failure - Ship - Your engineering value is reduced by half, rounded down"

1) If you have enough engineering to repair this off, you don't get the excess that you would have has, correct? For example, say an MC80 with Eng Team had this crit and showed an Engineering dial, no token. They would have 3 Engineering points, and could repair this off... But that would consume all of their engineering points for that command, because the points are acquired at the moment you execute the command. I think this is right, but want other opinions.

2) This one is harder: how do you interpret the "round down"? I'd been assuming it referred to the final total, e.g., a Nebulon with this crit would have an engineering value of 1. On rereading it, though, I'm pretty sure the "round down" is referring to the amount by which you reduce the engineering value--that is, for an original engineering value of 3, you reduce by half (1.5), rounded down (1), therefore reducing it to 2. Thoughts?

2. 3/2=1.5, rounded down to 1.

I.e.

2=1

3=1

4=2

2. The card text says "Your engineering value is reduced to half its value, rounded down.". It does not say "Your engineering value is reduced by half, rounded down.". So it seems clear to me that it is the final value that is rounde down, not the reduction.

Whoops, thanks for that correction on the text. I came across the question while reading through the damage deck text post on BGG, and foolishly didn't check it before posting.

Nothing to see here, move along.

I have another question about Power Failure.

If the Frigate has a Power Failure damage showing is there any way to remove it? Its engineering is reduced to 1 (3/2 rounded down) so the most points it could have for repair is 2 (1 for the dial and 1 for any saved token). Since removing damage takes 3 points it seems to me that the damage is permanent.

Is this correct? Am I missing something?

currently - correct see below... forgot about that!

future - a GR-75 with repair crews in RB 1 -2 (spend their eng dial to remove one damage card from a friendly in that range)

I have another question about Power Failure.

If the Frigate has a Power Failure damage showing is there any way to remove it? Its engineering is reduced to 1 (3/2 rounded down) so the most points it could have for repair is 2 (1 for the dial and 1 for any saved token). Since removing damage takes 3 points it seems to me that the damage is permanent.

Is this correct? Am I missing something?

The spacestation csn remove it