Captured (force mission) : Item cards and default weapons ?

By Le Jedi Fou, in Imperial Assault Rules Questions

Hello there

Our next mission is Captured. The briefing says "Flip all heroes' Item cards face down"

The default weapon for each character is considered a Class card, right ? I think it should be logic that the heroes be stripped of all their weapons and fight only with their hands (until they recover their items). But I know logic won't be enough for one of my players so I need something more. Any help for that mission please ?

The starting weapons are also item cards in addition to being class cards. (See Item Cards and the last entry of Rebel Upgrade Stage.) They are not available before interacting with the cache.

Also note that the extra health from Armors (which are item cards) is not available at the start of the mission, but extra health from class cards that are not item cards (for example Jeswandi Training) is available.

Edited by a1bert

ok thanks ! Found it

"Some Class cards and Reward cards are also Item cards. These cards are identified as Item cards by their card face. Each hero in the core set has one starting Item card in his Class deck"