So I was just reading through the Criminals and Commanders article and saw in the photo of the Arquitens-class light cruiser that the shield dials are set incorrectly if you look at the template, it shows the ship should have 2 shields but the dial is set to 3 look for yourself

I do find this a little odd, was it just a mistake or dose it imply something like one of the hidden titles increases all max shields by one we wont know for sure but we can always speculate.

This was something covered Day of Upload of the picture, and its not the first time Shield Dials ahve been incorrect - so in general, the forums just passed it off as a Bad Copy-Paste.

This was something covered Day of Upload of the picture, and its not the first time Shield Dials ahve been incorrect - so in general, the forums just passed it off as a Bad Copy-Paste.

oh must have missed it

No worries.

I have a 63 (and counting!) page Thread that basically says that IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG AND WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT ANYWAY

One thing I noticed as I see this image again. Arquitens has no Brace.

XI7 demand will still be on the rise

One thing I noticed as I see this image again. Arquitens has no Brace.

XI7 demand will still be on the rise

Poor little thing...

Glad I have all those alt art XI7 cards!

Mind you I have a theory that the Reinforced card says - Reinforced Shields, At the start of the game you may discard this card and add 1 to 3 of your shields. And hence perhaps the picture has that in effect.

Mind you I have a theory that the Reinforced card says - Reinforced Shields, At the start of the game you may discard this card and add 1 to 3 of your shields. And hence perhaps the picture has that in effect.

Cool theory.

But how do you explain the last line, the one starting with "dam..."?

Mind you I have a theory that the Reinforced card says - Reinforced Shields, At the start of the game you may discard this card and add 1 to 3 of your shields. And hence perhaps the picture has that in effect.

Cool theory.

But how do you explain the last line, the one starting with "dam..."?

"At the start of the game, you may discard this card to add 1 to three of your dam n shields." - the wording is just a tad more street level than earlier ones..

Edit: **** censoring..

Mind you I have a theory that the Reinforced card says - Reinforced Shields, At the start of the game you may discard this card and add 1 to 3 of your shields. And hence perhaps the picture has that in effect.

Cool theory.

But how do you explain the last line, the one starting with "dam..."?

"At the start of the game, you may discard this card to add 1 to three of your dam n shields." - the wording is just a tad more street level than earlier ones..

Edit: **** censoring..

Funny

Deal one damage to the other shield???

Deal one damage to the other shield???

Nah...not likely. And why the bulkhead/blast door image if we're talking shields?

Should most likely be something to do with contain defense token such that it affects damage cards

No, that one is at the other end of the Spread - the Damage Control Officer.

I think, given two titles are covered and the theme seems to be defensive upgrades, one of these titles will increase the overall shields turn 1.

I think, given two titles are covered and the theme seems to be defensive upgrades, one will increase the shields.

You mean a title?

I'll take Famous Titties for 500.

I shall call this ship the Needamobile.

I think, given two titles are covered and the theme seems to be defensive upgrades, one will increase the shields.

You mean a title?

Yes! Edited for clarity. Given that 3 upgrades appear to buff defensive icons/abilites (hull, contain tokens, minister tau given defensive icon to a ship(?))

Two speculations for this wave is Minister Tau giving defensive retrofit icons to a select ship and + Shield Title for Arquitens.

"Icon" refers only to Ship Icon and Upgrade Icons, so I think it likely to add a Defense Slot given both the general theme of the other upgrades and that Rebels too have an addtional slot upgrade Upgrade on the Pelta.

What if that officer card allows contain to work on any crit?

That would be sweet/powerful/unfair (all of the above) and Demos/MC30 everywhere will weep and despair but nobody cares about those guys. Saving grace is that it is limited by competition amongst other officers!

How many ships have contain? 4 right?

No, that one is at the other end of the Spread - the Damage Control Officer.

Oh yes. The Reinforced something something. Might combo with the officer.

At the start of the status phase, you may discard this card to discard up to 3 of your face down damage cards.

Just some guesswork

Mind you I have a theory that the Reinforced card says - Reinforced Shields, At the start of the game you may discard this card and add 1 to 3 of your shields. And hence perhaps the picture has that in effect.

I think the card is going to let you discard dmg cards.

That would be sweet/powerful/unfair (all of the above) and Demos/MC30 everywhere will weep and despair but nobody cares about those guys. Saving grace is that it is limited by competition amongst other officers!

Not really it would just make rapid reload more prominent. It's already a solid upgrade but if APTs and ACMs started getting hit with this card all the time EL and RR would see the table more often.