I'm not sure which thread this came up in some I'm creating a new one. There had been a discussion about whether or not a ship whose PS was lowered during the activation phase would need skip their activation if ships with a PS higher than their new PS had already activated.
"In response to your rules question:
Rules Question:
If Epsilon Ace receives a damage card during the activation phase, when does he activate? Example: Miranda Doni (PS8) with Sabine Wren crew and Proximity Mines equipped activates and drops a Proximity Mine template that overlaps Epsilon Ace. Epsilon Ace takes a point of damage from the mine and a second point of damage from Sabine's effect. Epsilon Aces loses a shield and receives a damage card. Since Epsilon Ace has a damage card, the effect from his ability stops. When does he activate?
A. Since PS4 makes Epsilon Ace the lowest PS ship that has not activated, he is the next ship to activate.
B. He doesn't activate at all this activation phase since PS8 ships have already activated.
C. He activates at PS12 since he started the activation phase with that PS.
D. None of the above.
He would activate as the next ship since he has the next lowest pilot skill."