Plasma Torpedoes!

From what I have read so far, they do the following:

Attack (Target Lock): Spend 1 Charge. During the Neutralize Results step, Crit results are cancelled before Hit results. After the attack hits, the defender loses 1 shield.

So, when exactly does the defender strip a shield token?

Do you roll dice, neutralize results and deal damage first... and THEN the defender takes away one additional shield token?

Shield first, then damage. So a ship with 1 shield is still effected.

I believe this is in the rules ref.

From the rules ref section on Attack:

So the shield is lost *between* steps 4 and 5.

Thank you!

Actually I thought it would be different... more like when the attack is over and damage has been dealt already, THEN you'd take another shield marker (if possible).

But you guys seem to be quite certain, that a shield has to go first, right?

Greetings!

It's explicit in the rules ref faq section from the upcoming version.