soo...

the cap's wording:

After an enemy ship suffers damage, if it is not defending, you may perform a bonus attack against that ship.

the homing missiles wording:

Attack (TL): Spend 1[charge] . After you declare the defender, the defender may choose to suffer 1 [hit] damage. If it does, skip the Attack and Defense Dice steps and the attack is treated as hitting.

My question: Can the missile trigger jostero? Does the opponent sill count as defending, even if he chooses to take the hit?

47 minutes ago, Dragon_King said:

soo...

the cap's wording:

After an enemy ship suffers damage, if it is not defending, you may perform a bonus attack against that ship.

the homing missiles wording:

Attack (TL): Spend 1[charge] . After you declare the defender, the defender may choose to suffer 1 [hit] damage. If it does, skip the Attack and Defense Dice steps and the attack is treated as hitting.

My question: Can the missile trigger jostero? Does the opponent sill count as defending, even if he chooses to take the hit?

The missile's target becomes the defender the moment you declare him as the target, so no, no matter which option the target chooses, the attack is still made and he's the defender for the entire resolution.

Homing Missiles cannot trigger Jostero. The damage happens after the enemy ship is declared the defender, Homing Missiles actually refers to it as "the defender", and the attack doesn't finish until after the damage has been suffered.

much obliged for your answers!

I think the only missile/torpedo that can trigger Jostero is Diamond-Boron Missiles, on other ships than the defender.

Jostero does like bombs, mines and ships being tractored onto rocks tho

35 minutes ago, Lyianx said:

Jostero does like bombs, mines and ships being tractored onto rocks tho

Don't forget Z-95s with Deadman's Switch - jank power!

51 minutes ago, Lyianx said:

I think the only missile/torpedo that can trigger Jostero is Diamond-Boron Missiles, on other ships than the defender.

Yeah, but Scum does not have a Ship with two Rocket-Slots :(

12 minutes ago, TedW said:

Don't forget Z-95s with Deadman's Switch - jank power!

I tried it with Feedbackarray on Z's. But did not trigger alot.

23 minutes ago, TedW said:

Don't forget Z-95s with Deadman's Switch - jank power!

im sure im forgetting a few more specific situations, i was just listing the more common ones that don't rely on YOUR effects causing the damage. Not that Nantex would necessarily tractor themselves onto a rock, but it was talked about before.

Tractor

Deadman

Torani bullseye

Dengar gunner

Array

G4R-g0m

Seismic

Proton

+ enemy effects that will enable it:

Saw guerrera

Selfless

Porkins...

Scum R5P8

The list goes on...

It's worth noting that Homing Missiles--even if the opponent skips the dice and takes the damage--still follows all the other rules for attacks.

The #4 Neutralize Results step happens, even though it's essentially irrelevant. This allows Fifth Brother to add a crit, which will be dealt the #5 Deal Damage step, and the #6 Aftermath step will happen after this.