Ok so this is really bugging me cause I feel like the rule book is contradicting itself... It says at the end in parentheses after saying the protecting unit can take any amount of damage, "(Damage beyond a protecting unit'a remaining damage capacity may not be re-assigned to the protecting unit.)". Is that saying that if I attack something greater than the health of a protecting units capacity that that difference amount of damage would still target the original card I was targeting? This doesn't make sense to me. I came across that I was going to do 4 blast damage to a Tatooine rebel objective that had 4 health and would destroy but my opponent had a moisture farmer card that's Protect Tatooine with 1 health. Would the moisture farmer card absorb all 4 damage even though it's health is 1? I don't understand the parentheses part of the rule in the rule book. I feel like it's saying that it would only absorb the 1 and the rest would still go toward the objective. Need clarification on that statement in parentheses. Thanks!

a protector can only protect damage up to his CURRENT health. so a moisture farmer can protect 1 damage, the rest stays where it was originally targeted to. as a side note, shields do not change the amount of damage a protector can soak. if a guardian of peace has 2 health and a shield, she can still only protect up to 2 points of damage. if she has a single health left and a shield, then she can protect 1 damage.

What does it mean then about not "reassigning" then??

a protector can only protect damage up to his CURRENT health. so a moisture farmer can protect 1 damage, the rest stays where it was originally targeted to. as a side note, shields do not change the amount of damage a protector can soak. if a guardian of peace has 2 health and a shield, she can still only protect up to 2 points of damage. if she has a single health left and a shield, then she can protect 1 damage.

Why does it say then you may not reassign the damage? What's it mean regarding reassigning?

Damages are first assignes to the target, then reassigned to the protecting unit.

Damages in excess of protecting unit's damage capacity can't be reassigned to the protecting unit.

You won't reassign 3 damages to a Guardian if Peace, only 2.

The remaining damages stay on the original target