well i have a question here do Proton Bombs ignore shields ? cause it sais get an open dmage card well that would explain the 5 points that it does cost but well iam sure its a critical hit bomb but that it doesnt go through shields well if yes then the seismic should go through shields aswel las it sais take one damage in range 1 but i need a clarification !!

help me out my fellow X wing players !!

Yes. The Proton Bomb does go through shields. They just get a faceup damage card and suffer brave stomach sustain all effects. Yes, this means that if a full health A-Wing gets hit and draws the Direct Hit card, it is destroyed even though it has 2 shields left.

No, the Seismic Charge does NOT go through shields. Only the proton bomb.

Edit: As was expertly pointed out, the word suffer is a keyword for the standard infliction of damage. Thank you AwryFuzball CrookedWookie.

Sable is correct, although I would have phrased it slightly differently, simply because "suffer" is actually the keyword they use for anything that walks through all the normal steps of the damage process (including shields). "Suffering Damage," as per the rulebook.

So one of the keys there is that proton bomb says it "deals a faceup damage card" to every ship at range 1, where a Seismic, for contrast, says each ship at range 1 "suffers 1 damage." Any time you see something "suffers" damage, you know it has to get through shields first.

See: Vader Crew. "...you may suffer 2 damage..." "...cause that ship to suffer 1 critical damage."

Suffer is one of the few keywords they seem to use pretty consistently in conjunction with page 16 of the rules.

My original post edited.

Nice!

As I said, you were dead bang on aside from one unfortunate choice of a relevant keyword.

Now, I'd like to chime in with unexpected implications of this.

Proton Bombs deal a face-up damage card (Do not pass go, do not collect 200 credits.).

If that Face-up damage card is a Critical Hit!, it will instantly kill an A-Wing (or once Wave 4 hits, an E-Wing, a Z95, or a Tie Phantom), regardless of the shields they have.

It also carries the ability to knock a Turret or Laser-cannon off of Hwks, Y-Wings, B-Wings, and Krassis before they get to be used.

Heck, all of the crits are bad news to somebody, and Proton Bombs pass them around like tic-tacs.