An interesting question came up during a recent question in which my PCs had a critical hit against an enemy starship without actually taking down the shields.
Can a starship incur critical damage to a system if there is no damage to the hull incurred from the attack? Page 321 of the CRB implies that it can, but I want to verify.
A starship takes critical damage from an attack only if that attack deals damage to the ship's Hull Points, even if the result of the gunnery check is a natural 20. If the attack's damage only reduces a starship's Shield Points, no critical damage occurs.
Shield damage is inadequate. The hull must take damage for critical damage to occur.
A starship takes critical damage from an attack only if that attack deals damage to the ship's Hull Points, even if the result of the gunnery check is a natural 20. If the attack's damage only reduces a starship's Shield Points, no critical damage occurs.Shield damage is inadequate. The hull must take damage for critical damage to occur.
Thanks a ton, I missed that.