10190 Active Defensive Armor
Gear EQUIP card
card text:
[EQUIP]
:|: This card expires during the Discard Phase if it possesses 0 counters. Place 5 "armor" counters on this card when it is put in play.
:|: This vessel's Mobility gains -1.
When this vessel is attacked, you may pay 1 or more armor counters from this card to reduce the damage by 5 for each counter.
description:
Active Defensive Armor is another defensive buff reducing combat damage only.
Unlike another armor card (Reactive Armor: Iron Fist), Active Defensive Armor doesn't "transfer" counters from the ship to this card (see this post for more game keywords.) For this card, you'll simply add 5 armor counters to it from the general counter pool.
Also, like Reactive Armor: Iron Fist, this card's effect is optional ("you may"). Previously, this card allowed only one use per ATTACK card. Now, it allows multiple uses per attack.
Don't forget the Mobility cost: your ship's Mobility is reduced by 1 while you have this card equipped. If you reach the Discard Phase and it possesses no more armor counters, your Active Defensive Armor expires and goes to the discard pile - which also removes the -1 to Mobility debuff, effectively gaining Mobility when losing this card.
