Bombardment

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A player uses this ability during the “Bombardment” step of an invasion. Bombardment allows a player to destroy ground forces on planets before an invasion.

STEP 1

The active player chooses which planet each of their units that has the "Bombardment" ability in the system will bombard
Multiple planets in a system may be bombarded, but the player must declare which planet a unit is bombarding before making a roll
That player rolls dice for Bombardment Rolls
The “Bombardment” ability is displayed as “Bombardment X (Y).” The X is the minimum value needed for a die to produce a hit, and Y is the number of dice rolled. Not all “Bombardment” abilities have a (Y) value; a bombardment roll for such a unit consists of one die.
Game effects that re-roll or affect combat rolls do not affect bombardment rolls
The L1Z1X ability "Harrow" does not affect the L1Z1X player's own ground forces
A planet that contains a unit with the "Planetary Shield" Ability cannot be bombarded

STEP 2

The player who controls the planet that is being bombarded chooses and destroys 1 of their ground forces on that planet for each hit result the bombardment roll produced
If a player has to assign more hits than that player has ground forces, the excess hits have no effect