Talk:Proton Bombs/@comment-216.31.202.145-20151006121459/@comment-25999489-20151006132321

No problem on questions from new people. Proton Bombs will be measured from the edge of the Proton Bomb token. The illustration just makes it look pretty.

As for the effects, the card is dealt directly to the ship. It is not "damage" (i.e. it cannot be stopped by shields), it is simply a face up damage card. Since face up damage cards have adverse effects, those effects will take place even if there are shield tokens. There are a few ships that have 2 hull, and if one of those ships takes a face up "Direct Hit" damage card, it will be destroyed, as it has damage equal to or greater than the hull value of the ship. Yes, it sucks when that happens to you. Yes, it is amazing when that happens to your opponent.