Talk:"Chopper" (Astromech)/@comment-2601:147:8501:1F8F:ADDD:FC57:F5A1:A728-20171112154122/@comment-85.138.230.235-20171114071237

Yes, it does, they even specify this in the preview, saying you can discard cards before the first engage and have  that many extra shields on it. However you could only use Pulsed Ray Shield once you were at 0 shields, since you must have the shield value of 1 and that card specifies that it can only regen up to its shield value,