by grainywagons
Okay,So when the card says,
"When this vessel is attacked, you may pay 1 counter from this card to reduce that damage by 5. If the attacker is adjacent and in Line of Sight, it suffers damage equal to this vessel's damage - 3."
it means combat damage value -3, and combat value is any damage that occurs to armor cards or hull damage. Combat damage does not include any attack value removed by other cards such as deflection...
When a card equipped to ship takes damage, even though it is not technically hull damage it is still considered vessel damage because the armor cards are really a part of the ship... if this is right I think I am finally getting it.
Thanks