Aegis-X All Ships with this rule in a Group combine their X values into a single value, Y.
Friendly Groups in coherency within 6” of a Ship with this rule and the same Orbital Layer (including its own Group) gain the benefits of Aegis.
When rolling saves against Close Action and Bomber (of any type) attacks, those Groups gain Y additional save dice they may add to those saves. Before rolling to save, the defending player assigns these dice against specific weapons, divided up as they choose (including any modified hits).
An Aegis Group can only grant the benefits of Aegis once each time a friendly group is attacked.
A friendly Group can only benefit from Aegis from one Group each time it is attacked.
Escort After Weapons have been assigned to a friendly Ship of H or C tonnage within 6” of this Ship on the same Orbital Layer, you may declare the use of Escort for the friendly Ship. Only one Group may Escort at a time and it must be in Coherency.
After your opponent rolls to hit the original target, allocate an amount of hits from that roll to this Group. An Escort Group cannot be allocated more damage by those hits than each remaining Ship in it has in starting Hull. You may use this even if the Escort Group is out of range, arc, and line of sight of the attacking Group. Continue the attack sequence using the Escort Group.
Weapons with the Focused rule cannot be affected by the Escort rule.
