Annihilation Cascade (X)

"Penetrating Hits inflicted by attacks with the Annihilation Cascade (X) Special Rule can cause additional Hits."

At the end of Step 9 of the Shooting Attack process or Step 8 of the Resolving an Initiative Step process for any Fire Group or Strike Group that includes Weapons with the Annihilation Cascade (X) Special Rule and which inflicted any Penetrating Hits, create a new Fire Group or Strike Group (respectively). This new Fire Group or Strike Group must then be selected in step 10 of the Shooting Attack or Step 9 of the Resolving an Initiative Step process (respectively) and resolved. This new Fire Group or Strike Group includes a number of Hits equal to the number of Hull Points the Target Model lost due to the Fire Group or Strike Group that triggered its creation. These Hits all have a Strength equal to the value of X attached to the variant of the Annihilation Cascade (X) Special Rule possessed by Weapons in the preceding Fire Group or Strike Group, an AP of '-', a Damage of 1 and no Special Rules.