Ionic Flare Shield

When a Cerastus Knight Astropos is deployed, and subsequently at the start of each of the opposing side's Shooting phases, the Cerastus Knight Astropos' controlling player must declare which facing eachCerastus Knight Astropos' ionic flare shield is covering. The choices are: front, left side, right side or rear. The Knight has a 4+ invulnerable save against all hits on that facing until the start of the opposing side's next Shooting phase, and the strength of any Shooting attack against it from that facing is reduced by -1, the effect increasing to -2 if the weapon has the Blast or Template rules (note, however, that this strength reduction has no effect on Destroyer or Haywire attacks). Ionic flare shields are repositioned before any attacks are carried out in the Shooting phase and may not be used to make saving throws against close combat attacks.