While an allied trooper unit within
and in LOS of a unit that has the Guardian X keyword is defending against a Ranged attack, it may cancel up to X hit
results during the Modify Attack Dice step of the attack sequence. For each hit
result canceled in this way, the unit with the Guardian X keyword rolls a defense die matching the one on its Unit Card. After converting any defense surge
results according to its surge chart or by using Surge tokens, the unit with the Guardian X keyword gains 1 Suppression token, then suffers one Wound for each blank result. A defending unit that has the Guardian X keyword used on it gains a Suppression token as normal.A unit cannot use Guardian X if the defending unit also has the Guardian X keyword. If multiple allied units can use the Guardian X keyword during an attack, the player who controls those units declares which unit is using the Guardian X keyword and resolves their ability before choosing whether to declare that another unit is using the Guardian X keyword.A unit cannot use Guardian X if it has a number of Suppression tokens equal to or greater than its
.The Pierce X keyword can be used to cancel block
results on defense dice rolled by a unit using Guardian X; treat canceled block
results as Blank results. After using Pierce X in this way, any unused Pierce X value can still be used to cancel block
results rolled by the defending unit.Additionally, a unit with the Guardian X keyword cannot benefit from Backup and ignores the
Rank requirement to provide Backup.