Maneuvre to shield

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Just thought about this, having used the action at weekend in a vain attempt to save my Warlock.

As Firing from a ship is supposedly all happening at once. A ship fires at the warlock, but hits the hermes that is shielding it... the shielding ship is vapourised... the secondary firing then hits the warlock, or does it hit the debris of the hermes, as it fires at the same time? taking the hermes to minus 35 or some such?
if their was no maneuvre to shild action, then all shots hit the target ship, and continue firing long after it is dead... I know it's too late to save the warlock now, but I just wondered...

 

[Burger]

Since all weapons fire is declared at the start, then all would be redirected at the Hermes, at the start. Then all weapons fired, and the one explosion roll made at the end.

 

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if only I had been sure at the time!