 If the sum exceeds the target's to-hit number (which varies with range), then the attack succeeds.Damage that is not absorbed by ship armor then is distributed among the target ship's systems.In the March 1994 edition of "Dragon" (Issue 203), Rick Swan thought the basic rules produced a good game, but "the advanced rules go overboard with complications; space/atmosphere interface penalties require too many calculations, and enemy vessel boardings are too much work."