Official rule text
84.1 STEP 1—Starting with the speaker and proceeding clockwise, RELATED TOPICS: Anomalies, Movement each player chooses one strategy card from the common play area and places it faceup in their play area. 87 SUSTAIN DAMAGE (UNIT ABILITY) a If there are one or more trade good tokens on a strategy Some units have the “Sustain Damage” ability. Immediately before card when a player chooses it, that player gains those trade a player assigns hits to their units, that player can use the “Sustain goods. Damage” ability of any of their units in the active system. b A player cannot choose a strategy card that another player 87.1 For each “Sustain Damage” ability that a player uses, one hit has already chosen during the current strategy phase. produced by another player’s units is canceled. Then, each unit using this ability is placed on its side to indicate that it is c When playing with three or four players, each player damaged. will choose a second strategy card. After the last player has received their first strategy card, each player chooses 87.2 A damaged unit does not have reduced capabilities and is a second strategy card, starting with the speaker and functionally the same as an undamaged unit, except that it proceeding clockwise. cannot use the “Sustain Damage” ability.