Editing D6 Simple Rules Overview for Empire Ascendant (section)

===Vehicle Damage===
Damage Roll > Soak Roll by:
*0-3. . . Shields blown / controls ionized
*4-8. . . Lightly Damaged
*9-12. . . Heavily Damaged
*13-15. . . Severely Damaged
*16+. . . Destroyed

'''Damage Level'''
*''Shields Blown:'' The vehicle loses -1D from its shield rating.  This lasts until repaired.  If the vehicle has no shields, or has lost all of its shield dice, the controls are ionized instead.
*''Controls Ionized:'' The controls are overwhelmed by power surges, and the vehicle loses -1D from Maneuverability, Shields, Speed, and Fire Control for the rest of the round, as well as the next round.
*''Lightly Damage:'' Vehicles can be lightly damaged any number of times.  Roll 1D to see which system is damaged.  Each result lasts until the system is repaired.
**1-3. . . Maneuverability -1D.
**4. . . Random weapon system is hit, gunner takes damage (1D) or Fire Control -1D.
**5-6. . . Speed -1D.
*''Heavily Damaged:'' Vehicles that are Lightly or Heavily damaged again become Severely Damaged.  Roll 1D to see which system is damaged.  Each result lasts until the system is repaired.
**1-3. . . Maneuverability -2D.
**4-6. . . Speed -2D.
*''Severely Damaged:'' Vehicles that are Lightly, Heavily, or Severely damaged again become Destroyed.  Roll 1D to see what happens.  Each result lasts until the system is repaired.
*# The powerplant is destroyed, causing the vehicle to crash or come to a full stop.
*# Same as #1.
*# The generator is overloaded and will explode in 1D rounds.
*# All weapon systems are made inoperative.
*# The vehicle begins to break apart and will crash in 1D rounds.
*# The vehicle crashes and explodes, and is Destroyed.
*''Destroyed:'' Make a Survival roll (Moderate difficulty) to get to eject or bail out; the vehicle is irreparably obliterated.