A ruling is an official clarification on the way an ambiguous rule or card text should be interpreted.
Recovering from negative base durability through a card's effect
Ruling issued on November 19th 2024
Situation:
My base has 1 durability remaining. I control the Organic structure Flesh Mender, which restores durability to my base whenever one of my ships is destroyed. My opponent attacks with a Missile Cruiser, which has the Bombard keyword, reducing my base's durability when it attacks a ship with no structure behind it. The Missile Cruiser destroys one of my ships and bombards my base simultaneously. Do I lose the game, or does my Flesh Mender save me?
Ruling:
In Future Invaders, effects are resolved one at a time, in the order they are triggered, rather than using "state-based" logic. The Missile Cruiser's bombardment reduces your base's durability below 0, destroying it. The Flesh Mender's effect would trigger afterward, but too late to save your base. You lose the game.