Crippling Damage
War Engines with 6 or more in starting Damage Capacity that are reduced to below 1/2 in remaining Damage Capacity counts as having a new starting Damage Capacity of 1/2 (fractions rounded up) for the following purposes: 1. Determining the number of blast markers it can have before it becomes broken, 2. for determining how many Close Combat and/or Fire Fight dice it gets. In addition, while such a WE is has a Damage Capacity below 1/2, critical hits cause an additonal +1 damage on top of their usual effects.
This rule takes effect after the activation that caused it has been resolved.
E.g. a War Engine with a starting Damage Capacity of 8 that suffers 5 damage counts as having a Damage Capacity of 4 for the purposes of determining Blast Markers, as well as Fire Fight and Close Combat dice. In addition, critical hits now cause an additional +1 Damage. If it were to suffer another 3 damage it would not suffer any additional negative effects.