If a player’s data pool is full when they would gain data from multiple sources at once (such as scanning and playing a card), are all excess data lost, or can the player choose which sources are lost and which are kept?
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Official Answer
If a player's data pool is full when they would gain data from multiple sources at once, all excess data are lost. The rulebook states:
- "Your data pool can never hold more than 6 data at a time. If you would ever gain data when your data pool is full, you must discard the excess." (page 14)
- "If your data pool is full, discard any excess data tokens you gain." (page 28)
The rulebook does not specify any way to choose which sources are lost or kept; it simply states that any data gained in excess of the limit must be discarded. Therefore, regardless of the source, any data above the 6-token limit is lost.
Source: page 14, page 28.
Source: Core Rulebook (pp. 14, 17, 28, 6, 7)