[Mephisto]

Originally posted by Wardad:
As far as I can tell the unit being damaged is random. It used to be the first SAT type laid was first hit. Some people say the weakest one is hit first, just like ship components. I don't believe this, as it would mean a ships Bridge, Crew Quaters, and Life Support are destroyed before engines.

I have to admit that is not like ship components as the weakest ship component isn't hit first. The comparison was only to get the idea. However, the weakest unit is always destroyed first. Its easy to test. Take a WP with high and one with low hit points and apply enough damage to destroy the low hit point WP. It will always get destroyed. The only difference might be when you apply enough hit points to destroy any of the two WP. Then the destroyed WP is chosen randomly.
Example: WP A has 600 HP, WP B has 700 HP.
Apply 599 damage points and nothing will happen.
Apply 600 and WP A will be destroyed.
Or apply 601 and WP A will be destroyed and 1 DP stored.
If you apply 599 DP and then 200 more, either WP might get destroyed.