Repel mechanics. How exactly it works?

[JimMorrison]

Wick said:
The "how can they be repelled" part seems simple. They take the point of damage, make their morale roll, and attack if they are still alive.

That's not how it works, but that's why it's happening, sort of.

"Any defender that has a longer weapon than the one used by the attacker makes a repel attack automatically upon being attacked."

So here's the deal with a Mindless unit - if the Attack rating of the *defending* unit is high enough, and the defense rating of the *attacking* unit is low enough (this is confusing, and I don't know exact stats of a firefly offhand), then the defender will ALWAYS succeed in making the Repel. If this is true, then the Mindless unit will ALWAYS make their Morale roll, and therefore will always make their attack regardless of the Repel, and take the 1 damage.

I hope that makes sense, if not I can break it down another way maybe.