A: Assassinations are used to remove opponent Diplomats and Shadow Agents. It requires a Shadow Agent in system with the target. The player must Flux the Shadow Agent’s Tech Level vs the target’s Tech Level. If successful, the target is destroyed and removed from the board. The target’s player must return the target’s card to the bottom of the appropriate deck. For example, if a System has 2 total Society and Resource Panels, and the Shadow Agent with a Tech Level of 11 and Assassination skill of 2, is attempting to Assassinate a Diplomat with Tech Level of 10, the Shadow Agent would roll 2 dice (Assassination Skill of 2) and would need to roll a 1, 2 or 3 on either die to succeed (1-2 for number of Society and Resource Panels, and the Shadow Agent is 1 Tech Level higher than the target).
The only exception to this is that if the target piece is currently in a friendly Outpost, the number to roll starts at 1 and is then modified by the Tech Level difference. It is always harder to Assassinate an Asset when they are protected on friendly ground.