Here's an example scenario. Seyn Marna attacks Vader with Hate. She rolls a crit, and opts to cancel the remaining results and deal a face down damage card. Does Vader get to recover a force?
Seyn Marana: While you perform an attack, you may spend 1 Critical Hit result. If you do, deal 1 facedown damage card to the defender, then cancel your remaining results.
Hate: After you suffer 1 or more damage, recover that many Force.
Rules Reference (page 9): • If an effect instructs a player to deal a damage card to a ship, this is different from the ship suffering damage. The card is dealt to the ship regardless of whether the ship has any active shields.
I feel like it's trying to say that being dealt a face down damage card is different from the standard flow of suffering damage where you first lose a shield and then once all shields are depleted take a damage. But the wording that it is different from the ship suffering damage also could be interpreted as does not count as suffering damage.
What happens in the case where the attacking player rolls their attack dice, but before they have an opportunity to modify their dice, the defending player rolls their defense dice? My assumption is that the roll will stand, and the attacker just gets to know what the defending player's dice result will look like as they modify their dice, but I can't find any official ruling on this.