When a ship is destroyed, then
Recovered used, at any point are the personnel aboard considered 'killed'? It seems like another weird timing thing exists with
Valuable Prisoner. Can I target the Borg Queen with VP, then capture her when the ship is destroyed? Or is she somehow saved, despite the rules saying that when a ship is destroyed, all personnel aboard are killed?
if a ship is destroyed, all personnel aboard are killed and discarded
So here's my reasoning:
For a 'just' response to trigger, the thing has to have already happened. Therefore, the ship is destroyed. Rules say everything aboard is killed as part of destruction. But, VP triggers before the kill. So VP is a response that must happen just before ship destruction. So, VP slides in to nab the Queen before Recovered sees the ship has reached the 'destroyed' state.