So in another thread I had asked 6 questions and this is one of those questions that is still a bit unanswered.
If a mage astrally projects and his body is knocked unconscious, nothing happens to his astral form, right? This is based off of the books "While you were out" segment. It states that if the body dies while the mind is astrally projecting than the mind will continue to project for Magic x 2 hours. There is also proof of this in the back of corporate Enclaves in the mission framework detailing the mage who hires the runners to track down her killers.
But what about damage then? Does the astral form of the mage immediately take damage equivalent to their stun damage? Do they take damage modifiers equal to the physical modifiers?
What about that mage if their body is killed? Does that astral form have a condition monitor for that limited amount of time before they dissipate and vanish forever? Speaking of that, if astral attributes are based on mental attributes, a character very well could have a larger or smaller condition monitor when they are astrally projecting. Is there an astral condition monitor like there is a digital one while hacking? If that were the case, what happens if the mage who has taken damage on the astral and on the physical comes back to their body? Are the monitors then merged with the most damage remaining or are the monitors added up and the mage has a possible chance of dying if the damage exceeds his monitor?
I'm just looking for some answers as this seems not terribly clear by the book.