A: Yes. These are examples of a basic concept in the interpretation of ST:CCG cards which was introduced with AU, called "The Colon Rule", so let me explain it here in detail. (Also, see the Rule Notes for AU for more info.)

THE COLON RULE is simple a way to interpret, by a glance at the name of the card, whether or not it is grouped with other cards which portray the same character.

You will note that some card names in ST:CCG contain a colon (":"), such as The Traveler: Transcendence, etc. Why? This is because we expect to sometime come out with another card that is a different instance of The Traveler, etc., and we wanted to distinguish them by name while still making it clear that they are meant to be grouped together.

For example, suppose we one day have a card that is called "The Traveler: Timestop". The question then would be, if I had another card that says, "nullifies The Traveler", would it apply to The Traveler:
Timestop as well as The Traveler: Transcendence? And the answer would be yes, because of the colon rule -- the use of the colon this way shows that the cards are the same when referenced by other cards, two versions of The Traveler, so to speak. In other words, the presence of the colon indicates to you that Decipher wanted the two cards to be grouped together as "Traveler Cards".

However, if "The Traveler: Timestop" was instead named simply "Timestop", then it would NOT be grouped with The Traveler (even if there was a picture of The Traveler on that card). Now, we did not include colons on all the original cards which might eventually form such a group, because that would have been too awkward (especially since we weren't sure at the time whether there would be any others). But the Colon Rule would still apply to them. Thus, there is a new card in AU called "Kevin Uxbridge: Convergence." Because it is named with a colon like this, it is considered to be grouped with the normal Kevin Uxbridge card. Any card that applies to "Kevin Uxbridge" would apply to both of them. Thus, Q2 would nullify both of them. This does not mean that Kevin Uxbridge: Convergence is the same card as Kevin Uxbridge. In this case, they just happen to have similar effects (destroying Events). If a future card does NOT apply to both, it will be worded more specifically to make that clear.

Thus, you can see that Countermanda is an example of a card that is NOT using the colon rule, and thus which is NOT intended to be grouped with Amanda Rogers. If we wanted it that way, we would have named it "Amanda Rogers: Countermanda", or some such thing.

Now, since the Amanda Rogers card says it "Nullifies any one Interrupt card just played (except Kevin Uxbridge or another Amanda Rogers)...." this means that the new card "Countermanda" is NOT one of these exceptions, and thus CAN be nullified by Amanda Rogers. It might seem strange that Amanda would nullify herself, but we wanted it this way for gameplay reasons. A chauvinist male might say that it is a woman's prerogative to change her mind!

Note, by the way, that Amanda Rogers will NOT nullify the Kevin Uxbridge: Convergence card, since, by the colon rule, it would be considered grouped with Kevin Uxbridge, which is exempted from Amanda's control as noted above.

The Alternate Universe expansion set makes extensive use of this colon rule to distinguish between, for example, a personnel and the alternate universe version of that same personnel.

One final note: The Colon Rule applies also if the second card also is given the exact same name as the first card. In such a case, they are also grouped together, and any other card that refers to one also applies to the other. (This will be rare.)

Another final note: It is likely that we may have made some mistakes in the initial set by not always anticipating the colon rule well. For example, there is a mistake on the Bynars Weapon Enhancement card. We intended that there would be future Bynars-related cards (which is why we gave it the long name rather than just "Bynars"), but somehow the colon was left out. It should have been called, "Bynars: Weapon Enhancement." Please bear with us if we have to deal with a few such mistakes in FAQs.