The numerical boost in attacking units would then trigger the award of a Fleet Size Bonus to Blue (for having twice as many combat units in the battle), making Yellow’s defense even more difficult.

The first is your Attack Strength, which is the number you need to score a hit (a 4 means you must roll a 4 or less). Now of course, over time players may advance their technologies to help assist in destroying their rivals, but this is done secretly whenever you reach an economic phase and have resources to spend.Exploration technology displays as a text box the first time a marker is explored, it is as normal afterwards.

The current strategic situation, as well as your own personal style of play, would have to guide you in making the decision to fight or flee. The play area is made up of hexes representing regions of space, and game pieces are represented by square or hexagonal tokens. In a four player game, even with all Advanced/Optional rules in use, I do suspect that there will eventually be two basic problems.The alternative is for Yellow to Retreat instead of firing, thus leaving the Colony on Cerberus to the tender mercy of the Blue invader (which would have to attack and reduce the Yellow Colony before it could attempt to make it a Blue Colony). The way to develop a good economy is to find planets and Colonize them so they can produce CPs for your use. Depending on the chosen scenario the game will take place on a map ranging from 8 x 8 to 13 x 13 hexes. Likewise the Merchant Ship Pipelines advanced rule adds another dimension, as they are infrastructure you have to develop – and – protect!