Action Cards

After you activate a system: Choose any 2 systems that do not contain planets; those 2 systems are adjacent to one another until the end of this tactical action.

When another player purges a component: That player must choose to allow you to either gain 2 trade goods or replenish your commodities.

When you pass: Return 1 of your unscored secret objectives to the secret objective deck, shuffle that deck, and draw 1 secret objective.

At the start of the agenda phase: Choose 1 player. Exhaust each cultural planet owned by that player.

When you pass: Gain 4 commodities; for each commodity you would gain in excess of your commodity value, gain 1 trade good instead.

ACTION: Reveal the top 3 cards of an exploration deck that matches a planet you control; gain any relic fragments that you reveal and discard the rest.

After an agenda is revealed: Choose 1 player. That player cannot vote on this agenda.

When your flagship is destroyed: Purge your flagship and destroy all other units in its system.

When you are negotiating a transaction: You and the other player can include relics, action cards, and unscored secret objectives as part of this transaction. This card cannot be canceled.

At the start of an invasion: Each of your non-fighter ships in the active system that does not have BOMBARDMENT gains BOMBARDMENT 6 until the end of the invasion.

At the start of the status phase: Choose 1 revealed public objective; during this status phase, when a player scores that objective, gain 1 trade good.

After the speaker votes on an agenda: Spend any number of trade goods. For each trade good spent, cast 1 additional vote for the outcome on which you voted.

After the votes cast on an agenda are tallied: Spend any number of trade goods. For each trade good spent, add 2 additional votes to your total.

ACTION: Ready 1 of your planets that has a technology specialty or choose 1 player to gain their breakthrough.

At the start of an invasion: During this invasion, apply -4 to the result of each BOMBARDMENT roll against planets you control.

After your opponent produces 1 or more hits during ground combat: Cancel up to 2 of those hits.

Before 1 or more of your units would make a roll for a unit ability: Apply +4 to the result of each of those rolls. Any hits produced by those rolls cannot be canceled.

After you activate a system: Your ships can move through systems that contain other players' ships during this action, and SPACE CANNON cannot be used against them.

ACTION: Choose a player; that player must give you 1 of their abilities.

After you activate a system: Apply +1 to the move value of each of your ships during this tactical action. Additionally, your ships may move through and into asteroid fields during this movement.

When another player is elected as the outcome of an agenda: You are the elected player instead.

After a die is rolled: Apply +3 or -3 to the result before resolving the effects of that roll.

When you are elected as the outcome of an agenda: Choose 1 player. That player is the elected player instead.

When an agenda outcome would be resolved: You may choose to be treated as either the dissenter or the proponent, if able. The previous dissenter or proponent is treated as having the most votes after you. If you are the elected player, you may also choose 1 player to become the elected player instead.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, place 1 space dock from your reinforcements on a planet you control.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, place 1 structure on a planet you control.

After you destroy 1 or more of another player's infantry on a planet: Destroy half of that player's infantry on that planet, rounded up.

Before you roll dice for Space Cannon: Your hits must be applied to non-fighter ships during Space Cannon Offense, or mechs during Space Cannon Defense, if able.

After another player activates a system that contains 1 of your command tokens: Return that command token to your tactic pool.

When another player would perform a strategic action: End that player's turn; the strategic action is not resolved and the strategy card is not exhausted.

After 1 of your ships is destroyed during a space combat: Roll 2 dice. For each result equal to or greater than that ship's combat value, your opponent must choose and destroy 1 of their ships.

When your last ship in the active system is destroyed: Place 1 of your ground forces from the space area of the active system onto a planet in that system other than Mecatol Rex; if the planet contains other players' units, place your ground forces into coexistence.

ACTION: Gain 1 relic.

ACTION: Choose 1 planet. Destroy each PDS on that planet.

At the end of any player's turn, if there are at least 2 players who have not passed: Skip the next player's turn.

During the agenda phase when an outcome would be resolved: If you voted for or predicted another outcome, discard the agenda instead; the agenda is resolved with no effect and it is not replaced. Then, exhaust all of your planets.

After another player activates a system that contains 1 or more of your structures: Remove up to 2 of your ground forces from the game board and place them on a planet you control in the active system.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, choose 1 system that contains a planet you control. Each other player places a command token from their reinforcements in that system.

When an agenda is revealed: Choose another player; that player must give you 1 promissory note from their hand.

When an agenda is revealed: Choose another player; that player must give you 1 promissory note from their hand.

After another player's ship uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities: Destroy that ship.

After another player's ship or ground force uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities: Destroy that unit.

After another player's ship uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities: Destroy that ship.

After another player's ship or ground force uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities: Destroy that unit.

At the start of an invasion in a system that contains 1 or more of your opponents' PDS units: Your opponents' PDS units lose PLANETARY SHIELD and SPACE CANNON during this invasion.

After you cast votes on an outcome of an agenda: Cast 5 additional votes for that outcome.

ACTION: Return a non-unit upgrade, non-faction technology that you own to your technology deck. Then, research another technology.

When 1 of your units would be destroyed: It is not destroyed instead.

At the start of invasion: Units you control in the active system gain PLANETARY SHIELD until the end of this tactical action.

ACTION: Ready each cultural planet you control.

ACTION: Draw 1 paradigm.

At the start of the agenda phase: Shuffle all discarded agendas into the agenda deck and look at the top 3 cards of that deck. Place each of those cards on the top or bottom of that deck in any order.

At the start or end of a combat round: Repair all of your units that have SUSTAIN DAMAGE in the active system.

When you draw cards for a splice that you initiated: Add 2 additional cards to the splice; after you choose your card, choose and discard 2 of the spliced cards before passing them to the next player.

After you activate a system: All systems that contain alpha wormholes, beta wormholes, gamma wormholes, and gravity rifts are adjacent during this movement.

When another player would resolve your “Trade Agreement” promissory note: You do not give that player your commodities; that player returns your Trade Agreement promissory note.

ACTION: Draw 1 card from any splice deck.

ACTION: Choose another player. You and that player may agree to place 1 infantry from each of your reinforcements into coexistence on a planet the other player controls that contains their ground forces; if no agreement is reached, you each discard 1 token from your fleet pool.

After another player moves ships into a system during a tactical action: Choose 1 of your space docks that is either in or adjacent to that system. That space dock uses SPACE CANNON 5 (x3) against ships in the active system.

ACTION: Explore a frontier token that is in or adjacent to a system that contains 1 or more of your ships.

At the start of another player's turn, if they have a readied strategy card: If that player's next action is not a strategic action, they discard all of their action cards, give you all of their trade goods, and show you all of their secret objectives.

When you announce a retreat: Your units immediately retreat to an eligible system; do not place a command token in that system.

ACTION: Ready a non-home planet that contains 1 of your structures. If that planet contains your monument, place 4 infantry or 1 mech on it.

ACTION: Place 1 fighter from your reinforcements into each system that contains 1 or more of your space docks or ships that have a capacity value; they cannot be placed in systems that contain other players' ships.

At the start of the first round of a space combat: Apply +2 to the result of each of your fighters' combat rolls during this combat round.

After your ground forces make combat rolls during a round of ground combat: Reroll any number of your dice.

After you activate a system: Apply +1 to the move value of each of your ships during this tactical action.

After you activate a system: Apply +1 to the move value of each of your ships during this tactical action.

ACTION: Either remove any player's command token from the board, or place a command token from any player's reinforcements in a system that contains or is adjacent to one of your ships.

ACTION: Spend 4 trade goods to research 1 technology.

When you research a technology: You may ignore 1 of that technology's prerequisites. If that technology is not a unit upgrade technology, you may ignore 2 of that technology's prerequisites.

After another player activates a system that contains your units: Gain 3 trade goods. Then, choose another player to gain 1 trade good.

ACTION: For each planet trait, if you control a planet of that trait, gain 2 commodities or convert 2 of your commodities to trade goods.

At the start of ground combat: You may place a number of infantry from your reinforcements on that planet equal to half that planet's influence value, rounded down.

ACTION: Place 3 infantry from your reinforcements on 1 planet you control.

After a player activates a system that contains 1 or more of your ships: Place up to 1 ship from your reinforcements that has a cost of 4 or less in the active system.

ACTION: Discard 1 of your neighbors' genomes.

ACTION: Place 1 destroyer from your reinforcements in a non-home system that contains a wormhole and does not contain other players' ships.

After another player commits units to land on a planet you control: Move any number of ground forces from any planet you control in the active system to any other planet you control in the active system.

After a player commits units to land on a planet you control: Place 1 infantry on that planet. Then, move any number of ground forces from any planet you control in the active system to any other planet you control in the active system.

After an agenda is revealed: During this agenda, you vote last.

When an agenda outcome would be resolved: Switch the number of votes cast between 2 other players that cast at least 1 vote.

Before hits are assigned to your units: Cancel up to 2 hits.

After you activate an anomaly: Replenish your commodities.

ACTION: Initiate a splice of any type, including all players.

After a player commits ground forces to land on a planet you control: Roll a number of dice equal to that planet's resource value, for each result of 6 or greater, produce 1 hit against those ground forces.

ACTION: Place a command token from your tactic pool in any non-home system; choose and destroy 1 unit in that system.

At the start of a space combat round: Each of your non-fighter ships in the active system that does not have SUSTAIN DAMAGE gains that unit ability this combat round.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, gain 1 victory point.

ACTION: Spend 3 influence to draw 1 secret objective.

After you activate a system: Choose 1 system. During this tactical action, your ships in the chosen system can move through systems that contain other players' ships.

ACTION: Gain 1 trade good for each industrial planet you control.

When you gain control of a planet: Replace each PDS and space dock that is on that planet with a matching unit from your reinforcements.

After an agenda is revealed: Look at the top 3 cards of the agenda deck.

ACTION: Remove 1 token from another player's tactic pool and return it to their reinforcements.

After your opponent declares a retreat during a space combat: Your opponent cannot retreat during this round of space combat.

ACTION: Choose 1 unit type other than flagship; reveal cards from the unit upgrade deck until you reveal a card of that type, if able. Then, gain that card and shuffle the rest back into the unit upgrade deck.

When 1 of your units is destroyed: Destroy a unit in its system that has an equal or lower cost.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, gain 3 command tokens.

After 2 of your neighbors resolve a transaction: Look at each of those players' hands of action cards, then choose and take 1 action card from each.

ACTION: Choose 1 infantry in a system adjacent to your units and roll 1 die. On a result of a 3 or higher, destroy that infantry and choose an infantry in the same or an adjacent system to repeat the roll; for each new roll choose an infantry owned by a different player than the previous infantry, if able.

After you activate a system: During this tactical action, systems that contain alpha and beta wormholes are adjacent to each other.

ACTION: Destroy 1 dreadnought, cruiser, or destroyer in a system that contains a planet you control.

ACTION: Move all units from the space area of any system into an adjacent system that contains a different player's ships. Space combat is resolved in that system; neither player can retreat or resolve abilities that would move their ships.

Before you assign hits produced by another player's SPACE CANNON roll: Cancel 1 hit.

Before you assign hits produced by another player's SPACE CANNON roll: Cancel 1 hit.

ACTION: Resolve the PRODUCTION ability of 1 of your units; reduce the combined cost of the produced units by 3.

After cards are drawn for a splice you are not participating in: Take the cards and choose which card each participating player will take.

At the start of the strategy phase: Place a total of 5 trade goods from the supply on strategy cards of your choice; you must place these tokens on at least 3 different cards.

After you perform an action: Perform an additional action.

When any die is rolled: Add or subtract 1 from its result.

At any time: You may use the SPACE CANNON ability of each of up to 3 of your units in any system against another player's ships in or adjacent to that system.

When a die is rolled by any player: Roll two dice instead, and add the results together (max 10).

ACTION: Spend 2 trade goods to place 2 neutral infantry on any non-home planet that contains no units; if that planet was owned by another player, they return its planet card to the planet card deck.

When you would remove ground forces due to insufficient capacity: Commit those ground forces to a planet in that system instead; resolve an invasion on that planet using only those ground forces.

ACTION: Choose 1 system that contains another player's ships. Roll 1 die for each fighter in that system. For each result of 6 or greater, destroy 1 of those units.

ACTION: Gain trade goods equal to the resource value of 1 planet you control.

At the start of a combat round: Apply +1 to the result of each of your unit's combat rolls during this combat round.

At the start of a combat round: Apply +1 to the result of each of your unit's combat rolls during this combat round.

ACTION: Discard 1 of your abilities, then draw 1 ability.

After you activate a system: During the "Movement" step of this tactical action, ignore the effect of anomalies.

ACTION: Choose 1 player with the most victory points. Look at up to 1 of their unscored secret objectives, at random.

ACTION: Perform the primary ability of a readied or unchosen strategy card.

ACTION: If you have at least 2 victory points more than every other player in the game, perform the primary ability of any strategy card.

After another player commits units to land on a planet you control: Return the committed units to the space area.

After another player commits units to land on a planet you control: Return the committed units to the space area; choose 1 of them to destroy.

ACTION: Ready your agent or spend 1 command token from your strategy pool to unlock your commander.

ACTION: Place 1 neutral destroyer in a non-home system that contains no non-neutral ships.

ACTION: Spend 3 resources to place 1 neutral carrier, 1 neutral cruiser, 1 neutral destroyer, and 2 neutral fighters in a non-home system that contains no non-neutral ships.

ACTION: Spend 5 influence and choose a non-faction technology owned by 1 of your neighbors; gain that technology.

ACTION: Choose 1 planet that is controlled by another player. Roll 1 die for each infantry on that planet. For each result of 6 or greater, destroy 1 of those units.

ACTION: Choose 1 non-home planet you control other than Mecatol Rex. Reveal cards from that planet's corresponding exploration deck until you reveal an attachment; attach that attachment to that planet and discard the rest.

When you would return your strategy card(s) during the status phase: Do not return your strategy card(s). You do not choose strategy cards during the next strategy phase.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, draw 3 action cards and gain the speaker token.

ACTION: Draw 1 action card.

ACTION: For each exploration deck, look at the top card of that deck; if that card is a relic fragment, reveal and gain that card, otherwise discard that card and gain 1 commodity.

When another player chooses a strategy card during the strategy phase: That player must choose a different strategy card instead, if able.

At the end of any player's turn, if you have passed: Perform 1 action.

After you activate a system that contains another player's ships: Place 2 command tokens from your reinforcements into your fleet pool.

ACTION: Destroy 1 space dock in a non-home system.

ACTION: Spend 2 trade goods to destroy 1 of your neighbor's structures in a non-home system.

ACTION: Choose 1 or 2 of your infantry on the game board; replace each of those infantry with mechs.

ACTION: For each trade good you have, either gain 1 commodity or convert 1 of your commodities to a trade good.

When one of your ships uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE during combat: Produce 2 hits against your opponent's ships in the active system.

ACTION: Purge any number of your relic fragments to draw an equal number of action cards.

After a player resolves the effect of 1 of your faction promissory notes: That player must give you 1 promissory note from their hand, if able.

ACTION: Replace 1 of your structures with 1 structure from your reinforcements.

After another player gains control of a planet you control: Exhaust 1 planet that player controls and ready 1 planet you control.

ACTION: Discard 1 law from play.

After another player moves ships into a system that contains your ships: You may move 1 of your ships into the active system from any system that does not contain 1 of your command tokens.

At the start of a combat: Spend 4 resources to research a unit upgrade technology of the same type as 1 of your units that is participating in this combat.

When a splice begins: Reverse the order the spliced cards are passed.

After another player discards an action card that has a component action: Take that action card from the discard pile.

ACTION: Either place 1 infantry on each planet you control or place 1 fighter in each system that contains your ships or space docks and no other players' ships.

ACTION: Place 1 infantry from your reinforcements on each planet you control.

At the start of the "Announce Retreats" step of space combat, if you are the defender: Your opponent must announce a retreat, if able.

When another player plays an action card other than "Sabotage": Cancel that action card.

When another player plays an action card other than Sabotage: Cancel that action card.

After a mech you control is destroyed during ground combat: Your opponent must choose and destroy 2 of their own units on that planet.

After you win a space combat: Your opponent gives you all of their commodities.

At the start of the "Assign Hits" step of space combat: Capture each of your opponent's ship destroyed during this step. Then, gain 1 trade good for each non-fighter ships captured in this way.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, each player that voted for that outcome returns 1 command token from their fleet supply to their reinforcements.

ACTION: Choose a spliced card you own; gain 2 trade goods for each card you own with a faction origin that matches that card.

After another player makes a BOMBARDMENT, SPACE CANNON, or ANTI-FIGHTER BARRAGE roll: That player rerolls all of their dice.

ACTION: Choose 1 or 2 of your non-fighter ships on the game board and return them to your reinforcements; gain trade goods equal to the combined cost of those ships.

ACTION: Purge any 2 of your relic fragments to gain 1 relic.

ACTION: Choose 1 of your neighbors that has 1 or more relic fragments. That player must give you 1 relic fragment of your choice.

When a player exhausts a genome or plays an action card other than "Shatter": That genome is exhausted without effect, or that action card is canceled.

Before you assign hits to your ships during a space combat: Cancel up to 2 hits.

Before you assign hits to your ships during a space combat: Cancel up to 2 hits.

ACTION: Choose 1 non-home system that contains or is adjacent to 1 of your ships. Place a command token from another player's reinforcements in that system.

At the start of a round of combat: Each unit participating in that combat becomes damaged, if able.

At the start of a combat round: Move all of your ships from the active system into an adjacent system that does not contain another player's ships; the space combat ends in a draw. Then, place a command token from your reinforcements in that system.

At the start of a combat round: Move all of your ships from the active system into an adjacent system that does not contain another player's ships; the space combat ends in a draw. Then, place a command token from your reinforcements in that system.

After you activate a system: During the "Movement" step of this tactical action, other players cannot use SPACE CANNON against your ships.

After another player's unit uses Sustain Damage to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities: Destroy that unit.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, after the agenda has been fully resolved, ready all your planets and reveal 1 agenda from the top of the deck. Players vote on this agenda.

After an agenda is revealed: Each player must vote on this agenda, if able.

ACTION: Choose 1 player. That player gives you 1 random action card from their hand.

ACTION: Choose a supernova; each player destroys 3 of their units in that supernova and each adjacent system.

At the start of another player's turn: Immediately end that player's turn.

ACTION: Perform the secondary ability of any readied or unchosen strategy card.

At the start of the strategy phase: Gain 2 command tokens.

ACTION: Choose 1 system that contains 1 or more of your units that have BOMBARDMENT. Exhaust each planet controlled by other players in that system.

ACTION: Choose a system that contains another player's ready planet and is adjacent to or contains 1 or more of your units that have BOMBARDMENT. Roll for each BOMBARDMENT ability of these units. For each hit, exhaust 1 planet controlled by another player in that system.

At the start of the strategy phase: Choose a strategy card; that card cannot be picked unless there is no other option.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, research 1 technology.

When a splice ends, if you did not participate: Take all of the remaining spliced cards.

When a player activates a system that contains your units: Immediately perform an action, during which you are the active player.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, gain 5 trade goods.

ACTION: Give 1 of your abilities to one of your neighbors, then take 1 of their abilities.

During the "Space Cannon Offense" step of a tactical action: Your units up to 2 systems away can use their SPACE CANNON abilities against ships in the active system.

After another player resolves the component action of an action card: Immediately resolve that action card as if you had played it.

ACTION: Remove 1 of your command tokens from the game board and return it to your reinforcements.

ACTION: Choose and purge a relic. If the relic belonged to another player, that player gains 1 victory point; if it belonged to you, put The Fracture into play and place 1 additional ingress token in a system that contains your units.

ACTION: Choose 1 hazardous planet. Exhaust that planet and destroy up to 3 infantry on it.

After you activate a system that contains 1 or more of your ships: Replace 1 of your cruisers in that system with 1 dreadnought from your reinforcements.

ACTION: Exhaust 1 non-home planet controlled by another player. Then gain trade goods equal to its resource value.

After you activate a system: You may ignore the effects of anomalies during this movement.

When an agenda is revealed: Discard that agenda and reveal 1 agenda from the top of the deck. Players vote on this agenda instead.

ACTION: Place 1 cruiser from your reinforcements in a system that contains 1 or more of your ships.

When 1 or more of your units use PRODUCTION: Apply +4 to the total PRODUCTION value of your units and reduce the combined cost of the produced units by 1.

When 1 or more of your units use PRODUCTION: Apply +4 to the total PRODUCTION value of your units and reduce the combined cost of the produced units by 1.

After an agenda is revealed: You cannot vote on this agenda. Predict aloud an outcome of this agenda. If your prediction is correct, place 1 dreadnought from your reinforcements in a system that contains 1 or more of your ships.

Before you roll dice for ANTI-FIGHTER BARRAGE: Hits from this roll are produced against all ships (not just fighters).