Control

Rules Reference

Each player begins the game with control of each planet in their home system. During the game, players can gain control of additional planets.

• 25.1When a player gains control of a planet, they take the planet card that corresponds to that planet and place it in their play area; that card is exhausted.

  • aIf a player is the first player to control a planet, they take the planet card from the planet card deck.

  • bIf another player controls the planet, they take that planet’s card from the other player’s play area.

  • cWhen a player gains control of a planet that is not already controlled by another player, they explore that planet.

• 25.2A player cannot gain control of a planet that they already control.

• 25.3While a player controls a planet, that planet’s card remains in their play area until they lose control of that planet.

• 25.4A player can control a planet that they do not have any units on; that player places a control token on that planet to mark that they control it.

• 25.5A player loses control of a planet if they no longer have units on it and another player has units on it.

  • aThe player that placed units on the planet gains control of that planet.

  • bDuring the Invasion step of a tactical action, control is determined during the Establish Control step instead.

• 25.6A player can lose control of a planet through some game effects.

• 25.7If a player loses control of a planet that contains their control token, they remove their control token from the planet.