Action Cards

• Ancient Burial Sites (x1)

  At the start of the agenda phase:

  Choose 1 player. Exhaust each cultural planet owned by that player.
• Archaeological Expedition (x1)

  As an 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.
• Assassinate Representative (x1)

  After an agenda is revealed:

  Choose 1 player. That player cannot vote on this agenda.
• Blitz (x1)

  At the start of an invasion:

  Each of your non-fighter ships in the active system that do not have BOMBARDMENT gain BOMBARDMENT 6 until the end of the invasion.
• Bribery (x1)

  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.
• Bunker (x1)

  At the start of an invasion:

  During this invasion, apply -4 to the result of each Bombardment roll against planets you control.
• Confounding Legal Text (x1)

  When another player is elected as the outcome of an agenda:

  You are the elected player instead.
• Confusing Legal Text (x1)

  When you are elected as the outcome of an agenda:

  Choose 1 player. That player is the elected player instead.
• Construction Rider (x1)

  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.
• Counterstroke (x1)

  After a player activates a system that contains 1 of your command tokens:

  Return that command token to your tactic pool.
• Coup d'Etat (x1)

  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.
• Courageous to the End (x1)

  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.
• Cripple Defenses (x1)

  Action: Choose 1 planet.

  Destroy each PDS on that planet.
• Deadly Plot (x1)

  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.
• Decoy Operation (x1)

  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.
• Diplomacy Rider (x1)

  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.
• Diplomatic Pressure (x4)

  When an agenda is revealed:

  Choose another player; that player must give you 1 promissory note from their hand.
• Direct Hit (x4)

  After another player's ship uses Sustain Damage to cancel a hit produced by your units or abilities

  Destroy that ship.
• Disable (x1)

  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.
• Distinguished Councilor (x1)

  After you cast votes on an outcome of an agenda:

  Cast 5 additional votes for that outcome.
• Divert Funding (x1)

  As an Action:

  Return a non-unit upgrade, non-faction technology that you own to your technology deck. Then, research another technology.
• Economic Initiative (x1)

  As an Action:

  Ready each cultural planet you control.
• Emergency Repairs (x1)

  At the start or end of a combat round:

  Repair all of your units that have Sustain Damage in the active system.
• Experimental Battlestation (x1)

  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.
• Exploration Probe (x1)

  As an Action:

  Explore a frontier token that is in or adjacent to a system that contains 1 or more of your ships.
• Fighter Conscription (x1)

  As an Action:

  Place 1 fighter from your reinforcements in each system that contains 1 or more of your space docks or units that have capacity; they cannot be placed in systems that contain other players' ships.
• Fighter Prototype (x1)

  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.
• Fire Team (x1)

  After your ground forces make combat rolls during a round of ground combat:

  Reroll any number of your dice.
• Flank Speed (x4)

  After you activate a system:

  Apply +1 to the move value of each of your ships during this tactical action.
• Focused Research (x1)

  As an Action:

  Spend 4 trade goods to research 1 technology.
• Forward Supply Base (x1)

  After another player activates a system that contains your units:

  Gain 3 trade goods. Then, choose another player to gain 1 trade good.
• Frontline Deployment (x1)

  As an Action:

  Place 3 infantry from your reinforcements on 1 planet you control.
• Ghost Ship (x1)

  As an Action:

  Place 1 destroyer from your reinforcements in a non-home system that contains a wormhole and does not contain other players' ships.
• Ghost Squad (x1)

  After a 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.
• Hack Election (x1)

  After an agenda is revealed:

  During this agenda, voting begins with the player to the right of the speaker and continues counterclockwise.
• Harness Energy (x1)

  After you activate an anomaly:

  Replenish your commodities.
• Imperial Rider (x1)

  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.
• Impersonation (x1)

  As an Action:

  Spend 3 influence to draw 1 secret objective.
• In The Silence Of Space (x1)

  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.
• Industrial Initiative (x1)

  As an Action:

  Gain 1 trade good for each industrial planet you control.
• Infiltrate (x1)

  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.
• Insider Information (x1)

  After an agenda is revealed:

  Look at the top card of the agenda deck.
• Insubordination (x1)

  As an Action:

  Remove 1 token from another player's tactic pool and return it to their reinforcements.
• Intercept (x1)

  After your opponent declares a retreat during a space combat:

  Your opponent cannot retreat during this round of space combat.
• Leadership Rider (x1)

  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.
• Lost Star Chart (x1)

  After you activate a system:

  During this tactical action, systems that contain alpha and beta wormholes are adjacent to each other.
• Lucky Shot (x1)

  As an Action:

  Destroy 1 dreadnought, cruiser, or destroyer in a system that contains a planet you control.
• Maneuvering Jets (x4)

  Before you assign hits produced by another player's Space Cannon roll:

  Cancel 1 hit.
• Manipulate Investments (x1)

  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.
• Master Plan (x1)

  After you perform an action:

  You may perform an additional action this turn.
• Mining Initiative (x1)

  As an Action:

  Gain trade goods equal to the resource value of 1 planet you control.
• Morale Boost (x4)

  At the start of a combat round:

  Apply +1 to the result of each of your unit's combat rolls during this combat round.
• Nav Suite (x1)

  After you activate a system:

  During the "Movement" step of this tactical action, ignore the effects of anomalies.
• Parley (x1)

  After another player commits units to land on a planet you control:

  Return the committed units to the space area.
• Plagiarize (x1)

  As an Action:

  Spend 5 influence and choose a non-faction technology owned by 1 of your neighbors; gain that technology.
• Plague (x1)

  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.
• Political Stability (x1)

  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.
• Politics Rider (x1)

  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.
• Public Disgrace (x1)

  When another player chooses a strategy card during the strategy phase:

  That player must choose a different strategy card instead, if able.
• Rally (x1)

  After you activate a system that contains another player's ships:

  Place 2 command tokens from your reinforcements in your fleet pool.
• Reactor Meltdown (x1)

  As an Action:

  Destroy 1 space dock in a non-home system.
• Refit Troops (x1)

  As an Action:

  Choose 1 or 2 of your infantry on the game board; replace each of those infantry with mechs.
• Reflective Shielding (x1)

  When one of your ships uses SUSTAIN DAMAGE during combat:

  Produce 2 hits against your opponent's ships in the active system.
• Reparations (x1)

  After another player gains control of a planet you control:

  Exhaust 1 planet that player controls and ready 1 planet you control.
• Repeal Law (x1)

  As an Action:

  Discard 1 law from play.
• Reveal Prototype (x1)

  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.
• Reverse Engineer (x1)

  When another player discards an action card that has a component action:

  Take that action card from the discard pile.
• Rise of a Messiah (x1)

  As an Action:

  Place 1 infantry from your reinforcements on each planet you control.
• Rout (x1)

  At the start of the "Announce Retreats" step of space combat, if you are the defender:

  Your opponent must announce a retreat, if able.
• Sabotage (x4)

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

  Cancel that action card.
• Salvage (x1)

  After you win a space combat:

  Your opponent gives you all of their commodities.
• Sanction (x1)

  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.
• Scramble Frequency (x1)

  After another player makes a BOMBARDMENT, SPACE CANNON, or ANTI-FIGHTER BARRAGE roll:

  That player rerolls all of their dice.
• Scuttle (x1)

  As an 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.
• Seize Artifact (x1)

  As an Action:

  Choose 1 of your neighbors that has 1 or more relic fragments. That player must give you 1 relic fragment of your choice.
• Shields Holding (x4)

  Before you assign hits to your ships during a space combat:

  Cancel up to 2 hits.
• Signal Jamming (x1)

  As an Action:

  Chose 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.
• Skilled Retreat (x4)

  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.
• Solar Flare (x1)

  After you activate a system:

  During this movement, other players cannot use SPACE CANNON against your ships.
• Spy (x1)

  As an Action:

  Choose 1 player. That player gives you 1 random action card from their hand.
• Summit (x1)

  At the start of the strategy phase:

  Gain 2 command tokens.
• Tactical Bombardment (x1)

  As an 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.
• Technology Rider (x1)

  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.
• Trade Rider (x1)

  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.
• Unexpected Action (x1)

  As an Action:

  Remove 1 of your command tokens from the game board and return it to your reinforcements.
• Unstable Planet (x1)

  As an Action:

  Choose 1 hazardous planet. Exhaust that planet and destroy up to 3 infantry on it.
• Upgrade (x1)

  After you activate a system that contains 1 or more of your ships:

  Replace one of your cruisers in that system with one of your dreadnoughts from your reinforcements.
• Uprising (x1)

  As an Action:

  Exhaust 1 non-home planet controlled by another player. Then gain trade goods equal to its resource value.
• Veto (x1)

  When an agenda is revealed:

  Discard that agenda and reveal 1 agenda from the top of the deck. Players vote on this agenda instead.
• War Effort (x1)

  As an Action:

  Place 1 cruiser from your reinforcements in a system that contains 1 or more of your ships.
• War Machine (x4)

  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.
• Warfare Rider (x1)

  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.
• Waylay (x1)

  Before you roll dice for ANTI-FIGHTER BARRAGE:

  Hits from this roll are produced against all ships (not just fighters).