Imperium (GDW, 1977) Rules Supplement

Wade Nelson (wadenels)

March 2, 2012

1 Introduction
This is a rules supplement to accompany the rules included with the game Imperium published by GDW in 1977.
It follows the flow of the original rules, but has major rule points condensed and listed in short form. The official
rules should be consulted for rules disputes or clarifications. The rules section ”Starting the First War” is omitted,
and many of the rules in this document may not make thematic sense without the flavor text of the official rules.

2 Components
• Imperium: (red) The standing civilization
• Terran: (blue & green) The new rebels

2.1 Board
• Turn Record Chart: Notes current turn & newly produced units.
• Resource Unit Scale: Notes each player’s economic resources & Imperium player’s Glory Points.
• War & Peace Chart: Notes relationship between Terran and Imperium people.
• Hexes:
– Blank (Black): Interstellar hex.
– One or Two Stars: Stellar or binary stellar hex.
– Planetary Surface Box:
∗ Represents the combined surface of all planets in the adjacent system.
∗ Is not part of the interstellar hex in which it is printed.
∗ Some binary stellar hexes have multiple planetary surface boxes.
∗ Primary boxes are white and are naturally habitable. Required for World Markers.
∗ Secondary boxes are red; outposts are typically placed here.
– System: A stellar hex an its planetary surface box.

3 Game Turn
A game turn is two standard Terran years, which consists of two player turns.

3.1 Player Turn

1. A: Maintenance and Production
2. A: First Movement
3. A: First Combat
4. B: Reaction Movement
5. B: Reaction Combat
6. A: Second Movement
7. A: Second Combat
8. Player A and Player B swap roles.

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4 Movement
4.1 Sublight Movement
One hex per turn during First Movement.

4.2 Jump Movement (Hyperspace Jump)

Unlimited per Movement while fuel available until enemy combatships encountered.
• From one point to another using green jump routes.
• Jumping ships are unaffected by hexes between jump points.
• Unlimited jumps may be made during First and Second Movement.
• All ships in one stack may make up to three jumps during Reaction Movement (may be split up).
• Must stop and attack when encountering enemy ships (except Transport, Tanker, and Mothership) at a jump
point.

4.2.1 Refueling
• Not prevented by enemy ships.
• Fuel may be suppled from habitable planets or atmosphere of a gas giant.
• Tankers may manufacture fuel directly from a stellar atmosphere, may refuel other ships and itself.
• Tertiary systems (Sirius and Altair) require a tanker for ships to refuel to continue movement.

4.3 Transportation
• One counter (the cargo) may be transferred by a transport at a time.
• Cargo are fighters and non-ships: troops, unplaced outposts, and planetary defense markers.
• Capital ships (M, B, B1, B2, BB) may only carry troops, one marker per ship.
• Motherships may only carry fighters, up to three per ship.
• Cargo may embark or disembark in systems containing a friendly system, containing a friendly world or
outpost marker.
• A single transporting ship may not carry more than two distinct cargo markers per movement phase, except
Mothership which can carry a maximum of two distinct groups of fighters.
• When delivering cargo in a non-friendly system, the act of movement from space to the planetary surface box
occurs during the Planetary subphase of the combat phase.
• When in a Reaction phase, transports may embark or disembark cargo, but not both.

5 Combat
Three subphases: Space, Planetary, and Surface.

5.1 Space
• May occur in any hex.
• Preparation: Each player lays out all ships in the hex on a clean area of the table. Motherships may launch
fighters now and at the beginning of each combat round.
• Combat Round: Consists of three segments: Range, Ship Allocation, and Combat Resolution.
1. Range:
– Long range uses only missiles, short range uses only beams.
– Range for the first combat round is automatically Long.
– Range for subsequent combat rounds is determined by a die roll: Each player rolls a die, and the
player with fewer ships (not counting fighters) may add one to their die roll. The player with the
highest die roll decides range for the round. In the event of a tie, range does not change.
– Immediately after range is determined, players have the option to break off the engagement and
escape if there is a suitable exit jump route. See Terminating Combat below.

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 2. Ship Allocation:
– Players allocate their ships to specific attacks. The defender moves one ship forward, and the
attacker allocates one ship against the defender’s ship. Repeat until all of one player’s ships are
allocated. Extra ships may then be allocated as well, doubling or tripling for maximum effect. Three
is the limit to number of ships that can be allocated against an opponent’s ship. Extra ships may
elect to sit out a combat round.
– The attacker declares the attack type of each of his ships. The defender then declares any options
he wishes and notes any defensive fire available. The attacker the notes any defensive fire available
to him based on the defender’s choices.
3. Combat Resolution:
– Each ship fires once per round at a ship it is allocated to.
– For missile (long range) combat, the player consults the Missile Combat Results Table. Rows for
the ship’s Missile Factor, columns for the attacked ship’s Shield Factor. A die roll equal or greater
to the number in the table must be rolled to destroy the ship. High Intensity Fire may be used for
missile combat.
– For beam (short range) combat, the same procedure is followed using the Beam Combat Results
Table, but more options are available. Suicide Attack and Short-Range Missile Fire options are
available.
– Disrupted starships subtract one from their die roll when attacking. The attacker may add one to
the die roll when attacking a disrupted ship. Disrupted ships may not conduct High Intensity Fire.
– High Intensity Missile Fire: The attacking ship may double its Missile Factor (maximum 12) but
may not attack again this combat phase.
– Short Range Missile Fire: The attacking ship may use short range missile fire after all beacm fire has
been resolved. Missile factor is reduced to half rounded down. Short Range High Intensity Missile
Fire may be used, but the halving of short range occurs before the doubling of high intensity.
– Suicide Attack: Ships with beam factors may make suicide attacks at short range if they declare
such before any combat occurs in the combat round. The attacker declares suicide attacks first,
and then those ships may not themselves be suicide attacked. The target of a suicide attack may
defensive fire using full beam factor or half missile factor. Defensive fire may not use the high
intensity option. The defender fire on the suicide attacker. If the defender destroys the attacker, it
is removed from play immediately. If not destroyed, the suicide attacker attacks normally but adds
one to the die roll. A single ship may defend against multiple suicide attacks, but a ship which has
made defensive fire has used its ability to fire and may not fire again this combat round.
– Winning Combat: If one side is destroyed, the other player has one and how controls the hex.
– Terminating Combat: Either side may elect to break off the engagement at the beginning of a
combat round and surrender the hex to the enemy. All forces remain in combat for the current
round but may not fire. At the end of the round, ships capable of jumping do so and ships must
remain in combat. A suitable escape jump must be available: first priority is a friendly system with
no enemy ships present, and second priority is an empty system. In the rare event that combat
occurs in a hex without a jump point, prematurely terminating combat is not possible.

5.2 Planetary
• Ships in possession of a system may interact with the Planetary Surface Box. If the planetary surface is
friendly, landings may be made. If the box is not friendly then bombardment may occur, planetary defense
fire may be made, and then landings are performed.
• Planetary Bombardment:
– Ships may elect to bombard enemy forces using missile factors. Each enemy counter in the box is a
single target; multiple targets may be attacked; no target may be attacked more than once. No ship
may bombard more than once. Several ships may combine their missile factors on a single target.
– A die is rolled for each bombardment attacked, and the Planetary Bombardment Table is consulted.
Neutralized units are inverted; they may not attack but may defend. Destroyed units are removed from
play. Destroyed results against a world or outpost markers are interpreted as Neutralized results.

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 • Planetary Defense Fire
– World, Outpost, and Planetary Defense Markers may fire at incoming ships. Ships which have conducted
planetary bombardment and ships wishing to land must undergo planetary defense fire.
– Each World, Outpost, and Planetary Defense Marker may fire at each incoming ship. Firing is conducted
via die roll and consulting the Planetary Defense table. If the target ship has a screen factor of seven or
more, add one to the die roll result.
– Jump troops may land directly without being transported by a ship. Each is subject to planetary defense
fire with a screen factor of seven.

5.3 Surface
• Preparation: Each player moves his counters from the planetary surface box to a clear area.
• Allocation takes place in the same fashion as space combat. If the defender has fewer troops than the attacker,
he must allocate his non-troop counters. All defending counters not involved after allocation are considered
screened and do not participate in combat now or in any future combat round. This means that if the number
of defending counters outnumbers the attacking counters, the planetary surface box will not be conquered
due to screened units.
• Combat:
• Non-troop and neutralized troops may not attack, they only defend.
• Troop counters are printed with the factor with which they attack and defend. Planetary Defense Markers
defend with their printed value of two, all other counters (including starship) defend with a factor of one.
Combat is resolved using a combat differential. Each troop counter may fire at one or more of the counters
matched against it, subtracting the counter’s or counters’ defense factor total from the firing troop’s combat
factor. The result is the combat differential and is used with the Surface Combat Results Table.
• Destroyed units are removed from play. When a World counter recieves a destroyed result, it is instead
neutralized.
• If several units are matched up against one or more targets, they may sum their factors to fire on a single
target.
• Each troop may fire once per combat round.
• Regular troops may defensive fire against Jump troops.

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6 Starships
Transports (TR)
Tankers (AO)
Scouts (SC)
Destroyers (DD)
Light Cruisers (CL)
Strike Cruisers (CS)
Heavy Cruisers (CR)
Attack Cruisers (CA)
Dreadnoughts (B, B1)
Imp. Dreadnoughts (B2)
Battleships (BB)
Monitors (M)
Missile Boats (MB)
Fighters (F)
Motherships (MS)
Production cost: 1 RU.
Cargo Capacity: 1.
Cargo: unplaced outposts, planetary defense systems, troops, and fighters.
Production cost: 2 RU.
Required to refuelships so they may jump from a tertiary (three-star) system.
Production cost: 1 RU.
Small lightly-armored ships.
Production cost: 3 RU.
Small fleet units designed for escort duty and independ operations.
Production cost: 6 RU.
Smallest of the cruiser class ships.
Production cost: 10 RU.
High missile factor ships, especially suited for planetary bombardment.
Production cost: 12 RU.
Standard cruisers with a homogenous beam-missile-screen armament.
Production cost: 14 RU.
Increased beam factor Imperial ships.
Production Cost: 16 RU.
Cargo Capacity: 1 (may launch Jump Troops).
Fleet mainstays with high maintenance costs.
Production cost: 18 RU.
Cargo Capacity: 1 (may launch Jump Troops).
An upgraded Dreadnought.
Production cost: 20 RU.
Cargo Capacity: 1 (may launch Jump Troops).
The highest available firepower and armor among capital ships.
Production cost: 6 RU.
Cargo Capacity: 1 (may launch Jump Troops).
Not capable of hyperspace jump.
May pay for maintenance when in system with friendly outpost rather than
performing a die roll.
Production cost: 4 RU.
No sublight movement.
Production cost: 1 RU.
Cannot move except when carried as cargo.
Require a base (friendly world, outpost, or mothership) to operate.
Production cost: 7 RU.
May carry up to three fighters. May launch and retrieve up to three fighters
per combat round.
Disruption of a mothership also disrupts on-board fighters.

7 Troops
Regular Troops May defensive fire first against Jump Troops.
Jump Troops Jump capability during Planetary Surface & Space Interaction phase.
Troop units my be raised by paying the required RU cost and placing the counter on the Turn Record Chart
to appear in the next friendly player-turn. When troops are raised, counters for the type of troop raised are drawn
at random. Destroyed troops return to the pool. Troops are not subject to maintenance costs, and troops only
operate in planetary surface boxes.

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8 Markers
• World markers represent civilization, population, and industrial centers in primary systems. World markers
are placed prior to the first war and change hands under limited circumstances. World markers may be
neither manufactured nor destroyed.
• Outposts represent establishments created to exploit and hold secondary systems (they may also be placed on
primary systems). Outposts may be manufactured and transported. Outposts do not become operational until
all enemmy forces in the planetary surface box are eliminated. No more than one operational outpost may be
present in a planetary surface box. Outposts may be placed in planetary surface boxes with neutralized enemy
World markers and made operational to denote ownership and to keep the enemy world marker permanently
neutralized.
• Planetary defense markers represent missile and beam batteries that serve as anti-starship fire and defensive
ground forces. Planetary defense markers are manufactured and transported, becoming operational at the
end of the player turn during which it is placed.
• Bookkeeping markers are used to track game state. Each player gets a blank marker for the Turn Record
Chart. The Imperial player gets a glory marker which starts at the black 5 of the Resource Unit Chart,
and the War & Peace marker is used to track status on the War & Peace chart. The 0 and 00 markers
represent ones and tens, and are used to note the current balance of resource units available to each player
to a maximum of 99 RU.

9 Economics
Resource Units (RU) are used to pay for production and maintenance costs.

9.1 Income
Imperial Income
Budget
Per Connected Outpost
Per World
Terran Income
Per Connected World
Per Unconnected World
Per Connected Outpost
Per Unconnected Outpost
”World” refers to a world marker of the correct player in a pri-
mary planetary surface box. ”Connected World” means that a
10 RU path may traced from the location to Sol via jump routes free of
1 RU enemy combat ships. ”Connected Outpost” means that a path can
1 RU be traced to a friendly world via jump routes free of enemy combat
ships. Connected outposts still generate income even if they are
8 RU connected to unconnected worlds. In order for a connection path
6 RU to be traced through a tertiary system, a tanker must be present
1 RU in the tertiary system. If an outpost is placed in Smade’s Star or
0 RU Luuru, it generates income as if it were connected.

9.2 Maintenance
Each ship has a Maintenance Number that is used when determining maintenance costs, when making hyperspace
jumps while disrupted, and in frontier maintenance. Maintenance is required by the active player during the
Maintenance and Production step of the player turn. Civilized maintenance is performed on starships in systems
with a friendly world, and frontier maintenance is performed everywhere else.
• Civilized Maintenance
– Applies to all ships in a primary system marked with a friendly world marker in the planetary system
box.
– Owning player must expend RUs equal to the maintenance number for each starship, otherwise the ship
becomes disrupted.
– Civilized maintenance is performed by paying RUs, and maintenance costs are resolved before production.
• Frontier Maintenance
– Applies to all ships not covered by civilized maintenance.

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 – The owning player must roll one die for each ship, and if the number rolled is greater than or equal to
the ship’s maintenance number then maintenance has been successfully performed. If the system does
not contain a friendly outpost, the result of the die roll is reduced by one.
– Failure to perform maintenance by die roll results in the ship becoming disrupted.
– Monitors may pay for maintenance rather than using die roll (see Starships section).
• Nusku/Dushaam system: A player with ships in this system who controls both the primary and secondary
planetary surface boxes may choose the form of maintenance to be performed here.
• Disruption
– Disrupted ships are represented by an inverted ship counter.
– To make a hyperspace jump, the ship must perform a successful die roll of its maintenance number or
higher. A failed die roll results in the ship not being able to move for the rest of the player turn.
– A disrupted ship in combat must subtract one from its die rolls.
– A ship attacking a disrupted ship may add one to its die roll.
– A planetary defense may subtract one from its die roll when attacking a disrupted ship.
– To recover from disruption, a disrupted ship’s maintenance must be performed at maintenance cost plus
1 RU in a primary system with a friendly world marker. In a situation calling for frontier maintenance,
the ship becomes undisrupted immediately if the die roll exceeds the ship’s maintenance number.

9.3 Production
Production occurs after maintenance.
• Units on the Turn Record Chart may be brought into play at any friendly world or any outpost connected to a
friendly world. Starships may be placed anywhere in the system, all other forces must appear in the planetary
surface box. Outposts and planetary defense markers appear in their non-operational state (inverted).
• New ships and units may be purchased and placed on the Turn Record Chart to appear on the next game
turn. Capital ships of types B, B1, B2, and BB must be placed so as to appear in two game turns.
• The Imperium initially prohibits production of certain types of ships by the Imperial player. Ship types CR,
CA, B1, B2, and BB may only appear as a result of Imperial Intervention or after receiving permission from
the Emperor to build such ships locally.
• The Imperial player has the power of replacements. At the end of each player turn all Imperial starships
which were eliminated are placed on the Turn Record Chart so that one will appear per turn. They should
be placed inverted to indicate their replacement status. The Imperial player may choose the order of their
placement, and future replacements are placed after already-placed replacements. The Imperial player may
elect to scrap any replacements and return them to the ship pool, shifting forward remaining replacements.

10 The Glory Index

The Imperial player is subordinate to the Imperium Emperor, and
Glory Point Changes the Glory Index tracks his recognition as such. Glory is obtained
Losing an Outpost -1 or lost only from territorial changes.
Losing a World -4 Glory changes apply to the Imperial player only. Glory point
Conquest of an Outpost 1 changes are noted immediately, but take effect at the end of each
Conquest of a World 4 game turn.
An Imperial outpost is lost (or a Terran outpost is conquered) if all enemy forces and the enemy outpost marker
are eliminated from the planetary surface box. It is not necessary for a new outpost to be placed, and the placing
of new outposts does not qualify for ”conquest of an outpost”. An Imperial world is lost (or a Terran world is
conquered) if the world marker is neutralized and all enemy forces are eliminated from the planetary surface box
at the end of a game turn. In order for the world marker to remain neutralized until the end of the game turn, the
attacking player must maintain troops at least equal to the counter’s defense factor in the planetary surface box.
After conquest or loss, the world remains neutralized until the end of the game.

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10.1 Victory and the Effects of Time
If at the end of a game turn the glory index has reached zero, the Imperium is defeated and the game has ended.
If at the end of a game turn the glory index has reached ten, the Imperial player is the victor. At the beginning of
each turn after the third game turn the length of the glory index is reduced by one on each end, i.e. the Imperium
can with with a glory index of nine at the end of the fourth turn.

11 The Imperium
Each turn during the Imperial Maintenance and Production phase, the Imperial player rolls two dice and consults
the Imperial Intervention Table. The Imperial player may appeal to the Emperor for assistance during this phase.

Imperial Appeals Table

Section 1: Increased Forces
Die Roll Event
Imperial Intervention Table
2 Further Appeals Prohibited
Die Roll Event
3 Further Appeals Prohibited
2 –
4 Further Appeals Prohibited
3 Depression
5 –
4 Boom
6 –
5 Imperial Succession
7 Production Accelerated
6 –
8 CR Production Accelerated
7 –
9 B1 Production Accelerated
8 Imperial Attention
10 B2 Production Accelerated
9 –
11 BB Production Accelerated
10 –
12 Any 3 Ships Granted
11 Frontier Crisis
Section 2: Increased Finances
12 Token Reinforcements
Die Roll Event
13 Reinforcements
2 Further Appeals Prohibited
14 Mandated Offensive
3 Further Appeals Prohibited
15 Recentralization
4 Further Appeals Prohibited
5 –
Civil War Table
6 –
Die Roll Faction Supported
7 10 RU Grant
Insurgent Loyalist
8 +1 RU Budget Increase
2 Win 2 –
9 +2 RU Budget Increase
3 Win 2 –
10 +3 RU Budget Increase
4 Win 3 –
11 +4 RU Budget Increase
5 Win 4 –
12 +5 RU Budget Increase
6 – Win 4
7 – Win 3
Reinforcement Table Offensive Force Table
8 – Win 3
Die Roll RU Received Die Roll Forces Provided
9 – Win 3
1 5 1 2x B2, 2x CA
10 – Win 2
2 10 2 2x B1, 2x CA
11 – Win 1
3 15 3 2x B1, 3x CA
12 – Win 1
4 15 4 3x B2, 2x CA
5 20 5 1x BB, 1x CA
6 25 6 2x BB, 1x CA

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11.1 Imperial Intervention Table Events
• Depression: Decreased economic activity reduces total income (including outposts and worlds) by 10 RU
to a minimum of 1 RU for the next three game turns. A boom immediately cancels a depression.
• Boom: Increased economic activity increases total income by 10 RU for the current game turn.
• Imperial Succession: Roll one die. On a result of one or two, Civil War occurs (see Civil War below). On
a three or higher, roll again on the Imperial Intervention Table and add three to the result. If the result is
another Imperial Succession, treat it as no result.
• Imperial Attention: All glory point gains and losses, but not expenditures for appeals to the emperor, are
doubled for this game turn.
• Frontier Crisis: Roll three dice. The result is the number total of missile factor that must be committed
to the crisis. Starships totaling or exceeding this value must be sent off the map (through Ishkur, Gashidda,
Kinunir, or Dingir) and return on the second following game turn.
• Token Reinforcements: Roll one die and subtract 3 from the result. A result of less than one is treated
as a result of one. Consult the Reinforcement Table and use the available RU in the same fashion as
Reinforcements.
• Reinforcements: Roll one die and consult the Reinforcement Table. The RU value is immediately available
and there is no production delay. No more than half the value may be taken in non-starships, and no more
than one capital ship may be acquired in this manner. Forces procured in this manner appear through Ishkur,
Dingir, Kinunir, or Gashidda.
• Mandated Offensive: Roll one die and consult the Offensive Force Table. The arrival of the indicated
forces occurs at the beginning of the next Imperial player turn, and appear through Ishkur, Dingir, Kinunir,
or Gashidda. The forces remain available until a turn in which the Imperial player fails to increase his glory
point total. If they are destroyed they do not return as replacements. Regular maintenance costs apply.
• Recentralization: The Emperor rescinds all permissions currently outstanding which allow production of
CR, CA, B1, B2, and BB.

11.2 Civil War

The Imperial succession has triggered upheaval in the Imperium. The Imperial player may choose which side of
the war to support by contributing forces to one side or the other. Contribution to a faction is compute din terms
of missile factors, with each troop counted as 2 missile factors. The Imperial player may elect to support only one
faction, or not get involved at all.
Roll two dice and consult the Civil War Table. If the Loyalist faction is supported by the Imperial player, the
die roll may be increased by one for every 20 missile factors committed to the cause. If the Insurgent faction is
supported by the Imperial player, the die roll may be decreased by one for every 10 missile factors committed.
If the Insurgents win and were supported by the Imperial player, the committed forces return in the
number of turns indicated on the table, and a cash grant equal to the RU value of the committed forces is made
upon their return. If the supported Insurgent faction loses, one die is rolled for each committed counter. On a roll
of five or six, the counter returns after four turns, otherwise the ship is destroyed without replacement.
If the Loyalists win and were supported by the Imperial player, the committed forces return in the number
of turns indicated on the table. Roll one die. The result is the increase in the Imperial player’s budget (in RU)
effective upon the the return of the committed forces. If the supported Loyalist faction loses, roll one die for each
committed counter. On a roll of four, five, or six the counter returns after four turns, otherwise the counter is
destroyed without replacement.
If a supported faction loses or if no faction was supported, the Imperial player’s budget is reduced by
3 RU to a budget minimum of 1 RU. The Imperial player is not responsible for maintenance of foces while they
are committed to a faction and off the map.

11.3 Appeals to the Emperor

The Imperial player may elect to make an appeal by stating he is in need of Increased Forces or Increased Finances
during the Imperial Maintenance and Production phase. To place an appeal, the Imperial player must reduce his
glory point total by one, specify which section of the Imperial Appeals Table he is rolling for, and roll two dice.

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 Grants of ships or RU are one-time events which take place immediately. Budget increases are permanent.
Acceleration of production moves all ships on the Turn Record Chart forward three turns and those that arrive at
the current turn appear immediately. Permission to build ships allows the Imperial player to build the specified
ship type until permission is rescinded (see Recentralization above). A prohibition of further appeals prohibits the
Imperial player from making appeals for the remainder of the war (this single game).

12 Wars and Peace

Imperium is intended to be a campaign game consisting of a series of wars until one side controls the entire board.
Each war is represented by a single game. The results determined from the Wars and Peace section of the rule
book are recorded and used as the starting point for the next game (war in the campaign) of Imperium.
The following procedure should be followed at the end of each game of Imperium:
1. Determine the Length of Peace: A period of peace follows each war. The number of Turns of Peace is
equal to the result of a single die roll. If the result is a three or a five then roll the die once more and sum
the two results, e.g. a first roll of three triggers a reroll which gives another three, for a total of six turns of
peace.
2. Repatriation of Forces: All troop and ship forces except monitors and planetary defenses are immediately
returned to the owning player’s home world. Any neutralized worlds or outposts remain neutralized.
3. Territorial Exchange: Both players remove any outposts that cannot trace a jump route path through
systems free of non-neutralized enemy worlds or outposts to a friendly world. Planetary defenses and monitors
present in systems from which outposts are removed are removed from play with the outpost. If the number
of Turns of Peace exceeds five then any neutralized worlds which have an enemy outpost are now converted to
a world marker of the opposite side, and neutralized worlds without an enemy outpost become unneutralized.
4. Interwar Income Phase: The loser of the war receives all accumulated RU on the Resource Unit Chart
at the end of the war plus an amount equal to one full turn’s income as normaly calculated as of the instant
peace was declared. The winner of the war receives his accumulated RU balance, plus an amount equal to
half of one turn’s income.
5. Postwar Production: Items already paid for or scheduled as replacements that are on the Turn Record
Chart appear through the number of Turns of Peace. Items beyond this number are scrapped.
6. Interwar Attrition: During extended periods of peace, war machines fall into disrepair. Counters are
eliminated through attrition. For monitors, planetary defenses, fighters, and troops: roll a die for each
counter and consult the Attrition Table. If Jump Troops suffer attrition they are converted to regular troops
rather than being eliminated. Starships other than monitors and fighters suffer attrition if a die roll with the
Attrition Table modifier is equal to or less than the ship’s maintenance value: roll one die with the appropriate
modifier for each ship counter. The die roll for any specific ship may be avoided by payment of twice the
ship’s maintenance value in RU.
Attrition Table
Turns of Die Roll Die Roll Modifier
Peace for Attrition* for Attrition**
1 No Attrition +4
2 6 +3
3 5 +2
4 4 +1
5+ 3 None
* for monitors, planetary defense, fighters, and troops
** for starships other than monitors and fighters
7. Imperial Favor Attrition: The Emperor may withdraw permission to build certain ships, determined by
a die roll by the Imperial player. Possible withdrawn permissions: 1=CR, 2=B1, 3=B2, 4=BB, 5 or 6 = no
effect.
8. Interwar Production: Each layer may commit remaining RU to production for the upcoming war. Any
normally available forces may be built. If a player builds capital ships and the peace is only one turn long
then the new production will appear at the beginning of the player’s first player turn rather than as initial
forces.

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 9. Interwar Colonization: Each layer may place one outpost per Turn of Peace provided the outpost was
built during Interwar Production or was otherwise available but unplaced. The winner places one outpost
first, followed by the loser, and repeating until no more outposts are placed. Each placed outpost must be
connected to a friendly world. At this point friendly outposts in primary planetary surface boxes may be
converted to a friendly world if it has spent at least five Turns of Peace in that box.
10. Redistribution of Forces: All forces except monitors may be redistributed by both sides. They may be
placed in any system containing a friendly world or outpost marker. The winner of the war sets up first. All
forces begin the next war undisrupted.
11. Attack: The loser of the previous war starts the next war.

12.1 Starting the Next War

This section outlines initial game setup for the first game in the Imperium campaign, and can be found as Section
14 in the Imperium game manual.

13 Optional Rules
13.1 Home Worlds
The Terran home world is the planetary surface box at Sol, and the Imperial home world is the planetary surface
box at Gashidda. Home worlds have high populations, extensive constructions, and the capability of raising large
numbers of local militia. As a result, home world counters defend in surface combat with a factor of 10. Planetary
bombardment occurs by normal rules, but Surface combat will be significantly more difficult for the attacker.

13.2 Terraforming
Players may attempt to terraform a secondary system into a primary system. Terraforming may only take place
in the secondary planetary surface box of a non-M class star. The process requires the placement of an outpost
and the continuing expenditure of 3 RU for 50 turns. At the end of 50 turns the system becomes a primary system
and the outpost marker is converted to a world marker. The terraforming process must be continuous. The enemy
player can disrupt it (forcing it to start over) by destroying the outpost. If the enemy player establishes his own
outpost in the destroyed outpost’s place, he can continue the terraforming process without restarting it.

13.3 Restricted Ship Construction

The Terran player suffers ship construction limits. Terran battleships (BB) may not be produced until at least one
Terran dreadnought (B) is destroyed in combat.

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