A Playstyle: Military orientated with
strong defences. Prefers to build
installations. Needs to ensure a
steady stream of Food, Energy and
Materials.
House Ability: Gain 2 Fleet Power
at the end of each cycle. Upkeep 2
higher (gain 1 Materials
Production).
Technology: Deep Space Missiles
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Expand and defend your
sectors with Deep Space
Missiles
• Focus on Engineers’ Guilds and
Miners’ Guilds
• Get at least one Combat
Technology
A Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers Credit-
based strategies. Capable of rapid
technology acquisition.
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Energy Production)
Technology: Targeting
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on getting Technologies
early game
• Combine Targeting with
another combat technology
• Concentrate on your Statecraft
. track
B Playstyle: Military orientated with
strong defences. Prefers to build
installations. Needs to ensure a
steady stream of Food, Energy and
Materials.
House Ability: Gain 2 Fleet Power
at the end of each cycle. Upkeep 2
higher (gain 1 Food Production.
Technology: Sentries
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Support your Sentries with
Sector Defences and other fleet
types to create impenetrable
defences
• Improve Sentries as soon as
possible (first increasing your
Statecraft track to unlock
an Improved Technology)
B Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers Credit-
based strategies. Capable of rapid
technology acquisition.
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Food and 1 Credit Production)
Technology: Data Refinery
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Establish Bankers’ Guilds
• Focus on Credit and Science
production
• Build a large fleet or get a few
Combat Technologies to ensure
you take and hold space for
your economic infrastructure
A Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers highly
developed sectors and increasing
population.
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Energy Production)
Technology: Torpedoes
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Combine Torpedoes with another
combat technology
• Concentrate on your Economy
track to gain access to an
Improved Technology quickly
A Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers to build
Installations. Capable of rapid
Technology acquisition.
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Materials Production)
Technology: Orbital Docks
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Build large Fleets with Orbital
Docks and additional Shipyards
• Use Support Agendas
for their effect while
focusing on one type of Guild
for scoring
B Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers highly
developed sectors and increasing
population.
House Ability: None
Technology: Starbases
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Consider improving Starbases as
soon as possible, or finding
another way to manage
Corruption quickly
• Capitalise on high Population
sectors
B Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers to build
Installations. Capable of rapid
Technology acquisition.
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Food Production)
Technology: Energy Cells
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Build Sector Defences to
support small Fleets with
Energy Cells
• Concentrate on Civilisation
track advances
• Look for Might
and Dominance Agendas
A Playstyle: Military oriented and
mobile. Specialised in population
management and redistributing
their sectors. Prefers mixed Fleet
type attack forces.
House Ability: At the start of
phase C gain for each pure sector:
2 Credits with 1 or 2 Population
1 Credit with 3 Population
1 Science with 4 Population
2 Science with 5 or 6 Population
(gain 1 Credit Production)
Technology: Carriers
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Deploy fleets flexibly with
Carriers
• Establish a mix of Guilds for
scoring, but focus on Farmers’
Guilds to support Carriers
A Playstyle: Focuses on Corruption
management. Prefers to develop
sectors or conquer highly
developed sectors. Flexibly
advances on Civilisation tracks.
House Ability: When you remove
Corruption from an Agenda space
or a Civilisation track marker gain
2 Energy. When you remove a
Corruption from a sector gain 2
Science
Technology: Salvage Scanner
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on invading Voidborn
sectors with Salvage Scanner
• Focus on gaining multiple Combat
Technologies
• Establish Farmers’ Guilds to pay
for high Upkeep
B Playstyle: Military oriented and
mobile. Specialised in population
management and redistributing
their sectors. Prefers mixed Fleet
type attack forces.
House Ability: At the start of
phase C gain for each pure sector:
2 Credits with 1 or 2 Population
1 Credit with 3 Population
1 Science with 4 Population
2 Science with 5 or 6 Population
Technology: Central Surveillance
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on targets with high
Glory tokens
• Focus on gaining and playing
numerous Agendas
• Improve Central Surveillance
and score a 5th Agenda as early
as possible
B Playstyle: Focuses on Corruption
management. Prefers to develop
sectors or conquer highly
developed sectors. Flexibly
advances on Civilisation tracks.
House Ability: When you remove
Corruption from an Agenda space
or a Civilisation track marker gain
2 Energy. When you remove a
Corruption from a sector gain 2
Science
Technology: Purifier
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Concentrate on advancing the
Economy track for scoring and
Trade Tokens
• Attempt to get a Technology that
increases Population
A Playstyle: Focuses on Agenda
cards and Trade tokens. Prefers
Credit-based strategies. Balances
the low firepower with extra
actions and rapid Technology
acquisition.
House Ability: You start with an
extra A Agenda; this is a regular
played agenda with none of the
four Agenda types (gain 1
Materials Production)
Technology: Autonomous Drones
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on Trade tokens to support
combat using your Autonomous
Drones
• Aim for expansion with a Large
Fleet
A Playstyle: Economically oriented.
Prefers Materials and Miners’
Guilds. Focuses on establishing
Guilds.
House Ability: Anytime except
when satisfying Upkeep, you may
spend Materials instead of
spending Food or Energy
Technology: Robotics
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Economic Approach:
• Focus on establishing Guilds
• Ensure a steady supply of
Materials
• Invest in Sector Defences
B Playstyle: Focuses on Agenda
cards and Trade tokens. Prefers
Credit-based strategies. Balances
the low firepower with extra
actions and rapid Technology
acquisition.
House Ability: You start with an
extra B Agenda; this is a regular
played agenda with none of the
four Agenda types (gain 1 Food
Production)
Technology: Trade Nexus
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Economic Approach:
• Focus on Trade tokens and high
Population
• Aim for vast stockpiles and
frequent overproduction
B Playstyle: Economically oriented.
Prefers Materials and Miners’
Guilds. Focuses on establishing
Guilds.
House Ability: Anytime except
when satisfying Upkeep, you may
spend Materials instead of
spending Food or Energy
Technology: Ark Ships
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Economic Approach:
• Focus on full Stockpiles and Guild
diversity
• Build an economic powerhouse in
your Home sector
• Overproduce as much as possible
A Playstyle: Focuses on high
risk/high reward style Corruption
management. Prefers
Overproduction. Works well with
frequent but low firepower
attacks.
House Ability: When you gain a
Corruption, produce a resource
type (note successfully invading a
sector does not count)
Technology: Combat Replicators
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on taking developed
sectors with Combat
Replicators
• Sustain your early aggression
with the additional Bounty
tokens
• Get multiple Combat
Technologies
A Playstyle: Military oriented.
Focuses on purging Corruption and
invading Voidborn sectors. Prefers
to build up Fleets with high
firepower.
House Ability: When resolving a
Skirmish, the Voidborn has 2
additional Fleet Power against
you. This is a negative and
mandatory ability. When you
successfully defend a Skirmish gain
2 Influence
Technology: Dreadnoughts
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on clearing up Corruption
from sectors
• Expand and defend sectors with
Dreadnoughts
• Support Dreadnoughts with
Corvettes until you improve them
B Playstyle: Focuses on high
risk/high reward style Corruption
management. Prefers
Overproduction. Works well with
frequent but low firepower
attacks.
House Ability: When you gain a
Corruption, produce a resource
type (note successfully invading a
sector does not count)
Technology: Cybernetics
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Economic Approach:
• Focus on Cybernetics and
Support Agendas
to boost production and
gain Sector Defences
• Invest the vast riches into
Technologies, especially one
that increase Population
• Use your House Ability to
overproduce
B Playstyle: Military oriented.
Focuses on purging Corruption and
invading Voidborn sectors. Prefers
to build up Fleets with high
firepower.
House Ability: When resolving a
Skirmish, the Voidborn has 2
additional Fleet Power against
you. This is a negative and
mandatory ability. When you
successfully defend a Skirmish gain
2 Influence
Technology: Decontamination
Chambers
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Use Decontamination Chambers
to keep your sectors and Guilds
Pure
• Build up firepower to be able to
use your Crusade focus well
A Playstyle: Flexible and mobile.
Specialised in Fleet deployment
and surprise attacks. Collects and
uses Bounty and Reclaim tokens to
achieve mobility and self-
sustaining expansion.
House Ability: You may discard
Bounty tokens to gain 1 Science or
1 Credit, and discard Reclaim
tokens to perform the third Action
of a Focus card
Technology: Hyperdrive
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Establish Engineers’ Guilds
• Use Hyperdrive to regroup and
launch surprise attacks
A Playstyle: Focuses on Science and
Credits. Prefers overproduction for
extra benefits. Capable of
assembling a rapid strike force.
House Ability: When you
overproduce Science gain 1 Credit
for each excess Science, in
addition to the usual 3 Influence
bonus. No gain from
overproducing Credits
Technology: Destroyers
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Focus on aggressive expansion
with Destroyers
• Get as many Technologies as
possible
B Playstyle: Flexible and mobile.
Specialised in Fleet deployment
and surprise attacks. Collects and
uses Bounty and Reclaim tokens to
achieve mobility and self-
sustaining expansion.
House Ability: You may discard
Bounty tokens to gain 1 Science or
1 Credit, and discard Reclaim
tokens to perform the third Action
of a Focus card
Technology: Tactical Transports
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Focus on high Population
targets with Raid
• Use Tactical Transports for
quick pivots leading to surprise
attacks
B Playstyle: Focuses on Science and
Credits. Prefers overproduction for
extra benefits. Capable of
assembling a rapid strike force.
House Ability: When you
overproduce Science gain 1 Credit
for each excess Science, in
addition to the usual 3 Influence
bonus. No gain from
overproducing Credits.
(gain 1 Food Production)
Technology: Cloning
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Focus on increasing Population
• Keep your sectors Pure
• Maintain large Stockpiles
A Playstyle: Economically oriented.
Focuses on Food and Farmers’
Guilds. Flexibly advances on
Civilisation tracks.
House Ability: When you deploy
Fleet Power you may count your
Farmers’ Guilds as Shipyards
Technology: Terraforming
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Establish Farmers’ Guilds
• Focus on increasing Population
• Get at least one Combat
Technology
A Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers large
Corvette Fleets with Corvette
upgrade Technologies. The most
militaristic of the 4 basic houses
(Belitan, Cortozaar, Dunlork &
Valnis).
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Energy Production)
Technology: Shields
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Military Approach:
• Use Shields to expand and defend
sectors
• Concentrate on your Statecraft
track
• Upgrade Corvettes with Combat
Technologies
B Playstyle: Economically oriented.
Focuses on Food and Farmers’
Guilds. Flexibly advances on
Civilisation tracks.
House Ability: When you deploy
Fleet Power you may count your
Farmers’ Guilds as Shipyards (gain
1 Energy and 1 Materials
Production)
Technology: Neural Matrix
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Economic Approach:
• Establish Bankers’ Guilds
• Establish Farmers’ Guilds to pay
your upkeep and support Fleet
deployment
• Concentrate on Statecraft
track for Fleet Power and
Agenda scoring
B Playstyle: One of the four basic
houses. Flexible, open to most
specialisations. Prefers large
Corvette Fleets with Corvette
upgrade Technologies. The most
militaristic of the 4 basic houses
(Belitan, Cortozaar, Dunlork &
Valnis).
House Ability: None (but gain 1
Food Production)
Technology: Escape Pods
SUGGESTED STRATEGY
Flexible Approach:
• Establish Bankers’ Guilds
• Combine Escape Pods with other
Combat Technologies
• Concentrate on your Society
and Economy tracks