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• Does removing a money cube from a system reduce income? — Yes — returning a Money Population Cube to your Money Population Track covers a square and lowers your highest exposed (Income) value, reducing your Money Production for Upkeep. Your Income for a Reso…
• Do Computers affect each cannon or each ship? — Computers add their total value to every die roll made by that ship, so the bonus applies to each cannon shot individually, not just once per ship. Each Ship Blueprint's Computer value is a single tot…
• When can I unpin a ship? — A Ship becomes unpinned when the number of opponent Ships in its Sector drops below the number needed to Pin it — this is re-checked at every Move Activation. Pinning is not a permanent status: it is…
• Can I populate a planet in a controlled sector without moving an influence Disk? — No—you must Control a Sector (have an Influence Disc there) to place Population Cubes on it. [p.6 — Control] Control of a Sector is established by placing an Influence Disc on the Sector's Influence S…
• Can Ancients attack a player's ship in a sector? — Yes, Ancients can attack player ships in a sector during the Combat Phase as Defenders. Ancients are non-player opponents treated as Defenders in battles (page 18 — Combat). When a sector contains bot…