Tactical Action

Rules Reference

The tactical action is the primary method by which players produce units, move ships, and extend their dominion within the galaxy. To perform a tactical action, the active player performs the following steps:

• 89.1Step 1 – Activation: The active player must activate a system that does not contain one of their command tokens.

  • aTo activate a system, the active player places a command token from their tactic pool in that system. That system is the active system.

  • bOther players’ command tokens do not prevent a player from activating a system.

• 89.2Step 2 – Movement: The active player may move any number of ships that have a sufficient move value from any number of systems that do not contain one of their command tokens into the active system, following the rules for movement.

  • aShips that have capacity values can transport ground forces and fighters when moving.

  • bThe player may choose to not move any ships.

  • cAfter the Move Ships step, all players can use the Space Cannon abilities of their units in the active system.

• 89.3Step 3 – Space Combat: If two players have ships in the active system, those players must resolve a space combat.

  • aIf the active player is the only player with ships in the system, they skip this step.

• 89.4Step 4 – Invasion: The active player may use their Bombardment abilities, commit units to land on planets, and resolve ground combat against other players’ units.

• 89.5Step 5 – Production: The active player may resolve each of their unit’s Production abilities in the active system.

  • aThe active player may do this even if they did not move units or land ground forces during this tactical action.