Revenant

Frequently Asked Questions

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In a solo game, can I remove Voidborn ships from the same sector during the Hyperjump phase?
Yes
At Setup you are instructed to remove Voidborn ships from strictly different sectors, but here you may remove them from the same sector as well.
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In a solo game, should I move the opponent's Tactics marker back when the Tactics track resets?
No
The Corrupted Crew’s Tactics marker doesn’t get reset, and they don’t gain the rewards from resetting like you do.
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In a solo game, do the Revenant Failures affect the Corrupted Crew?
They gain 1 Tactics
Revenant Failure effects do not affect the Corrupted Crew. However, after resolving a Revenant Failure card, they gain 1 Tactics.
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In a solo game, which ships does the opponent damage in the Skirmish Phase, if there are multiple valid targets?
Least health left
If a House they end up targeting has multiple ships in the sector, select the one that needs the least amount of damage to be destroyed (i.e. the one with the fewest empty damage spaces on it). You may select from equivalent targets yourself.
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In a solo game, can a Protective Rays Shield absorb damage dealt to any ship in the sector?
No
Shields placed by the Protective Rays cancel a single damage each on that would otherwise hit the ship they are on. They do not cancel damage that would hit any other ship than the one they are on.
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In a solo game, does the turn order ever change?
No
You do not change the turn order based on Tactics – the Corrupted Crew will always take their turn before you.
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In a solo game, should Hidden Influence be counted when the opponent selects Colonies or Shuttles during the Hypercharge action?
No
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In a solo game, what happens if, during the Reinforce action, the opponent should deploy a ship in a sector, where this would exceed the ship limit?
Skip this effect
If no ship is available to deploy or placing any would exceed the ship limit, they forfeit deploying a ship.
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In a solo game, what happens if the opponent boards a Dropship and all Planets are occupied?
Stay in place
If all planets are occupied, the boarded Dropship stays in place.
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In a solo game, what happens if the opponent boards an already corrupted ship?
They gain 1 Tactics
If the ship already has a Corruption on it, the Corrupted Crew gains 1 Tactics, instead of placing Corruption.
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In a solo game, what happens, if I cannot place a Corrupted Crew member 4 times in a row?
Set it aside
In the rare case this happens four times and the Assignment marker returns to the Action card it occupied at the start of the turn, set aside the Corrupted Crew member instead of placing it.
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In a solo game, what happens when the opponent reaches an Influence track reward token?
Discard it
The Corrupted crew doesn't gain any benefit from the token, however, the token is discarded.
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In a solo game, can the opponent gain more than 8 Influence for a single House?
Yes
If the Corrupted Crew would gain Influence when their marker is on Step 8 of a track, then place the revealed Corrupted House card next to the Influence board. It will be added to their total Influence during Final Scoring.
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If my Tactics value is reset to 3, do I gain 1 Material during the reset?
Is it mandatory to take all actions when boarding a ship or activating an ability?
No
You may forfeit any effect that you don’t want to resolve, unless it is explicitly stated as mandatory (such as the Revenant actions).
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Do I gain 2 Corruption, if I board a Corrupted Dropship and take a Corrupted Planet action?
No, still 1
During the Gain Corruption step of your turn, you never gain more than 1 Corruption.
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Can I take an action that would give me Corruption, when I don't have space to place this Corruption?
No
You cannot board a ship or resolve an effect that would cause you to gain Corruption when you have no space to store it.
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Do I have to board a ship on each of my turns?
No
Optionally, instead of boarding a ship, you may set your Crew figure aside on your Frigate board to take the Emergency action.
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What is the maximum of resources I can have at a time?
12
You have a limit of 12 resources: whenever you would gain more, you must either forfeit it, or discard another first.
Can I place resources in a Corrupted Compartment?
No
You can neither place nor use resources in a Corrupted Compartment.
Can I move resources out of a Compartment right before Corrupting it?
Yes
You may rearrange resources between non-corrupted Compartments anytime, even immediately before gaining a Corruption. However you may not rearrange resources into or out of corrupted Compartments.
Is there a hand limit for Hidden Influence cards?
No
You can have an unlimited amount of Hidden Influence cards in hand.
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When I gain Hidden Influence cards, how many of the drawn cards do I keep?
1
If you draw multiple Hidden Influence cards, then keep one and discard the rest into a face-down discard pile.
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If an ability is resolved in my sector, does this sector change immediately when I move to a different sector?
Yes
Your sector changes every turn, and every time you move the ship that your Crew member is boarding.
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How many Frigates can be in a single sector?
Any number
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Can I move into inner sectors?
Yes, but can't stop
Ships may be moved into inner sectors, but you may never end your turn with any ship remaining in an inner sector.
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Can I move Arkships, other players’ Frigates or Voidborn ships?
No
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When I get to move a ship with caution, can I split the movement amongst different ships?
Yes
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When I get to move a ship with caution, can I move a ship with another player's Crew Member?
Yes
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When I get to move a ship with caution, can I move a Dropship that has already landed on a Planet?
No
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What is the maximum of Operation cards in my hand?
8
You have a hand limit of 8 Operation cards. You may draw to have more than 8 cards in your hand, but then you must immediately choose and discard cards until you have 8 left.
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How many Cadet cards can I play for each Cadet?
2
You may attach up to 2 Cadet cards to a Cadet (so you may play up to 4 Cadet cards in total).
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If I board an Arkship and copy a Planet effect, does this trigger all of my abilities that require boarding an Arkship and those that require landing on a Planet?
Yes
When using abilities, consider as triggers both the ship you boarded and the ship or Planet you copy.
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When I copy a ship or Planet in another sector, which sector is considered my current sector?
Copied one
Your sector is considered to be the one where the copied effect is located.
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If I copy an effect of a corrupted ship, do I gain Corruption?
No
In the Gain Corruption step of the turn, boarding a corrupted ship and copying a corrupted planet option counts toward gaining Corruption, but copying the effect of a corrupted ship does not.
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If I board a ship and then copy an effect of another ship, which ship's Influence do I gain?
Boarded ship's
You gain House Influence based on the ship you have actually boarded this turn (Gain Influence step happens before the Crew Action step where you can copy an effect).
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Can I copy my Frigate's effects, if the Frigate has already landed on a Planet?
Yes
If you copy effects of your Frigate that is already on a planet, return it to the planet’s sector first and then carry out its effects.
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Do the Provision and Mine tags provide anything by themselves?
No
These tags don’t do anything in themselves, but certain abilities are triggered specifically if you resolve an effect with a Mine or Provision tag.
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Can I use the Strafe ability more than once per turn?
Yes
The Strafe ability is triggered each time you destroy a Voidship with a Fighter, so if you destroy multiple Voidships in a turn, you may use this ability once immediately after destroying each Voidship.
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Can I land on an occupied Planet?
No
Once a Planet is occupied, no player can land on it during this Cycle. Although you can use Planet's effects via the Copy action.
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Can I choose to skip some of the actions on the Revenant?
No
On the Revenant, both costs and effects are mandatory to resolve (unlike most other effects). This is reminded on the Arkship & Revenant Action Summary cards.
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Can I cover the bottom effect on a red Core Failure card?
No
On Core Failure cards (revealed in the 4th Cycle) the bottom effect cannot be covered.
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Can both effects on a single Revenant Failure card be covered?
No
When you must place a Revenant Protection token, you must choose a Revenant Failure card that doesn’t have a token on it yet.
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Can I gain the affiliation bonus twice, if I play 2 cards matching the House ship I have boarded?
No
The affiliation of the second card does not grant you any bonuses.
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If multiple players tie for Tactics in the Recall phase, who goes first among them?
Bottom marker first
If players are on the same step, the tie is broken in favor of the player who reached the step first (i.e. their marker is at the bottom of the stack).
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Can the resolving player choose to ignore a Shield and deal damage instead?
No
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How much damage does each Shield absorb?
1
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Can player Frigates ever be damaged or destroyed?
No
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Can the resolving player choose to deal damage directly to the Revenant, while there are still House ships in the sector?
No
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What is the maximum amount of damage the Revenant can suffer in a single Cycle?
12
After the Revenant suffers the 6th damage for the 2nd time in a Cycle, any excess damage to it is ignored. So if the Revenant hasn't been damaged at the start of the Skirmish Phase, it can suffer a maximum of 12 damage.
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Do unused Shields remain on the board for the next Cycle?
No
In step 4 of the Skirmish phase, you must remove every Shield that remains in the sector.
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What happens if I need to place Voidborn ships, exceeding the sector's limit?
Skip them
Each sector has a limit of 6 Voidborn ships; skip placing new ones when you reach it.
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What does the exclamation mark on the 3rd-Cycle Rift and Hyperjump phases stand for?
Reminder
It's a reminder that you need to reveal Colony cards, instead of Scanner cards in step 5 of the phase.
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Does the Tactics track reset at the end of the game, even if no player has chosen a Colony card?
Yes
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Do I earn any Prestige for unplayed Operation cards left in my hand?
No
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Do I earn Prestige for unused resources that are in corrupted Compartments?
Yes
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Do I lose 2 Prestige for Corruption in my Void Residue spaces?
No
You only lose Prestige for your corrupted Compartments.
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Who wins the game in case of a tie?
Earlier turn order
In case of a tie, the player earlier in turn order wins.
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In a 2-player game, when does the Council take their turn?
Before both players
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Where do I place the Ambassador, if there are no available spaces for it on the board?
Set it aside
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In a solo game, do I gain any Tactics for the Voidborn ships removed during setup?
No
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